Let your herbal chocolate creativity flow—wild style, and invent your own signature chocolates.
Yup (!), decadence has arrived in the herbal kitchen. Join me today in making dark chocolates infused with herbs & spices.
I offer you this master recipe, guiding you step by step in this video lesson, so you can let your artistic herbal chocolate juices swirl. Click here for this free lesson: https://youtu.be/37CV2IepEOE or copy paste it.
Today's version—made with rose hip, pecan, and lemon zest—is tart, rich in bioflavonoids, vitamin C, and antioxidants, and offers carminative action (digestive support).
Today's Recipe Ingredients:
Organic dark chocolate 85% to 70%: 8 oz by weight or 1.5 cups chocolate chips
Lightly roasted and crushed organic pecan: 1/3 cup
Organic lemon zest from one lemon
Rose hip powder: 3 teaspoons
Celtic sea salt
To make: melt chocolate in double boiler, stir in nuts, lemon zest and rose hip powder (saving a touch to sprinkle on top). By the spoonful, drop chocolate mixture onto parchment-lined cookie sheet. Sprinkle rose hip powder and sea salt onto chocolate drops. Let chocolate drops cool and harden completely before serving. Store in a cool, air-tight container.
Variations: You can substitute the pecans with other lightly roasted and crushed nut or seed of choice, such as sesame seed, almonds, or coconut. You can even swirl in some chopped up date, raisin, or other dried fruit of choice. Replace the lemon with other citrus zest that suits your fancy. And definitely explore the various herbs & spices, perhaps go chocolate chai style and use turmeric, cardamon, cinnamon, ginger, etc.
Herbal Therapeutic Notes:
Citrus zest: aromatic, stomachic, carminative, increases digestive fire, reduces bloat and gas, sour, drying and bitter (pith = bitter, although may choose to include little pith in desserts).
Rose hip: rich in bioflavonoid, antioxidants and vitamin C. Can help us stay healthy / get healthy especially during cold and flu season.
Wishing you peace and a touch of healthy decadence!
In gratitude,
Dina
PS If you are excited by foraging and herbal crafting, I invite you to check out my online course Wild Food Health Boosters & Herbal Remedies 🌿 here 👉http://www.WildFoodHealthBoosters.com .