Chocolate Is Healthy

This recipe comes from the Green Smoothie website which has an number of good raw vegan chocolate dessert recipes such as chocolate brownies and chocolate mousse.   Their chocolate recipes all call for unsweetened cocoa or carob powder, rather than the more pricey cacao.

Raw Vegan Chocolate Cake

This decadent dessert will delight chocolate lovers.

• 1+1/2 cups raw walnuts, unsoaked
• Dash salt
• 12 pitted medjool dates, unsoaked
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa or carob powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1/2 cup fresh raspberries for garnish (optional)

Blend walnuts and salt in a food processor until finely ground. Add dates, cocoa powder and vanilla, process until mixture begins to stick together. Add the water and process briefly.

Transfer to a serving plate and form into a 5-inch round cake. Chill for 2 hours. Decorate the cake and plate with fresh raspberries before serving, if desired. Covered with plastic wrap, Cake will keep for three days in refrigerator or two weeks in freezer. Yields one 5-inch cake, increase amounts for more.

via Raw Chocolate Recipes.

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We know you’re trying to figure out how to have a delicious chocolatey Halloween party without having to offer supersweet, milk chocolate candy.  We liked this recipe for vegan hot chocolate and will try to share some more great healthy Halloween party chocolate recipes in the weeks to come.

Vegan Hot Chocolate

2 ½ cups soy milk

3 tablespoons white sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

½ teaspoon

Bring all ingredients to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat and whisk until frothy. Serve in pretty glass mugs with orange and black ribbons tied around the handle.

Great Recipes for Healthy Halloween Entertaining – Associated Content – associatedcontent.com.

Healthy chocolate sources and raw food diets often go hand in hand, because the less chocolate is processed and closer to its raw state, the healthier it is.

This Indian spiced yogurt recipe from Rawguru comes to life with cacao powder, and includes walnuts and coconut water. It would be lovely for either breakfast or dessert.

Chocolate Chai Yogurt

Chocolate Chai Yogurt – RawGuru.

Vegan food blog Cruelty Free Kitchen shares two wonderful cookie recipes, 100% vegan, that incorporate cacao nibs.  If you haven’t heard us go on about cacao nibs before, here’s the scoop: One of the best ways to consume organic raw cacao is in the form of cacao nibs. Similar to chocolate chips, they are great as an addition to trail mix, yogurt or blended into a chocolate shake. They are unroasted and often unsweetened but taste like true chocolate.  And perfect, we’ve learned, to add to cookies. read more »