{"id":5212,"date":"2022-12-02T08:01:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress116\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:01:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:01:50","slug":"better-for-you-bon-bons-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/?p=5212","title":{"rendered":"Better-for-You Bon Bons for Valentine's Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chocolate and love go together like, well… Valentine's Day and roses. Hugs and kisses. Conversation hearts and handmade heart-shaped cards. When February 14th rolls around (just a few days away, by the way), it's hard not to notice the aisles and aisles of chocolate boxes and foil-wrapped treats at markets and specialty stores- but tempting as they may be, do you really want to gift the apple of your eye chocolate made with artificial ingredients and high fructose corn syrup?<\/p>\n

We didn't think so! Sweet as they are (and they are really, really sweet), those mass-produced chocolates you see nestled in heart-shaped boxes are anything but wholesome.<\/p>\n

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We think a much better way of saying 'I Love You' would be bestowing your beloved with a box of handmade sweets crafted from good-for-you ingredients like raw cacao powder, raw cacao butter and pure maple syrup. Ingredients that satisfy a sweet tooth while showing the one you love that you love all of them- and their wellbeing.<\/p>\n

But these aren't the chalky health food chocolates found in your local market, not by a long shot. Smooth and decadent, these creamy bon bons taste like the real thing while giving a full body hug of benefits, including the antioxidant properties and mood-boosting compounds found in raw cacao powder and the energy and hormone supporting benefits of maca. Package up a box for your sweetheart, your friends or your family members to show them just how much you love them this V-day. Read on for the recipe:<\/p>\n

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Better-for-You Bon Bons<\/h1>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup raw cacao butter<\/p>\n

1 tbsp coconut oil<\/p>\n

3\/4 cup unsweetened sunflower seed butter<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup maple syrup or raw honey<\/p>\n

1 tsp vanilla extract<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup raw cacao powder<\/p>\n

1 tsp maca powder<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp Maldon salt<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut<\/p>\n

Optional toppings: Shredded coconut, cacao powder, peanut butter powder, matcha powder, toasted and chopped nuts<\/p>\n

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Directions:<\/h1>\n

In a double boiler or in a heatproof glass bowl over a pot of simmering water, whisk together the cacao butter and coconut oil until melted. Fold in the sunflower seed butter, maple syrup, and vanilla. Mix well.<\/p>\n

Add the cacao powder, maca powder and Maldon salt. Mix until completely blended- it will have the consistency of ganache. Stir in the shredded coconut. Try not to eat it all at this step.<\/p>\n

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Place the bowl in the fridge to allow the mixture to solidify, about one hour.<\/p>\n

Once the mixture is workable (like cookie dough), remove from the fridge. Use a spoon to scoop out the mixture and roll the “dough” between your palms to create bon bons. Roll each bon bon in optional toppings and place on a cookie sheet. Refrigerate until ready to gift or eat.<\/p>\n

Store in the fridge.<<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chocolate and love go together like, well… Valentine's Day and roses. Hugs and kisses. Conversation hearts and handmade heart-shaped cards. When February 14th rolls around (just a few days away, by the way), it's hard not to notice the aisles and aisles of chocolate boxes and foil-wrapped treats at markets and specialty stores- but tempting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-foods","tag-green-foods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenfuturemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}