DIY Medicinal Cacao

Ingredients

  1. Dried Items;
    1. cacao powder, Fair Trade, organic, 1.5 cups (solid measuring)
    2. chia seeds, 1/4 cup, grind to finely ground, not powder
    3. cinnamon, 1 tbsp, ground
    4. salt, 1/2 tsp
  2. Herbal Items:
    1. rose petals, 2 tbsp
    2. chrysanthemum, 2 tbsp
    3. Butterfly blue pea petals, 2 tbsp
  3. Wet items:
    1. Local raw honey, 4 flu oz
    2. melt butter/cacao butter/coconut oil, organic , 4 fluid oz.
  4. Optional items:
    1. fruit bits, 2 oz chopped
    2. mushroom tincture like lion mane, Cordycep or reishi., 1 tbsp.

Utensils

  1. glass bowls
  2. spatulas
  3. measuring spoons
  4. measuring cups both flu oz and solid oz
  5. molds for forming fudge
  6. gloves
  7. mesh strainer
  8. coffee grinder

Procedures

  • measure cacao powder, 1 1/4 cup, sift with fine mesh strainer
  • Floral petals, pre-ground finely in a coffee grinder sift it carefully into a small bowl and discard those imperfect.
  • grind chia seeds, sift and add to the big bowl containing cacao powder. 
  • Optional items:
    •   and pineapple (see Mavuno Harvest , Organic products, a project organized to empower small farmers in Sub-Saharan African regions), cut into 1/8” bits
  • Mix all dried together with a spatula
    •   and pineapple (see Mavuno Harvest , Organic products, a project organized to empower small farmers in Sub-Saharan African regions), cut into 1/8” bits
  •  melt butter, or cacao butter, or coconut butter. any which is great to use. For a vegan version, use cacao or coconut butter.
  •   add honey, raw, 4 flu oz. Optionally 1 tbsp add mushroom tincture . Mix all dry and wet together. Wear a glove, use hand to blend well.
  •  After adding cinnamon powder, then blending the fudge dough well, mixing well until no sticky or dry powder left. 
  •  Fill mold with chocolate dough and chill in fridge overnight.
  • Before serving, pry out all fudge bits and decorate them with safflower dust or coconut bits.