Raw Chocolate, Orange & Almond Bark

We all need snacks from time to time and for most of us a sweet snack is the perfect kind.

There are an infinite number of wholefood-based and delicious snack options out there for you to create and enjoy. This blog alone has recipes for Protein Balls, Muesli Bars, Iceblocks, Trail Mix, Nut & Seed Slice, Salted Caramel Balls, Cakes and…

Chocolate.

The sacred and revered chocolate. Once you have created my raw chocolate recipe, a wonderful way to enjoy it is Raw Chocolate Bark. Chocolate, Orange & Almond – one of those awesome combinations that just works in food-world so let’s start there.

If you have not checked out my Raw Chocolate post, let’s have a quick debrief on cacao (ca-cow)… Otherwise skip below for the recipe.

3 simple steps to Raw + Delicious Chocolate

Chocolate is one of those foods that people have a serious love affair with. The kind that make you close your eyes in joy and that you feel you can’t live without.

Although the 80/20 or 90/10 rule comes into play here and regular kind of chocolate can be enjoyed from time to time; the seriously simple way to create your own chocolate is too good to deny!

First up let’s have a quick debrief on cacao (ca-cow)…

What is it? Where do I buy it? How do I eat it?

What – Cacao is the seed of a fruit of an Amazonian tree Cacao beans. It contain no sugar and between 12% and 50% fat depending on the variety and growth conditions. Raw, powdered cacao is full of flavonoids, which act as natural antioxidants and protect the body from ageing and disease caused by free radicals.

Raw cacao contains up to four times the antioxidants of traditional cacao powder, and has the highest antioxidant value of all the natural foods in the world. 

Not too shabby…