Re: Re: cocoa nibs/cocoa as a smoothie ingredient

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I'd make a chocolate sauce to add to the smoothie. Cocoa, butter, sugar, water

or milk cooked together briefly. Oh, I bet some chocolate chips would do it for

you. I take it you're after the flavor of chocolate not just sweetness.

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On May 6, 2012, at 10:19 AM, " billwilbillwil " <wwilson457@...> wrote:

> I've used a couple of pitted dates for sweetener. The taste is good, but I

did get some micro bits of date in the drink. Not so much that I minded. Try

it!

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>> There is some high demand around here for chocolate in smoothies, but

>> using either the nibs or the cocoa leaves the chocolate with a somewhat

>> " raw " taste. Does someone here know how to make it taste otherwise?

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>> I tried simply simmering some in water until the water was mostly

>> evaporated and using the resultant paste but still it's tasting raw or

>> unfinished somehow. What would I best do to it or put in it, etc, to

>> get rid of that aspect of the flavor?

>>

>> SJ

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