So you start eating healthy and what’s the first thing you look for? Chocolate…. in any form or fashion. Now, I’ve only been eating Dark Chocolate for the last 8-10 years. So I’m used to high quality, low sugared chocolate to begin with. Even when I junk out with an Almond Joy, it’s not an Almond Joy I go for….. it’s Mounds. At See’s? It’s not the milk chocolate covered coconut. It’s the dark covered. So that’s my palate that I’m starting with (which is important to know, because depending on what you are used to, will decide whether or not you are going to like something I recommend)!
RAu Chocolate is an “All Natural” Superfood Blend, zero sugar, made with 100% Raw Cacao. Daren and Brian are the Founders. Just adorable, if I do say so myself.
They say that ‘as roommates fresh out of college’, they realized everyone around them were chugging down energy drinks, only to find that they come away with some pretty bad side effects (headaches). So they spent endless hours in their PB Apartment and infused high quality organic ingredients with the most nutrient rich superfood, as they call it ~ the Cacoa Bean.
IS THAT COKO-A OR KA-COW?
Well, I believe it is pronounced ka-cow. Wiki says: Kuh-kow. Let’s go with that.
So let me tell you what it doesn’t have: sugar, dairy, gluten, preservatives, soy, GMO’s or artificial colors of flavors.
Raw? Gluten Free? Vegan?
Yep. You got it.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FLAVOR CHEF MARIAN?
Glad you asked! Well, ya know how really good dark chocolate has a berry quality to it? It’s not just chocolatey, but there’s something more interesting to it? This has that quality. It’s a very light chocolate flavor that hits you as satisfying. But let me also be honest. Yoohoo ~ it’s NOT. Get it? Nothing like a chocolate egg cream either! lol And we’re talking nutritious and delicious. So there’s always going to be that trade off.
SO YOU’RE RECOMMENDING THIS?
If you are a ‘purist’ and your palate has been cleansed by eating raw, vegan, or gluten free and you are looking for something different that will add a new dimension to your eating experience, then I say “Go For It“! (Of course you never take my thoughts in place of your own good judgment, and you check with a doctor first if you’re not sure….. Can you say: ‘disclaimer’)?
It’s not going to hurt you, and I can say that it was awfully nice to have something healthy and chocolatey, considering I am watching every morsel I put into my mouth to turn ME into a healthy vessel! So truck yeah! (obviously that’s not truck, but I try to keep it clean for my younger readers)! lol Give it a try. I found it at Jimbo’s. And already I’m trying to think of what desserts I can create with it….. tapioca made with Coconut Creamer and Rau? That will be a blog, somewhere down the road for sure.
Aaaah life. It’s a big experiment, no?
Happy Eating,
Chef Marian
mm@chefmarian.com