When we were about to embark on our adventure from Ireland to Mexico, my eldest daughter mentioned that we should start eating more healthily once we got here.
I agreed and said I was ready to become full on raw plant based. If it were up to me, I'd eat just fruit all day long, with a handful of nuts maybe, but my kids aren't quite there yet. Once we came here, we didn't exactly follow through.
So now that we've moved to an amazing house, with a great kitchen to work in, while also on a (very) low budget (at the moment) it's much easier to keep to what I had planned all along.

The one thing that's amazing for energy, whether it's in the morning, for a snack in the afternoon, or after a workout, it's chocolate. Now, I am not talking about your average sugary chocolate bar like Twix, or a Mars bar. No, I am talking raw, dark chocolatey goodness that we can find here just about anywhere.

The chocolate I use comes from a local artisan who gets the cacao beans from local farmers and then turns the beans into this amazing chocolate paste. It is 100% cacao, no additives, sugars, or fats added. I've melted it in the morning in a little bit of water, and added some oat milk or something to it, with honey, and I'm telling you: it's better than coffee! It is very hard to melt, which tells you it's as pure as it comes.

This is what the pieces look like:

And as you can see, it's 100% Cacao!

The cacao is for sale (wholesale), by the way, so if you're interested please let me know.
It's really the best of the best.

But let's get to the recipe!

The Ingredients

About 330 grams of raw cacao pieces, or you could substitute with any cacao powder or chocolate. But of course, this type is best.

Coconut shavings (100 grams)

250 ml of coconut oil

200 grams of Granola, oats, or whatever you feel like using.
I've used an unsweetened, lightly toasted oat, amaranth granola with almonds.
But anything you have already in the kitchen will be lovely.

100-150 ml. agave nectar or honey to sweeten.

Preparation

Because it's raw, I don't melt the cacao. I cut it into small pieces, and then transfer the cacao to a blender. Unfortunately, I don't have a good food processor just yet but those who have one, please use that as it makes life 100 times easier.

Once the cacao has been turned into nice smaller pieces, I add the coconut oil, and the agave syrup. I mix this again, to get a thick paste.

In a glass oven dish, I now pour the granola, and the cacao/coconut oil mixture on top. You can either spread it out on top of the granola, or what I like to do: mix it all together. If you like, you can also add some coconut shavings.

I spread it out in the dish evenly, add coconut shavings on top, and put all of it in the freezer.
If you live in an average climate, it's OK to save the dish in a kitchen cabinet but here, I just leave it in the freezer.

When I need it, I just cut some pieces with a sharp knife, or a spoon.
It's very hard but will break and will give nice even pieces.

I use this chocolatey goodness in breakfast smoothies with banana, some oats, sunflower seeds, and almond or oat milk, or just water.

When the kids want a little healthy snack, I just give them a piece of this.

It's amazing!

And here is the result:

This is the end result without coconut shavings.

And with coconut

Raw, healthy, and simply AMAZING!