Healthy Dark Chocolate

By Chocolate Truffle!, 8 December, 2010, No Comment

Is Dark Chocolate really good for you?

In a nut shell YES dark chocolate is good for you. The antioxidants found in dark chocolate are through the roof when compared to other foods. A measure of antioxidants in food is the ORAC, and dark chocolate levels are off the chart!

Take a look at some of these well know antioxidant boosting foods.

Dark chocolate 13,120 2.
Raisins 2,830
Blueberries 2,400
Blackberries 2,
Kale 1,770
Strawberries 1,540
Spinach 1,260
Raspberries 1,220
Brussels sprouts 980
Plums 949
Alfalfa sprouts 930

Taking on board all I have learned about the benefits of dark chocolate and armed with this list of super foods I came up with this antioxidant rich muffin! I must admit that these muffins will contain protein but still with the benefits of high antioxidant ingredients, there must still be some goodness there.

INGREDIENTS:

150g plain flour
50g caster sugar,
½ tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 egg , beaten
50g melted butter or canola oil
100ml milk
75g blueberries
75g dark chocolate roughly chopped

METHOD:

1. Preheat the oven to 200C, and prepare your muffin tin with paper cases.
2. In a bowl mix together all the dry ingredients.
3. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Don’t over mix the batter it should still be a little lumpy.
4. Divide the mixture into your muffin tin and bake in the oven for 25mins.

Enjoy!