Since I'm sitting here eating my raw cacao concoction that I came up with a few years ago (during my raw vegan stint), I thought I'd chime in.
There's a raw foodist book out there called Naked Chocolate (by my fav. raw foodist Shazzie, and her friend David Wolfe) that explains origins of cacao and all the good things in it (mostly antioxidants and such) that make it supposedly healthy. My take on it is, it might be healthy, it might not be, but occasionally to eat said concoction when I'm craving very junky foods, and instead of feeling naughty or guilty or sick, I come away feeling gleefully sneaky - I got a treat and a semi-nourishing snack all in one - that's a great deal to me! And the sweet tooth is gone until it revists again in a week (sometimes less
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Here's what I make:
Raw almond butter (I'm sure you could make it NT by making crispy nut butter - I'm personally too lazy, it's an occasional treat afterall)
Coconut butter
Celtic sea salt (or similar)
Raw honey
High quality vanilla extract
Raw cacao powder
One or two drops of food-grade peppermint essential oil (if you like minty chocolate - it gives a layered taste, which I love)
It's mostly half almond butter, and a little less than half honey, with the remainder being a little of everything else (to taste) - I especially love it when the coconut oil is solid, because I get chunks of coconut flavor. I mix it all up in a bowl, put it in the freezer for a minute or two (if I'm patient), retrieve, sit and eat as much as my taste buds enjoy (honey sweetened foods get really overpowering after a short time, I've noticed, which is a really great thing).
Super yummy. Not TF, but not exactly junk either, imho.
: I'd slap that on my bumper!
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