Visit www.learnrawfood.com to see more easy raw food recipes. In this video, raw food chef and author Jennifer Cornbleet shows you how to prepare sweet 'n' nutritious Chocolate Candy Cups made with virgin coconut oil, cocoa, nuts, and Medjool Dates. It's a popular raw food snack recipe from her book Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People Revised. Do you love chocolate, but are trying to avoid traditional store-bought candies that are so often loaded with corn syrup, trans-fats, and preservatives? In this video, Jennifer Cornbleet demonstrates how to satisfy your sweet tooth with a chewy treat made with creamy chocolate, crunchy nuts, and chewy raisins. It's a great way to get hooked on good nutrition, instead of refined sugar. To get you excited about raw candy, Jennifer starts by explaining how much easier it is to make than traditional candy. Kids can get in on the fun since there's no scalding sugar that could burn little hands. Next she outlines a short list of necessary key ingredients such as virgin coconut oil, dates, and agave nectar. And she talks about the best appliances for turning your kitchen into Candyland. Jennifer makes it easy for cooks unfamiliar with virgin coconut oil to get comfortable with using this useful ingredient as a substitute for butter in raw desserts. You'll learn a technique for melting this solid fat on the stovetop so that it will be easy for you to measure and work with. And you'll see how soaking sweet Medjool dates in the melted oil is the first step to transforming a delicious chocolate frosting or sauce into a soft, chewy candy. Then the fun begins. You'll learn how to use foil baking cups as the mold for your chocolate mixture and how to 'embed' an assortment of dried fruits and nuts such as pistachios, sliced almonds, walnuts, and pecans. Bursting with crunchy nuts, chewy raisins, and sweet, silken chocolate, Jennifer's raw Chocolate Candy Cups stand toe-to-toe in taste with any candy bar you'd buy at the store...but with a lot more nutrition! eat raw raw food raw food recipes chocolate candy candy cups chocolate candy

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