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Make Your Own Raw Healthy Chocolate
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(22 ratings)
120 students

Make Your Own Raw Healthy Chocolate

Become your own chocolatier and indulge in guilt-free treats.
Highest Rated
Created bySilvia Revenco
Last updated 1/2021
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • How to make your own HEALTHY guilt-free chocolate at home
  • Many different superfoods you can add to your chocolate and what they do for your health
  • The fascinating history and the incredible health benefits of cacao
  • How making your own superfood chocolate can add years to your life
  • Essential oils you can add to flavour your chocolate

Course content

1 section • 11 lectures • 48m total length

  • Introduction5:40

    Discover the origins of chocolate in South America, follow cacao beans through Mayan and Aztec history, where beans served as currency and hot chocolate served as an early delivery system.

  • Health Benefits of Cacao6:27

    Raw cacao offers strong antioxidants and minerals like magnesium and iron, plus mood-boosting compounds. Learn how roasting and sugar diminish benefits and how to make healthy chocolate for heart health.

  • Chocolate Ingredients: From Bean to Bar3:22

    Explore how cocoa beans become nibs, paste, cocoa butter, and cocoa powder, then melt and blend with a sweetener to create chocolate from bean to bar.

  • Superfoods8:17

    Learn to make raw chocolate a medicinal delivery system by pairing cocoa with select superfoods. Add lucuma, maca, spirulina, moringa, pine pollen, and medicinal mushrooms to boost health and longevity.

  • Essential Oils2:42

    Explore how to flavor raw chocolate with essential oils lavender, orange, lemon, and peppermint. Learn mood, concentration, digestion, and safety tips for selecting pure oils for internal use.

  • Cacao Butter2:56

    Cut cacao butter into small pieces and melt in a dry double boiler under 40 C to keep the chocolate raw, avoiding water to prevent seizing and adding coconut oil.

  • Dry Ingredients5:29

    Combine the dry ingredients and base liquid with a sweetener, add spirulina, moringa, pine pollen, cocoa powder, and medicinal mushrooms, then balance with Himalayan pink salt to craft raw chocolate.

  • Bringing It All Together5:57

    Explain how to melt cocoa butter, add stevia and maple syrup, achieve a smooth 1:1 powder-to-oil ratio, and pour into molds for a final set.

  • Pouring in Molds and A Word About Tempering6:37

    Pour the melted chocolate into plastic or silicone molds or onto a baking sheet to make bark, then temper it at just above body temperature and chill to set.

  • Tasting the Results1:23

    Chill in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes until it detaches from the molds and flips out easily, revealing healthy, raw chocolate that makes you feel really amazing.

  • Chocolate handout and recipes0:01

Requirements

  • No, just a willigness to learn, experiment, and have fun!

Description

Become your own chocolatier and awe your loved ones!

Cacao, which chocolate is made from, is an amazing superfood that nourishes the body and soul. Rich in minerals, antioxidants, an aphrodisiac and a natural anti-depressant...it's no wonder the Mayans called it the Food of the Gods!

Unfortunately, most of the chocolate sold on shelves is loaded with refined sugar and dairy, which compromise the health benefits that the cacao bean has to offer.

This course will enable you to take back the magic of cacao, and make your own chocolate at home that is healthy and free from any ingredients you don't want that compromise your health.

You will be taken on a journey where you will learn:

  • The fascinating history of the most favorite food in the world

  • The incredible health benefits of raw cacao, called Food of the Gods by the Mayans for a reason!

  • What you can combine chocolate with to increase its nutritional value

  • Other superfoods and their benefits

  • How you can make your own delicious and healthy treats in your own kitchen to suit your health goals and dietary choices


Modules included in the course:

1 - The History Of Chocolate

2 - The Health Benefits Of Chocolate

3 - From Bean to Bar

4 - Adding In Superfoods

5 - Essential Oils

6 - Melting the Cacao Butter

7 - Dry Ingredients

8 - Bringing It All Together

9 - Pouring In Molds & A Word About Tempering

10 - Tasting the Results!

Who this course is for:

  • anyone who loves chocolate
  • those interested in finding healthy alternatives to sugar-filled desserts

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