About This Healthy Homemade Chocolate Recipe:

The base for these delicious treats is butternut, which is low in calories and even has the ability to stop the body from producing new fat cells, therefore effectively aiding weight loss. It also enhances skin and hair texture due to its high vitamin A content. This wonder veggie is also a good source of fibre, potassium, and magnesium while being fat, cholesterol, and sodium-free.

Raw cacao powder is added giving these treats their chocolatey taste as well as a whole host of other health benefits. Cacao actually increase fat metabolism and improves the body’s ability to metabolise fat, using it up as energy. Don’t get confused with cacao vs cocoa powder, in short, cocoa is the term used for cacao that has been roasted at high temperature, changing the chemical nature of the bean and lowering its antioxidant capacity and nutrients. Cacao has a caffeine-like effect due to theobromine, a molecule similar to caffeine, in spite of the fact that It only makes up about 1-2% of the cacao, it can act as a mild stimulant.

To give the chocolate its firmish texture, I introduced hydrolyzed collagen peptides into it. (you can get this from amazon-link comes up shortly). Collagen is the most abundant type of protein in our bodies (made up of amino acids glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine). It plays a huge role in rebuilding our joints and tendons, improving gut health, strengthening hair and nails and improving the skins appearance.