Re: milk kefir and chocolate

[Guest guest]

In my opinion chocolate syrup is just fine. I make my own with just water,

raw honey and cocoa. Have used raw cacao powder also which is very high in

antioxidants.

Have also thought of using malt syrup and it might turn out tasting like the

old fashioned chocolate malt...yummmm.

I doubt it would harm the kefir as you dont plan on culturing it after you

mix the chocolate syrup in. Your kefir grains are separate and culturing in

just milk.

In fact I think that the combination of plant based antioxidants,

bioflavinoids, polyphenols etc in chocolate would be a synergistic

combination with kefir with it's animal fat component. I cant say from a

scientific basis, just intuition I suppose.

....sharon

[Guest guest]

Hi , Unlike you, I've been trying to figure out a successful

" mix " of chocolate for med.warm chocolate milk, (REAL cocoa .. dark

chocolate or at least the chocolate powder not all sugared up .. only

as much as necessary) but so far have been plagued with the kefir

" curding up " into lumps and the watery chocolately whey more like

water with cocoa powder in.

I just KNOW there has to be a combo of temperature and ingredients to

make the equivalent in chocolate sensation to what I've traditionally

gotten with my Sour Cream Fudge Cake or Fudge with milk Kefir. Has

anyone else tried the challenge and figured it out??

Oh, incidentally, I no longer suffer chocolate guilt since reading how

dark cocoa is actually good for blood pressure and heart. It's

probably been the sugar and oils and other junk in the milder milk

chocolates that has made it seem they were unhealthy.

Now, even Hersheys has now gone to using other oil instead of real

Cocoa Butter in their Hershey's bar .. and one can taste the

difference! Just like the Dollar store's generic chocolate bars made

with oils!! YUK! I hope the public's lack of " chocolate addiction " for

the new junk will outweigh whatever profits they anticipated making

from junkier oil for their candy and they, like Coke with their new

Coke experiment, will have to revert to Classic Hersheys with ONLY

cocoa butter.

That's the beauty of doing chocolate oneself .. one can regulate

somewhat the ingredients ... now where's my proper Chocolate Kefir hat

so I can keep it " raw " and " real " and good for my heart &

addictive-tasty too. Cheers to all ... Joyce Simmerman

[Guest guest]

, Sharon & ??? readers,

I guess I am back to adding chocolate syrups whether my own or store

bought.. my kefir culture with chocloate in it turned out yukky and

dumped it! Cheers, Joyce

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> I have a quick question. Just for backup, I've been drinking milk

> kefir for years and usually mix it with grape juice because I just

> can't get the taste for it raw. Sometimes I blend fruit in with it or

> use the Dole juices if I don't have any fresh fruit to juice. My

> question comes from an experiment I did this morning regarding trying

> to make it " drinkable " for my purposes. I don't have any fresh or

> frozen fruit or fruit juice to add; so, I added a dash of vanilla and

> some cinnamon sugar. That didn't quite do it; so, I added a bit of

> chocolate syrup. This did the trick taste wise. I know it isn't the

> best of nutritional choices...my question comes here...does the

> chocolate in any way negate or harm the cultures in the kefir? This

> was just a quick fix for me today, but, I might keep doing it because

> it did turn out tasting pretty good.

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

>

[Guest guest]

, I dont know the best way for others however I love to add some

frozen semi-sweet choc. chips and banana to chilled kefir. It has been

awhile since I made any so I dont remember some of the details. I

think you have to add the chips on the top of the mixture. If you dont

it likes to stay around the blades and creates a mess and not enough

choc. throughout. Also a few chips go a long way.

If you want to make it really good, get some good quality granola

cereal such as Kashi or something simular and stir it in the kefir

with the bananas and choc. chips.

April

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing. It sounds delic!!! Joyce Simmerman

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> , I dont know the best way for others however I love to add some

> frozen semi-sweet choc. chips and banana to chilled kefir. It has been

> awhile since I made any so I dont remember some of the details. I

> think you have to add the chips on the top of the mixture. If you dont

> it likes to stay around the blades and creates a mess and not enough

> choc. throughout. Also a few chips go a long way.

>

> If you want to make it really good, get some good quality granola

> cereal such as Kashi or something simular and stir it in the kefir

> with the bananas and choc. chips.

>

> April

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