Walnut Chocolate Fruit Dip (Raw Food)

Sydney Mike's Note:

A great dip recipe from the internet!

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 20

Yield: 2.0 cups

• 1 cup walnuts
• 6 dates , soaked
• 2 tablespoons cocoa , measures
• 2 tablespoons agave nectar (or sweetner of choice)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons water , filtered

Directions:

1. Using a food processor, chop walnuts until finely ground.
2. Add dates, one at a time, grinding each until you can't tell they're there.
3. Add cocoa, sweetner of choice & vanilla, & then, while continuing to process, add alternately a little oil & then a little water, until you reach the consistency that you want ~ ALL ingredient measurements are rough estimates only!
4. Serve with favorite fruit slices!

Reviews

[Ksflyer]

I can't believe how great this is. I have never tried anything like this before. It is just fabulous. Good enough to share at the holidays and no one will believe that it is healthy. Thanks for sharing!

[Lalaloula]

This is AWESOME!!!! It is sooo indulgently rich and creamy with such an intense chocolate taste! WOW, love this! I have made it twice in two days already. :)
For me it doesnt need any additional sweetening with the dates already in there, so I skipped the agave.
I tried the walnut version first using half carob and half cocoa powder, which I liked a lot. For the second batch I tried almonds and that was super yummy, too. I think Ill try cashew next and maybe add some toasted coconut to it. YUM!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing such a great recipe with us, Syd!
Made and reviewed for one of my PAC babies Autumn 2011.

[UmmBinat]

Yum... DD (toddler) likes this and so do I. Loved it on fresh in season peach slices. Also had with seedless green grapes and an assortment of other fruit. Mine was a dip per instructions and was not too thick to dip into but I did make 1/4 of the recipe all in my spice mill/coffee grinder. This is only raw if you use specified raw ingredients, regular stores olive oil for example is not raw. I used soft Parnoosh dates in a bigger quantity as they are small, (I have recently realized they contain added honey -therefore not raw I'm sure), I used carob powder in double the amount in place of cocoa to be caffeine free, I understand agave is not raw, I used raw, organic, local honey, no alcohol vanilla from the health food store, unrefined extra virgin olive oil, plus the water. I may make this again as a treat! Made for Veggie Swap 38 ~ September ~