Break Me Off a Piece Chocolate Bar
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Makes about 2-3 Cups of base chocolate mixture to use on it's own, or to add mix ins
This is an excellent raw, completely solid chocolate bar. It can also be made into chocolate chips (that are errily identical to Hershey’s) by dropping the mixture onto a parchment/waxed paper/plastic wrap lined cookie sheet with a pastry bag and fine tip.
Add vanilla and almonds for a Hershey’s Goodbar-esque bar
Add mint extract for a deliciouly smooth minty bar
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cacao Butter, melted
- 1 cup Maple Sugar Granules, ground to fine powder
- ¾ cup Cacao Powder
Preparation
Grind the maple sugar to a fine powder and set aside. Melt cacao butter in dehydrator until liquefied. Add cacao powder, powdered maple sugar and stir until completely combined. Mix ingredients quickly as cacao butter hardens fast, if you find it to stiff to comfortably work with, place mixture back into dehydrator to let it soften again. Pour into candy molds, onto a lined cookie sheet, or onto any other flat surface and smooth to desired thickness. Cover with waxed paper or plastic wrap and freeze until firm. Enjoy!
When I made this, after incorporating the base ingredients I split the mixture into two bowls, to one I added 3/4-1 C coarsely ground soaked dehydrated almonds, and to the other half I added 1/2 tsp peppermint extract. I used the lids of a few of my Lock `n Lock containers to spread the mixture into, they were the perfect depth for me… Pic coming soon!
Comments
RawKidChef writes: (May 17, 2008)
I make this all the time, great and delicious!..Look forward to seeing the pic!
superkat92 writes: (May 17, 2008)
Yum, sounds super!
greenie writes: (May 17, 2008)
This looks wonderful. Although it is loads healthier than commercial chocolate bars, it is not completely raw. Maple syrup and sugar are cooked. If you used lucuma or agave, it would be raw.
rawererin writes: (May 17, 2008)
Maple syrup/sugar aren’t raw, but they do retain their nutrients, and using agave won’t get your chocolate as hard
RawKidChef writes: (May 18, 2008)
greenie, agave isn’t raw either. It doesn’t matter. Both maple syrup and agave are cooked, even is it is labeled raw. You can get truly raw palm nectar at Gene Fit Nutrition
sweetpea writes: (May 18, 2008)
I like to use lucuma, it give the chocolate a nice velvety texture.
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RawKidChef writes: (May 18, 2008)
Beautiful pic!
grassdude writes: (May 31, 2008)
Sun Organics has date sugar that I believe is actually raw. I talked to them on the phone and they said that they are just dates that are dried, I think either in the sun or at low temp.
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