Day Four | Mr Popple's | Dense raw chocolate mousse
Day Three's winner of CHOC Chick master Kit is Stewart Johnston. The winner is chosen at random, but their answer to 'What famous living person would you make your own raw chocolates for?' was 'Helen Mirren'. Congratulations Stewart!
ELEVEN DAYS OF RAW CHOCOLATE GIVE-AWAYS
TODAY'S PRIZE: Complete collection of Mr Popple's raw chocolate bars
1 x 88% Strong
1 x Cherry Aid
1 x Euphoric Orange
1 x Uplifting Mint & Lime
1 x 69% Strong
1 x Super Fruit
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88% Strong ingredients: totally raw cacao solids (88%), yacon syrup
Cherry Aid ingredients: totally raw cacao solids (57%), yacon syrup, lucuma, yacon, cherries
Euphoric Orange ingredients: totally raw cacao solids (69%), yacon syrup, lucuma, yacon, natural orange flavouring
Uplifting Mint & Lime: totally raw cacao solids (69%), yacon syrup, lucuma, yacon, natural lime flavouring, organic peppermint flavouring
69% Strong ingredients: totally raw cacao solids (69%), yacon syrup, lucuma, yacon
Super Fruit ingredients: totally raw cacao solids (57%), yacon syrup, lucuma, yacon, goji and inca berries, blackcurrents and bilberries
My Popple's chocolate bars is my most recent discovery online, where the natural, warm and welcoming tones of their website instantly made me want to explore their products. When the chocolate collection arrived at my door, I was over the moon to find the packaging look and feel just as they did on my screen! That is- very cool, creative and tastefully designed.
The flavour I went for first was always going to be anything peppermint, and I just loved that Mr Popple had a combo of 'mint and lime'! I would've liked for the flavour to be more pronounced, but then again I'm the biggest critic of my mints. So the next bar I decided to sample was 'cherry aid' which surprised even me, because cherry is not something I'd ever liked combined in anything. Until now! What a delicious surprise! It just gave so much depth, flavour and texture to the chocolate, BIG thumbs up!
Euphoric Orange is a delicious bars and like the rest, being packed with superfoods- pretty much a good meal replacement. The chocs are a little grainy, so don't expect a smooth creamy melt, but this is actually a really good thing, I love that for a change. To me it just makes it obvious how much amazing superfood you are having and how close the ingredients are to their natural state, which is so hard to find these days in packaged products, even many raw food brands. I love that the bars include yacon syrup for a sweetener instead of the common agave.
Super fruit was another surprise for me. I would never go for a fruit and nut kind of bar, because I end up picking out all the raisins (just can't do raisins), and to my biggest ever delight- no raisins!! But what there was is a generous selection of the most beautiful dried fruits and berries ever- even inca berries, the taste took me all the way back to Ecuador for a moment... a really really good moment.
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RECIPE SUGGESTION: DENSE RAW CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
1 1/2 ripe avocado
1 bar of Mr Popple's 88% Strong
3 medjool dates, pitted
10-15 drops natural vanilla extract
Grate the entire chocolate bar and melt gently either in a double boiler or a dehydrator
Transfer to a blender and add all the remaining ingredients
Blend well with a tamper or by pulsing
Serve with berries
[This mousse is so delicious, try using it as a base for nut shakes too, just add nut milk and blend]
How do you like the recipe? If you do, just wait till you see another 21 in my eBook Seduced- Raw Chocolate Recipes to get very excited for! Available to download in seconds! More please>>
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HOW TO ENTER TODAY'S GIVE-AWAY
Your entry is 3 steps away:
1. Go to Better Raw's Facebook page and 'Like' the page if you haven't done so yet
2. Click the 'Share' button on today's Facebook announcement for the Give-Away and paste this into your status "I just entered this awesome chocolate give-away, you should too!" and then click 'share status'
3. Click the 'Comment' button on today's Facebook announcement and answer this question "What is your favourite flavour of all time?"
The terms: All three steps must be completed for your entry to be valid. Competition is open to everyone worldwide, I will post anywhere. You must be a Facebook user, sorry no answers will be taken into consideration if posted elsewhere on the internet this time. There are 11 prizes to be won, one prize per day. Today's entry is for today's prize only, please come back again tomorrow to enter for a different new prize. Winners will be chosen randomly using random.org.