{"id":28658,"date":"2018-03-15T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T08:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/blog\/?p=28658"},"modified":"2018-03-15T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T08:11:09","slug":"raw-vegan-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/blog\/raw-vegan-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Vegan Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A brain that gets well-nourished is a brain that feels good, and your brain is like your internal cheerleading team! When it&#8217;s tired your chances are good that you&#8217;ll want to go back to bed rather than seize the day! Our brain gets tired before our body does, so keep your brain nourished to stay on top of things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We could not agree more with the guys at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/superfoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superfoods<\/a>. Keeping your brain running at top form means you need to be feeding it with the best and most nutritious ingredients. They&#8217;ve shared one of their delicious raw chocolate recipes with us that we&#8217;d love to share with you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>INGREDIENTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>100g <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/superfoods-raw-organic-cacao-butter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superfoods Cacao Butter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>100g <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/superfoods-raw-organic-cacao-paste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superfoods Cacao Paste<\/a> (or double that for a darker chocolate experience)<\/li>\n<li>150g <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/organic-coconut-blossom-sugar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coconut blossom sugar<\/a> (or whichever sweetener you like)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>Your chunky ingredients of choice &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/superfoods-organic-cacao-nibs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cacao nibs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/superfoods-organic-raw-goji-berries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goji berries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/superfoods-black-mullberries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mullberries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/earth-products-coconut-desiccated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desiccated coconut<\/a>, nuts and so on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>METHOD<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Melt the ingredients while still keeping them raw: put the Cacoa Butter and Cacao Paste into a pot and suspend over another pot containing water (double-boiler). 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