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Home / Archives for Chocolate

Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding Recipe

May 13, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

This decadent chocolate chia seed pudding is equal parts indulgent and delicious!

 

Whether you’re meal prepping tomorrow’s breakfast or craving a chocolate-y dessert – this is the recipe for you!

 

Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding

 5 min prep + 2-4 hr chilling time

Serves 2-3

Vegetarian

 

Ingredients

1 cup milk (whole, almond, oat, etc.)

½ cup plain yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

¼ cup chia seeds

2-4 tablespoons agave syrup

3 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted

1 teaspoon mushroom powder

Pinch of salt

Shaved chocolate, for garnish

Sliced almonds, for garnish

Mint leaves, for garnish

 

Directions

  • Whisk together all ingredients in a mixing bowl until smooth. Adjust sweetness to taste and place in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours to thicken.
  • Spoon pudding into serving dishes and garnish with shaved chocolate, sliced almonds, and mint leaves.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Eating Well, Health foods, Recipe Ideas, Stores_both, Superfoods

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

April 3, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

 1 hr

Makes 2 loaves

Vegetarian

 

Ingredients

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup cane sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

3 ripe bananas, mashed

2 large eggs

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted

1 teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon sea salt

½ cup sour cream

¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips

 

Directions

  • Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla together until pale in color. In a separate bowl, whisk together bananas and eggs. Add the banana mixture to the creamed butter and mix until just combined. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Fold into wet ingredients.
  • Add sour cream and fold the batter again until just combined then fold in chocolate chips.
  • Grease loaf pans with butter or baking spray, optionally, line them with parchment paper. Divide batter evenly between the two prepared pans.
  • Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow banana bread to rest for 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Eating Well, Recipe Ideas, Stores_both

Chocolate Trail Mix Bars Recipe

February 10, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

These delicious chocolate trail mix bars are perfect whenever you’re on the go!

Plus, they’re made of pantry staples you probably already have on hand – including oats, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. And if you don’t have them on hand you know you can get them at our stores!

 

Chocolate Trail Mix Bars

Makes 8

Total time: 35 Minutes

Gluten-Free, Vegetarian

 

Ingredients

 

1 cup gluten-free rolled oats

½ cup trail mix

½ cup mixed roasted nuts, roughly chopped

⅓ cup chocolate chips

½ cup roasted sunflower seeds

¼ cup sesame seeds

¼ cup currants

½ cup honey or brown rice syrup

⅓ cup creamy peanut butter

2 ounces chocolate, chopped

¼ teaspoon avocado oil

 

Directions

 

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine oats, trail mix, nuts, chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and currants.
  2. Heat peanut butter and honey in a small saucepan and stir until bubbling. Pour over oat mixture and stir until well blended and everything is coated.
  3. Line a 9”x9” baking pan with parchment paper. Add mixture to the pan and with wet hands, press mixture flat.
  4. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow bars to cool before removing from the pan.
  5. Cut into eight bars and place on a cooling rack.
  6. Fill a medium-sized pot with two inches of water and place a heatproof metal or glass mixing bowl on top. You want it to fit snugly without touching the water. Bring the water to a simmer over medium-low heat. Add the chocolate and avocado oil to the bowl and stir until melted and combined. Drizzle the chocolate over the cooled bars.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Eating Well, Farm Visits, Know Your Farmer, Non-GMO, Organic foods, Pasture Raised, Recipe Ideas, Stores_both

Auro Chocolate Talk & Tasting at The Annex – Tuesday, February 4, 2025

January 23, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

Calling all chocolate connoisseurs!

Join us for a talk and chocolate tasting of Auro Chocolate on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, with a presentation at 7:00pm at the Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex, 10387 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 526-5150. There is not a charge for this event.

Auro Chocolate is an internationally awarded tree-to-bar chocolate brand that promotes sustainability by working directly with local farmers to create fine Filipino cacao beans, ingredients and retail products with unique and bold tropical flavors.

This event will include a tasting of samples.

Learn about sourcing, processing and quality!

https://aurochocolate.com/pages/about

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Chocolate, Events, Organic farming, Organic foods, Special Events

Chocolate Tasting: Auro Chocolate – 7pm, Tuesday, October 15, 2024

October 8, 2024 by The Natural Grocery Company

Calling all chocolate connoisseurs!

Join us for a lecture and chocolate tasting of Auro Chocolate on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 with a presentation at 7:00pm at the Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex, 10387 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 526-5150. There is not a charge for this event.

 

Auro Chocolate is an internationally awarded tree-to-bar chocolate brand that promotes sustainability by working directly with local farmers to create fine Filipino cacao beans, ingredients and retail products with unique and bold tropical flavors.

The lecture will include a tasting of samples.

Learn about sourcing, processing and quality!

 

About Us – Auro Chocolate

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Chocolate, Events, Know Your Farmer, Organic foods, Special Events, Sustainability

Chocolate Tasting: Auro Chocolate – 7pm, Tuesday, August 13, 2024

July 29, 2024 by The Natural Grocery Company

Calling all chocolate connoisseurs!

Join us for a lecture and chocolate tasting of Auro Chocolate on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 with a presentation at 7:00pm at the Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex, 10387 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 526-5150. There is not a charge for this event.

 

Auro Chocolate is an internationally awarded tree-to-bar chocolate brand that promotes sustainability by working directly with local farmers to create fine Filipino cacao beans, ingredients and retail products with unique and bold tropical flavors.

The lecture will include a tasting of samples.

Learn about sourcing, processing and quality!

 

About Us – Auro Chocolate

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Chocolate, Events, Know Your Farmer, Organic foods, Special Events, Sustainability

Annex Chocolate Tasting & Lecture with Original Beans

March 23, 2023 by The Natural Grocery Company

Calling all chocolate connoisseurs!

Join us for a lecture and chocolate tasting with Harald Sorst of Original Beans at the Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex, 10387 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 526-5150. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and then tasting of samples.

March 29, 2023 with presentations at 4:00pm and 7:00pm, choose which time works best for you.

Learn about sourcing, processing and quality!

 

Filed Under: Annex, Chocolate, Events

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