Raw certified organic Cacao beans (raw chocolate, unfermented).

Chocolate is made from cacao beans. Now you can eat raw chocolate, make raw food delights and frozen chocolate shakes. Have a chocolate party without the guilt. A one-of-a-kind treat.

Cacao contains a wide array of unique properties and minerals, including high levels of sulfur and magnesium. It may increase your focus and alertness and contains nutrients to keep you happy. Chocolate and cacao are often associated with love. All this is due to phenylethylamine contained in the cacao. Anandamide can be produced in the brain when we are feeling great, cacao makes anandamide stick around longer.

The cacao tastes similar to, yet better than, unsweetened bakers chocolate. A sweetener is often used like raw organic agave nectar in conjunction with your raw treat ingredients. A great chocolate dairy free shake consists of water, cacao, agave nectar, ice and macadamia nuts. Blend the cacao with the water and agave until smooth. Next add ice and quickly blend to crush ice into a slurry. Now get crazy.

What do I do with cacao beans?
*Peel the cacao beans with your fingers and fingernails or a small paring knife, rinse if desired.

Be the star of your next potluck:
* Eat them plain, chewing and experiencing the taste
* Add to your fruit, nut or coconut based smoothie
* Dip in Raw Agave Nectar and then in Maca for a Saturday night party treat
* Freeze them with agave and enjoy a frozen treat
* Creativity abounds in raw brownies or a raw chocolate pecan pie

Cacao may seem to diminish your appetite, perhaps due to its MAO inhibitors (monoamine oxidase enzyme inhibitors). Cacao's rare MAO inhibitors may allow serotonin and additional neurotransmitters to circulate in the brain. According to some, it also may facilitate rejuvenation.

Net wt.:5 lbs

Warning! Eating cacao may cause you to have an incredible day.

Special Notes:
- Refrigeration of these cacao beans is not required, although recommended for optimum freshness.
- These extremely high quality beans are Certified Organic, raw cacao beans and exclusively sold in the United States by only a very few vendors.
- Due to a high level of quality control, these beans have extremely low microbe counts. In fact, every batch must test negative for all microbes.
- Be extremely aware of other cacao beans and nibs available on the world market because they are typically heated, fumigated and are contaminated by bacteria and fungus.