(Almond and soy based chocolate)
Instructions/Ingredients
1. Heat double-boiler to high until water boils, then add and evaporate the water from:
4 drops Frontier Fair Trade Vanilla
2. Add the following fattening ingredients, and melt together in double-boiler over medium heat:
1 T + 2 tsp. Almond Butter
1 T + 1 tsp. Soy Lecithin
3. Sift the following dry ingredients, into a cup or small bowl:
2 T + 2 tsp. Fair Trade Powdered Sugar
3 T Dagoba Fair Trade Cocoa
*1 tsp. Tapioca Starch
4. Turn the double-boiler temperature down to low. Add the sifted and mixed dry ingredients, one tablespoon at a time, to the completely melted fattening ingredients. Mix in thoroughly before adding the next tablespoon of dry ingredients. When all dry ingredients are mixed in, turn the double-boiler back up to medium. Stir until thick, and in nearly a "ball" state. It may also be a bit sticky: that's ok, though not ideal. Do NOT candy the ingredients! Remove from heat as soon as the chocolate has formed and is "shining" with a waxy melted appearance in places.
5. Add to candy molds, freeze for at least 2 hours. Can also be used to coat dabb-dried fruits or candies. Can also be used as a soft fudge once it's set in the freezer or fridge.
Of course, I'm sure these people have a better product than me! I don't yet know if it's processed on dedicated equipment. They say it's vegan and fair trade. I've contacted them to get more info and will have to wait for their response. This one also looks promising, as does this one, who I also asked for more info from. This may be my chocolatier's dream come true. These all are spendy, but if you just want a sweet morsel once in awhile, and if the info I asked for from Life by Chocolate and Nicobella comes back clean, I say, just go order from one of these groups :) However, if you use chocolate all the time... I say then, save yourself the $ and just make your own. Store it well packed/sealed in the freezer (leave no air or air bubbles), and this ought to keep for ages. If you're super serious about using tons of Dagoba Cocoa, you might want to buy it in bulk.
Also, please note that while Sunspire, (which does have [undedicated] "vegan" chocolate), claims to uphold Fair Trade principles they neither claim that their practices are 100% Fair Trade and also, if you read the fine print, they are not Fair Trade Certified. There's always a reason for that, and it's never really excusable, no matter how much any company can "talk up" (that's marketing babble, full of distraction, nothing more) their product.
I'm also currently checking into a supplier of Almond Wax and Cocoa Butter. I've used their contact form - but it merely refreshed, so I don't know if there's something wrong with the form, or if that's their version of a thank you page. Anyway, we'll have to see about that. Kinda hoping the cocoa butter is what I'm really looking for here.
* I'm still playing with this, but so far, it seems to work out alright.
** I found a number of these stores here. MOST of the stores listed on that page are just not stores I would buy from. But the page does serve as a good, ongoing resource for finding new stores that are note-worthy.
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