Five Healthy Raw Cacao Recipes

Learn how to make your own raw chocolates. Five healthy, easy to make, raw cacao recipes that will satisfy the most discerning sweet tooth.

Unlike dutch-processed cocoa powder, raw cacao is made out of raw cacao beans that were not exposed to high temperatures. Raw cacao is full of live enzymes and antioxidants, and is considered to be a superfood. It is slightly more bitter and more acidic than the dutch-processed cocoa powder. It has a lighter color but a much stronger flavor.

Both, raw cacao and cocoa powder, contain several minerals, especially magnesium, manganese, potassium, phosphorus, iron, copper, and zinc. Both contain a lightly stimulating alkaloid called theobromine that is considered by some experts as a very effective aphrodisiac.