Chocolate is made from the seeds of the tropical cocoa tree. Its early use dates back to the Olmec civilization in Central America. After the European discovery of the Americas, chocolate became very popular in the wider world, demand increased and chocolate has since become a popular food product enjoyed by millions every day, thanks to its unique, rich and sweet taste. However, chocolate receives a lot of bad reviews due to its high fat and sugar content. Its consumption has been linked to acne, obesity, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, and diabetes.
But there is a healthy, sugar-free chocolate, Fatni Chocolate, which is characterized by:
- Made from vegetable oil which has many benefits:
- It improves heart health:
Most vegetable oils help in making food delicious and also nutritious due to their unique fatty acid content and help in maintaining cholesterol levels. This is because it contains polyunsaturated fatty acids and essential fatty acids, but in a small percentage, such as (omega 6 and omega 3).
- Rich in vitamins: Vegetable oils are rich in some vitamins such as vitamin A - D - E - K.
- Increased metabolism: A study conducted by the Brazilian University of São Paulo, published in 2010, confirmed that using this type of oil may help increase the metabolism of people suffering from obesity. It also contains antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and anti-blood clot formation, which increases metabolism. Metabolism process in the body.
- Promoting digestive health: Vegetable oils help improve digestion, due to their ability to absorb fat-soluble vitamins, calcium and magnesium, which contributes to the treatment and resistance of stomach ulcers and ulcerative colitis, and also helps to get rid of harmful bacteria in the stomach.
- Contains cocoa:
- Antidepressant:
Cocoa is considered an antidepressant because it contains phenethylamine, which is a neurotransmitter in the brain that plays a role in improving mood and has antidepressant properties. This substance also enhances the activity of endorphins, which are responsible for raising levels of happiness.
- Weight maintenance:
Some experiments have shown the possibility of cocoa affecting weight loss or maintenance, by regulating energy consumption, reducing appetite, reducing inflammation, increasing fat oxidation, and making you feel full.
- Contains soy lecithin emulsion:
- It works to reduce harmful cholesterol levels.
- It may contribute to strengthening the immune system.
- It helps relieve anxiety and stress.
- It reduces the incidence of breast cancer, based on a study conducted in 2011.
- There are several ways to provide variety in eating Fanti chocolate:
- Healthy Chocolate Date Cookies:
- the components:
- 2 pieces of Vanity chocolate flavored chocolate
- 8 pieces of pitted dates.
- ¼ cup hot water.
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup ground oats
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- The method of work:
Place the dates in a small bowl, add a sufficient amount of hot water, cover and leave for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
Remove the dates from the water, and reserve the soaking liquid. Combine dates and vegetable oil in a bowl and mix until the mixture forms a paste.
Add the soaking liquid, a tablespoon at a time, until a paste-like consistency is reached. Then add the egg extract, vanilla, oats, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt. Melt the Fanti chocolate over the fire, then place it on the mixture. Use a medium-sized cookie scoop to add Round balls of dough. Press the surface of the dough down with wet fingers until it flattens slightly.
Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are cooked, 13 to 15 minutes. Leave it to cool on a tray for 5 minutes before removing it to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Healthy vanilla cake:
- the components:
- 2 Fanta milk chocolates
- Two and a half cups of oatmeal
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup of milk
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- The method of work:
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
Mix the oat flour and vanilla extract together in a large bowl, then add the eggs, milk, and vegetable oil and stir until smooth. Add more flour if the mixture is too liquid. Melt the Fanti chocolate over the fire, then put it on the mixture, then place the mixture in a cake pan in the oven, then leave it in the oven for about 45 minutes.
- Peanut flavored healthy candy chips:
- the components:
- 2 Vanity chocolate peanut flavour
- ½ cup of peanuts
- 1 cup of diet sugar
- ½ cup corn syrup
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- The method of work:
Heat the microwave at high temperature for 5 minutes. Mix the ingredients together, then add the peanuts and Fanti chocolate after melting them.
The bowl is wiped with butter and placed in the microwave. Two minutes later, the mixture is added to the bowl, then left for about 8 to 10 minutes in the microwave and left at room temperature until it cools, then break it.
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