Hi Everyone,
Many of you have asked me to publish the recipe to my famous “healthy chocolate.”
As you know, I am a real Dark Chocolate aficionado. I absolutely must have a piece of black chocolate, a few times a week, which gives me a real boost. However, as I am sugar free, for over a year now, I have researched and found a very healthy alternative. It’s always gotta be at least 85 percent cocoa to be healthy in my books. Another option, if you run out of ingredients, is Whittakers 85 percent chocolate or Pana- eighty chocolate. Both are kosher and available Sydney-wide.
I make my own home-made good quality black chocolate with coconut oil and raw organic cacao powder, at least once a week, (or more if I am really eager), and store it in the refrigerator. Yum!
With thanks to Rebecca Veksler, trainer at Body Express (women’s gym class) for her original recipe advice. I have tweaked the recipe for more crunch and variety.
Ingredients for Healthy Organic Real Dark Chocolate:
- One jar of Cold-pressed coconut oil
- One small bag of Raw Organic cacao powder
- A little stevia if you wish (or honey if you allow it)
- Chia seeds (optional)
- Shredded coconut (optional)
- Broken almonds or walnuts
Method:
- Melt 1/4 coconut oil in the microwave
- Stir in raw cacao powder till well mixed
- Add chia seeds, nuts and coconut if you wish
- Pour onto wax paper on sturdy cookie sheet
- Refrigerate for more than ten minutes
- Break into small pieces, put into Ziploc bag and enjoy when the urge for chocolate arises
