tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post5205477792717733269..comments2024-03-27T11:32:14.453+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Homemade Chewy Chocolate Candies Recipe- Refined Sugar Free, Dairy Free, Healthy, Gluten FreePenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-3222868319497712112013-04-26T21:34:05.715+00:002013-04-26T21:34:05.715+00:00Any tips on sources for honey? It's super-expe...Any tips on sources for honey? It's super-expensive here (though one of our cruncy-granola friends is taking up bee keeping, hmmmm, perhaps I can trade house cleaning). <br /><br />M.K. Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974036111560994232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-29023490647755667782013-04-24T21:53:25.380+00:002013-04-24T21:53:25.380+00:00The best guilt free chocolate I have found that ac...The best guilt free chocolate I have found that actually tastes like proper chocolate and is absolutely divine is here. http://quirkycooking.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/almost-raw-chocolate.html It's made using rapadura/panela/jaggery as the sweetener which is made from cane sugar but is totally unrefined. Cacao butter for the healthy solid fat an cacao powder for healthy chocolate. It's madeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-24322471437474420772013-04-24T15:38:33.827+00:002013-04-24T15:38:33.827+00:00I make it using the same ingredients but with diff...I make it using the same ingredients but with different ratios. It isn't gooey or chewy but does need to be kept in the fridge to stay hard.<br />Also add the raw honey last after I take the pot off the fire so that I don't cook the honey and lose all the enzymes.<br />My recipe is (I found it somewhere online) 1/4 cup coconut oil, 1/2 cup cocoa and 2 Tblsp raw honey (when I make it with Chaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-21131624100372838992013-04-23T20:53:46.342+00:002013-04-23T20:53:46.342+00:00Carol,
thankyou so much for posting that book titl...Carol,<br />thankyou so much for posting that book title!!! My grandmother and the wife of a friend both have alzheimers and I found this very excitng!! Have you noticed a difference in your husband?<br />Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-54437329918072218572013-04-23T04:51:34.898+00:002013-04-23T04:51:34.898+00:00Pourable coconut oil is one perk of summer. My hus...Pourable coconut oil is one perk of summer. My husband hates coconut oil! I want to use it every day, but if he sees or smells it, he freaks. I'm always shooing him out of the kitchen. <br /><br />I'm not sure I would exactly call these guilt free. While all the ingredients have some intrinsic benefits, these things must be quite caloric.Yosefahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941572772796701981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-34221036562439322992013-04-22T21:11:19.545+00:002013-04-22T21:11:19.545+00:00That is a wonderful book! We live in the South an...That is a wonderful book! We live in the South and also need to keep in fridge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-42808059890791107312013-04-22T12:26:23.470+00:002013-04-22T12:26:23.470+00:00I actually dipped my finger into the saucepan acci...I actually dipped my finger into the saucepan accidentally as the honey was going in, when it was just coconut oil and cocoa, and licked the mix off - bleaghk. How can something that smells so good taste so bad? Honey seems pretty essential!<br /><br />My husband liked the end result, kiddo, not so much. Something I'm inclined to play around with though.Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-9508465409269799872013-04-22T08:28:54.242+00:002013-04-22T08:28:54.242+00:00Any sweetener?Any sweetener?Penniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-90438247980837025562013-04-22T08:27:06.599+00:002013-04-22T08:27:06.599+00:00Thanks, I'll check it out.Thanks, I'll check it out.Penniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-35459796787733958502013-04-22T08:26:44.858+00:002013-04-22T08:26:44.858+00:00How about replace some of the cocoa powder with de...How about replace some of the cocoa powder with desicated coconut- I didnt cut the amount of cocoa powder because it needed some solid to hold it together with all that honey- but maybe coconut would add.<br />If you thought too much cocoa- imagine how terrible it was before I added all that honey? I cant imagine how people try to pass that off as "homemade chocolate chip" recipes!<br /Penniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-9307645731698460132013-04-22T08:24:47.385+00:002013-04-22T08:24:47.385+00:00Haha, guess so. In the dead of winter, coconut oil...Haha, guess so. In the dead of winter, coconut oil left out is rock solid. During spring and fall its the texture of mashed potatoes, and during the summer it is liquid.Penniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-50383091104789676282013-04-22T02:34:38.689+00:002013-04-22T02:34:38.689+00:00I found a great chocolate recipe (and really the m...I found a great chocolate recipe (and really the main difference is using cocao butter) but it stays solid at room temp! And it's delicious. http://www.learningherbs.com/news_issue_88.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488962769048841519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-20240585779945099112013-04-22T02:11:58.480+00:002013-04-22T02:11:58.480+00:00I just made this - it's fast, not frozen but s...I just made this - it's fast, not frozen but still solidish and chewy. My first response was kinda, eurgh, too much cocoa. Had another bite. Eh, it grows on you. After the next half dozen bites I gave up and just brought the chunk I'd pulled off back to the computer with me.<br /><br />I'm going to try this with coconut cream and less cocoa, see if I can dilute the cocoa flavour more Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-75061206124731618202013-04-22T01:07:07.246+00:002013-04-22T01:07:07.246+00:00You must be in a hot climate. Around here, our coc...You must be in a hot climate. Around here, our coconut oil left out at room temperature is rock solid!Melanie E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09703918247338573288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-52846406993663234902013-04-21T22:25:06.197+00:002013-04-21T22:25:06.197+00:00Coconut oil is good for dementia. I have been givi...Coconut oil is good for dementia. I have been giving it to my husband for three years. I make it with half dark chocolate and half coconut oil melted together, frozen in ice cube trays, and then popped out of the trays and kept in the refrigerator. Got this recipe from Dr. Mary Newport's book "What If There Were a Cure for Alzheimer's and Nobody Knew?" Carol Noren Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103922738438801967noreply@blogger.com