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Craft Chocolate …. My Love for Molucca

April 3, 2015 by HealthyLatina 5 Comments

You probably have heard how good chocolate is for you. Now I’m not talking about the yucky stuff that is on the shelves of the check out line at your grocery store, but the beautiful Dark Chocolate with cocoa percentages of 70%, 85% or more! I am sure you may know that not all chocolate is a like in the taste. What you may not know that the process in which the chocolate, along with the source (location), makes all the difference in the world!

I am all about eating local, but that doesn’t just mean fruits and veggies. I will turn to a family owned restaurant before a chain, and a local producer of dairy products too! But recently my world and love for chocolate changed when I discovered the guys from Molucca Craft Chocolate at the Vineyard Farmers Market in February. 

Molucca Craft Chocolate
What I like about Molucca is their dedication to crafting an amazing chocolate bar. Each bar comes from a single source, so I have a choice of eating a bar from Indonesia, Peru, Bolivia, etc. What I love about this is that just because a bar may be 70%, it will taste different from a bar at the same percentage from a different country. In addition, Molucca works with individual farmers who grow, harvest and process the beans according to Moluccas specific specifications. Because of all this dedication makes the taste amazing.

Molucca Craft Chocolate
In addition to bars they also have roasted Cacao Beans available. I love using these beans in a variety of dishes, and drinks! My favorite though is adding the beans to my morning steal cut oats with walnuts and berries! Be sure if you are using beans for the first time that you remove them from their shell!

Craft Chocolate cocoa beans on oatmeal
Today we are participating in the 2015 A to Z Challenge. Today we celebrate “C” with Craft Chocolate. I hope you enjoyed today’s post and don’t forget to order some Molucca Craft Chocolate for yourself!

A to Z Challenge Bade "C"

Filed Under: Food, Health Tagged With: chocolate, cocoa beans, Fresno, Local Business, oatmeal

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  1. Tarkabarka says

    April 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    I love dark chocolate! 🙂

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  2. Toni says

    April 3, 2015 at 2:57 pm

    I love dark chocolate… I admit that it was an acquired taste and now that’s what I like. I don’t really enjoy milk chocolate anymore. My favorites are Theo’s sea salt and salted almonds bars.
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  3. Kimberly Gauthier says

    April 5, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    I’ve never thought of adding something like this to my oatmeal. I eat oatmeal daily and this is a great way to shake it up 🙂
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    • HealthyLatina says

      April 5, 2015 at 6:34 pm

      I will bring you a bag when I see you in Nashville!!

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  4. Catherine says

    May 8, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    Today, I was visiting the Clovis Flea Market (a locate even that occurs twice each year in Clovis, CA). I have never been a dark chocolate lover no matter the percentage on the package. At their booth, they were telling the story of the processing of this chocolate as I passed so I stopped. After helping the others, they were so kind and started the discussion from the beginning. My experience has been no matter what dark chocolate I’ve tried it has been bitter. Long story short – the process of the Molucca chocolate causes this dark chocolate not to be bitter. There is no gluten or soy, but may there may be traces of nuts (clearly stated on the packaging and pointed out by the person with whom I was speaking). Their website lists the nutritional information for the bars. They verbally explained each bar in detail, and their booth samples confirmed what I was being told.

    Because I’m on a pretty restricted eating program at this time, I have missed just a little sweet; and dark chocolate had been suggested for an assortment of reasons. I also had heard of “nibs, which have no sugar at all. Again, no bitterness. Having eliminated almost all sugars except for a small amount of organic maple syrup from my own personal diet, I favored one of the 70% bars and the nibs (I confirmed the nibs are allowed on my program – that’s where I first heard this, then, unusual term).

    Bottom line, I highly recommend Moluccan Craft Chocolate. I happened to be in the right spot and the right time. Their website is: moluccachocolate.com. As with any product, preference and needs are based on the individual; and we all must do our own research. I have found a product I really like.

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