Raw Chocolate Making

Celebrate Your Sweet Tooth Naturally: Raw Desserts with Chef Cynthia Louise

If you've ever felt a little naughty when indulging in chocolate, this recipe will help you realize that high-quality chocolate and cacao are, in fact, a fantastic, healthy addition to your diet.

Raw cacao offers amazing health benefits for your entire body! Some days you just need to find your bliss -- cacao is one of the healthiest foods you can consume. Cacao contains the mood improver, anandamide -- known as the bliss molecule - which creates a feeling of euphoria. Plus it's loaded with theobromine, found to halt coughs better than codeine or commercial cough suppressants!

Serves: Makes 24-30 cubes

Ingredients

(use organic where possible)

• 100g cacao butter, melted
• ½ cup cacao powder
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• Pinch of salt
• Essential oils for flavor (optional)
• Dried fruits (optional)
• Cashews (optional)
• Dried coconut (optional)

Directions

1. Have your ice tray or chocolate mold dry and ready to use.
2. Melt the cacao butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
3. When melted, remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in all the ingredients (except the optional ones).
4. Mix until well combined.
5. Stir in any Young Living flavors to your liking.
6. Spoon the mixture into the ice cube trays and top with the optional dried fruits, cashews, dried banana, and dried coconut.
7. Freeze until set and then pop them out.