Thread: chocolate bars

Hi, I don't know of a commercial source of chocolate made with stevia, but here's a link to make your own if you're creative:
raw chocolate with stevia - Google Search
Some ingredients such as raw cacao and cocoa butter can be found at The Raw Organic Vegan Superfoods Superstore - Live Superfoods or Living Tree Community Foods - Raw, Organic & Kosher Food
Have fun!

I'd be glad to make anyone some chocolate bars. I make them for myself. I usually sweeten them with carob powder and stevia, along with different berries. They are truly a medicinal chocolate bar. But it's always fun to make them yourself. Just thought I'd offer.

What a sweet offer to make Richard.
Many belssings to you my brother.
Debra

Dear Richard,

Would you please share your recipe with us ? As a chocolate lover currently afflicted with sugar intolerance, I feel VERY frustrated right now.

Our gratitude to the cooking god,

Marc.

I'd be glad to help satisfy a chocolate craving.
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is in a drink, the way the Mayans made it, dark and spicy.

--First you need a base, I use teas mostly such as pau d'arco, reishi, cats claw, cascara sagrada, gynostemma either individually or sometimes I'll combine two of these. Pau d'arco and cats claw add a natural sweetness. Reishi, cascara sagrada and gynostemma are more bitter. So I'd combine a sweet one with a bitter one such as cats claw and gynostemma as an example.

--To give the drink more body I use coconut oil or cacao (chocolate) butter. When the tea is still warm blend the fat into the liquid to emulsify it. It makes it more creamy as opposed to watery.

--Next is the flavoring such as goji berries, almond butter, mesquite powder, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, fresh ground nutmeg, cayenne pepper (I use a lot of cayenne), and vanilla.

-And finally a few big Texas sized spoonfuls of raw cacao (chocolate) powder, or nibs, or whole cacao beans, or all three.

Then some other fun things could be to add some bee pollen, more cayenne pepper , peppermint, essential oils, etc...

That's a basic recipe that I use. I have grown to love it more bitter than sweet, but if you need some sweetness you can add stevia, more mesquite powder, or maybe some cashew butter. I never seem to make the same drink, they are always slightly different. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not.

FYI: all the same stuff I put in my drinks I also use to make chocolate bars with, so if you want to give making chocolate bars a try, then you can follow the same guidelines as above, except you won't need an herbal tea base. I enjoy talking about chocolate so if you have any more questions please ask. Enjoy your chocolate!!

Thanks Richard!

Oh yes, thank you Richard for these very detailed indications.

But I must confess I was more interested by chocolate bars than by chocolate drinks. As I'm very naive about cooking desserts, could you explain with some more detail how to practically bake a chocolate bar ?

Hi Richard,
how about using rice milk as a replacement instead of milk to make a chocolate drink?

Originally Posted by Richard

I'd be glad to help satisfy a chocolate craving.
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is in a drink, the way the Mayans made it, dark and spicy.

--First you need a base, I use teas mostly such as pau d'arco, reishi, cats claw, cascara sagrada, gynostemma either individually or sometimes I'll combine two of these. Pau d'arco and cats claw add a natural sweetness. Reishi, cascara sagrada and gynostemma are more bitter. So I'd combine a sweet one with a bitter one such as cats claw and gynostemma as an example.

--To give the drink more body I use coconut oil or cacao (chocolate) butter. When the tea is still warm blend the fat into the liquid to emulsify it. It makes it more creamy as opposed to watery.

--Next is the flavoring such as goji berries, almond butter, mesquite powder, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, fresh ground nutmeg, cayenne pepper (I use a lot of cayenne), and vanilla.

-And finally a few big Texas sized spoonfuls of raw cacao (chocolate) powder, or nibs, or whole cacao beans, or all three.

Then some other fun things could be to add some bee pollen, more cayenne pepper , peppermint, essential oils, etc...

That's a basic recipe that I use. I have grown to love it more bitter than sweet, but if you need some sweetness you can add stevia, more mesquite powder, or maybe some cashew butter. I never seem to make the same drink, they are always slightly different. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not.

FYI: all the same stuff I put in my drinks I also use to make chocolate bars with, so if you want to give making chocolate bars a try, then you can follow the same guidelines as above, except you won't need an herbal tea base. I enjoy talking about chocolate so if you have any more questions please ask. Enjoy your chocolate!!