Almond Butter Cup

Many of you don't know that I got started in learning about healthy foods from my first grade teacher back when I was in college. Yes, I keep in touch with my first grade teacher! I babysat for her kids and lived with her for a short period. I am SO thankful for her! She taught me all about tamari, Bragg's amino acid, spelt, kamut flour, quinoa and tofu; which I did a major marketing report on for one of my business classes. She taught me how to bake and cook a lot of different things. We've been trying to get together recently but we both got busy and haven't touched base. She will always be my inspiration!

So, I was making "regular" brownies for a bake sale to raise funds for the Philippines and it made me crave for some chocolate sweets. Actually, they were gluten-free brownies. I'm not normally a chocolate type of a person but my husband absolutely loves it; for him the darker the better! I really enjoy sweets but chocolate wouldn't be my first choice; which is kind of odd for a woman. I think most women crave chocolate constantly. These almond butter cups I like to enjoy with tea (organic kombucha green tea).

The almond butter cups are made of raw cacao which contains high antioxidants, phenylethylamine
(mood enhancers); some might say it helps with depression. Cacao also contains theobromine (mild
stimulant), and many essential minerals such as magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper
and potassium. So, ladies if you are suffering from low serotonin; eat some cacao to raise the level.


Have I convinced you enough yet to start eating more cacao?

Ingredients:

1/2 cup coconut oil (melt it by placing it in a small bowl over a large bowl filled with very hot water.)
1/3 cup cacao
3 tbsp brown rice syrup or any other sweetener that you prefer. (Try to use the brand Lundberg which I've read it contains no arsenic)
Raw almond butter or peanut butter
Muffin cups (about 4-5)


Use a hand held mixer to mix all the ingredients. Spoon the mixture into the paper muffin cups (about 2" high), place them in the freezer for about 10mins. Then, take the cups out and spread some almond butter on top of the frozen chocolate. Put the chocolate cups back into the freezer for another
5-8 mins. for it to set. Then, place a top layer of chocolate and place it back into the freezer for another 10 mins.

   

You can enjoy almond butter cup by itself, with tea or coconut ice cream. This one I put raspberry jam in between and sprinkled some raw black sesame seeds. Enjoy!

Coming soon, I will be discussing sweeteners.



Many Blessings,
Mum