If you're allergic to dairy, nuts, soya or wheat most mainstream shop bought chocolates are off limits. You can't just walk into a newsagent and buy free from chocolate, however ranges are growing at health food shops like Holland and Barret or a larger supermarket free from aisles. If chocolate ingredients look allergen free, they often have 'may contain' warnings and even … [Read more...]
How to make soya, dairy, wheat/gluten and nut free chocolate
So what do you do when you get some time to relax? For the consumate blogger it's a chance to catch up on some blog planning and get baking in the kitchen. This afternoon I made chocolate for the first time ever. It's dead easy. You need cocoa butter, cocoa powder, some sweetener (I used Sweet Freedom which is a fruit and carob sweetener) and vanilla essence or any … [Read more...]
Nut and dairy free cocoa powder
Cocoa powder is just that, cocoa powder isn't it? Well maybe not. It nearly always contains sugar; finding one without sugar is impossible. They also often contain skimmed milk powder if sold as a hot chocolate powder drink and on more careful examination, most contain a 'may contain' milk or nuts warning. How high is the risk from may contain warnings? But what does that … [Read more...]