Chocolate

Healthy, HEALTHY CHOCOLATE

This is NOT Candy, It’s Chocolate!

Mint Nib Chip – April 1, 2014 (And I’m no fool for making this!)

1 cup Cacao powder – roasted – Mountain Rose herbs. (It is pronounced Ka-Cow)

3 TBS – Cacao nibs – roasted - Mountain Rose herbs

½ scant cup raw honey –make sure honey has not crystalize but free flowing – you may need to warm it up.

1 TBS Maca powder - Mountain Rose herbs (optional – but tastes good and great for your adrenal glands)

½  cup Cacao butter – melted - Mountain Rose herbs

10-12 drops – peppermint essential oil – Butterfly Express

Stir until thoroughly mixed

Spoon into bite-size chocolate molds or smooth on to parchment paper on a cookie sheet.  Chill.  Remove from molds or cut into squares or bars.

OPTIONS:  - you may replace peppermint with any of the following:

·      1/2 tsp – Cinnamon powder – Mountain Rose Herbs

·      1/2 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder

·      1 tsp coarse ground sea salt

·      1/2 tsp orange essential oil

·      1/2 tsp vanilla extract (not essential oil)

Cacao Cinnamon Bar

1/2 cup Cacao powder – roasted – Mountain Rose herbs

1 heaping TBS – Cacao nibs – roasted - Mountain Rose herbs

1/4  cup raw honey –make sure honey has not crystalize but free flowing – you may need to warm it up.

1 tsp Maca powder - Mountain Rose herbs (optional – but tastes good and great for your adrenal glands)

1/4 cup Cacao butter – melted - Mountain Rose herbs

¼ tsp – Cinnamon powder – Mountain Rose Herbs

Stir until thoroughly mixed

Spoon into bite-size chocolate molds or smooth on to parchment paper on a cookie sheet.  Chill.  Remove from molds or cut into squares or bars.

OPTIONS: You may replace cinnamon with any of the following

·      6-8 drops peppermint essential oil

·      1/4 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder

·      ¼ - 1/2 tsp coarse ground sea salt

·      1/4 tsp orange essential oil

·      1/4 tsp vanilla extract (not essential oil)

3 bar-size Cacao Bar – Makes 3 Dark Chocolate Bars (2” x 4”)

1/4 cup Cacao powder – roasted – Mountain Rose herbs

2 tsp – Cacao nibs – roasted - Mountain Rose herbs (this can be optional)

2 TBS  cup raw honey –make sure honey has not crystalize but free flowing – you may need to warm it up.

2 TBS Cacao butter – melted - Mountain Rose herbs

Add optional ingredient(s)

Stir until thoroughly mixed

Spoon into bite-size chocolate molds or smooth on to parchment paper on a cookie sheet.  Chill.  Remove from molds or cut into squares or bars.

OPTIONS:

·      1/2 tsp Maca powder - Mountain Rose herbs (optional – but tastes good and great for your adrenal glands)

·      1/8 tsp – Cinnamon powder – Mountain Rose Herbs

·      3-4 drops peppermint essential oil

·      1/8 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder

·      ¼ tsp coarse ground sea salt

·      1/8 tsp orange essential oil

·      1/8 tsp vanilla extract (not essential oil)