I eat a lot of cacao and cocoa compared to people but of course, never with a sweetener, made for the purpose of sweetening, by people.
Lately, I have been eating lots of Maxx bars and Rx bars and thinking about how I would ask them to change them, if they were to ask me for feedback.
The Maxx have little chocolate cuboid morsels that are SO GOOD! I would love to know the ingredients. It has to be cocoa and either egg white or coconut oil or both. So easy to figure out, I suppose, but I'm not so sure I can make them as good as they do.
Anyway, I was thinking hold the egg whites, put in at least 50% more roasted almonds, and less or no dates. That is regarding the Chocolate, Sea Salt Maxx. Regarding the Peanut Butter Maxx, I would try less dates and increase the peanut chunk size and portion.
The dates are fine and good but they remain to be chewed long after the choco is gone.
Well, I went and got what I need, and my first idea to try is cacao, chopped dried apricots, roasted almonds (really good ones, not mediocre ones) and coconut oil.
Gonna have a ball, I think!
I have had it with my lifetime of buying mediocre pecans, philberts, brazils, even cashews. And I never suspected I was buying mediocre almonds until after eating them from the store for quite some time, I got some from the food co-op, and they were amazingly superior. I made up my mind: I know where I can get good nuts, and I refuse to ever buy lesser again, as long as my sources remain.
I really love cocoa milk. Any strength. Cocoa and cold milk. If I could push a button and not have diabetes any more, I would push it in a second but would I go back to having sugar in my cocoa? No. It won't happen. I like it best this way: cocoa and cold milk. Preferably fresh milk, not processed.
