Friday Food Face-Off: Chocolate Update
February 6, 2009
So last week I wrote about how disappointing carob “chocolate” is in place of chocolate. Thanks to Jane–who suggested I try Dance in the Rain Chocolate–I found some fantastic, organic, guilt-free chocolate.
This week, my friend Nicki suggested cocoa bean chips. Since the chips are made from whole, cracked cocoa beans, there are no unwanted extras like white sugar or other nasty additives or preservatives. The chips are not sweet at all, but they provide all of the chocolate-y goodness I sometimes crave and they smell so good!
The cocoa chips do not get two thumbs up over the Dance in the Rain chocolate, but they’re a good alternative and better than carob!
Thanks to Panos Voudouris on Flickr for the pic!
Entry Filed under: 12 Grain Program, Diet Rehab, Food, Friday Food Face Off, Grain of the Week, Groceries, Health, Toronto, organic. Tags: carob, chocolate, cocoa, Dance in the Rain, Jane Langille, organic chocolate.
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Steph | February 9, 2009 at 8:51 am
Can you cook with cocoa bean chips? Can you put them in a chocolate chip cookie with some degree of success?
Also, as a chocolate alternative, may I suggest the rich date-y goodness of medjool dates. I feel like they taste like chocolate. Maybe? In any case, medjool dates and coffee (organic, fair trade bien sur) is perhaps the very best start to the very best day.