Untempered

We just made a small batch of untempered chocolate today.
It is made with organic brown sugar and a little vanilla and cinnamon.
Some of it has hazelnuts (from Elaine's family's farm!) and some of it has peanut butter (my favorite.)

I wasn't planning on making it all untempered but as I started getting ready to temper it I discovered that I could not find my tempering tools. Keli had requested one tray of untempered and so I just decided that this was a sign to make it all untempered (not to mention that it is a LOT easier to make untempered chocolate!)

Homegrown for Diamond Heart

Here we are in California.

We have wrapped up our first batch of chocolate and the pictures below demonstrate the variety we have available.

Freshly roasted nuts and seeds

 We have not melted and wrapped the xylitol bars yet, but I know there are a couple of people who prefer these bars who can't have sugar and I'm not forgetting.  You'll be the first to know when they are ready.
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You can place orders by emailing Keli or Jim if you have our email addresses or you can email us at keljichocolate@gmail.com.

 As you know, we do things on a very small scale. The beans from the trees, the climate in Bonanza, the fermentation, drying, roasting, tempering etc, are all a combination of science and art with varying factors.  The value in our bars is not how perfect they are -  although we try, there is no such thing as a totally consistent outcome. But rather that we guarantee all the ingredients are the best possible quality, produced with attention to sustainable farming practices. Since we are farmers and growers these factors are very important to us and what makes our bars unique.  In fact, the variety of tastes, all good and interesting, vary according to the batch, which is why we name each batch and list the ingredients and the story behind each batch of chocolate.

Below is what we have available from our first melting and wrapping session.  It's the 'Home Grown" batch named so by Jim because it is one of the rare batches we make with the sugar we grow at the farm.

We made 4 of each kind in the small size $5.50 each
and some large pure chocolate bars $12.00 each.
one or two large with fillings and some untempered ( for those of you who know and and love the untempered)

All ingredients organic and beyond.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds and Chili--quite spicy, and full of crunch--4 small bars, 1 large untempered
Roasted Cashews--4 small bars
Orange juice sprouted Raw almonds--3 small bars
Antioxidant Boost dried blueberries--2 small bars
Roasted Hazel Nuts--4 small bars
Bonanza peanuts--3 small bars
Pure Chocolalte--8 small bars and 4 large bars
Pure Chocolate untempered--2 large bars plus some extra stuff (ask me)

The peanuts in the upper
right are our own "Bonanza peanuts"