A Dark Chocolate Treat

One of the things I tend to do when I'm not super busy, or I don't have the energy to do the things i probably would be better off doing, is experiment with what I have lying around the house. Thus things like "Spontaneous Nachos" came into being! Well, today I had fun with raw cocoa powder.

I've seen snacks along these lines on other sites, there's a candy bar from fruitopia.net that I really want to give a try but never have all of the ingredients for. Today I just experimented.

The amount is pretty small since I didn't want to let alot go to waste if this experiment went south, but if it sounds good to you it's easy to make a bigger batch.

combine -

2/3 cup raw cocoa powder

5 teaspoons Cinnamon

1/3 cup Brown Rice Syrup

4 teaspoons Grapeseed oil

2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

chop up 1 cup Walnuts and 6 sun dried dates to add to the mix

slowly stir in 1/4 cup Brown Rice Flour

at this point it will be a pretty thick concoction which can easily be rolled into small balls on a coated surface, I chose to use a mix of some more Brown Rice Flour mixed with Nutmeg and Chili Powder, but if you feel the absolute need to add sugar I could see this being the appropriate point. I've eaten a few and they're pretty yummy, if you dig dark chocolate, since then I've stuck them in the freezer to see what they'll be like once they're a little more solid. I think I may try using some coconut oil the next time around... yummmmmmmm