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I miss chocolate bars :(
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by ponchki
on March 29, 2011
Check out rescuechocolate.com. They make a variety of vegan chocolate (including chocolate cream filled easter eggs), and the net proceeds 100% benefit animal rescue. Win, win.
What is real chocolate? In it's purest edible form, REAL chocolate is dark chocolate with nothing added to it. The further away you get from that, the closer you get to what I would consider to be fake chocolate. Good dark chocolate should have an ingredient list about six or seven words long (dark chocolate, natural sweetener, natural flavor like ginger or something) or less.
Green and Black's! YES! I always have a bar in my freezer:)
I was a big chocolate lover. After going vegan I used to have vegan chocolate, but after deciding to cut out all processed foods from my diet I haven't had chocolate in four months.
When I go to the store I find myself looking over the chocolate bars to see if I can eat any of them, but even if I find one I generally pass it up because a) it's always EXPENSIVE and b) I can't justify the calories.
I've forgotten what chocolate tastes like now and although I sometimes want to have it every now and then I substitute it with my other love - GRAPES.
Enjoy life makes vegan chocolate bars and mini chips.
As an occasional treat, I do go out and look for non-dairy or specifically vegan chocolate bars.
But I don't want to eat it regularly anymore for the reasons stated here -- it's expensive, tons of calories, processed, can be hard to find, etc... Plus, I don't want to get into the habit of it or then if I don't have it, think I'm denying myself.
But just as a treat, I think it's OK.
One of Flourless Chocolate bar:
Nuts are a rich source of vitamins, proteins, healthy nutrients and their ability to remove plaque from arteries is helpful for every individual. Here are list of ingredients that you would need to prepare this choclate bar:
Confectioner's Sugar: 2 lbs.
Cocoa Powder: 6 oz.
Egg whites: 12 whites per oz.
Salt: 1 tsp
Vanilla extract: 1 tsp
Walnuts: 1 lb chopped coarsely
Set the temperature of the oven to 400 degrees and place parchment paper on the cookie sheets. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and drop the mixture in the form of small bites. Bake them for about twelve minutes, until they're slightly firm to the touch.
When the process finishes you should wait for some time. I have read this recipe at http://www.sheffafoods.com/category/recipes/breakfasts-treats/ and it seems delightful.
Enjoy and if you can't eat them all at once, you can store them in an airtight container for use at a later date.
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