Imitating Nestle Buncha Crunch- will this work?

[rawererin]

I plan to make this chocolate recipe:
2 C Cacao Butter (melted)
1/8 - 1/4 C Cacao Powder
1/2 - 3/4 C Agave
2 tsp- 2 Tbsp Vanilla

Blend ingredients till super smooth. Pour into molds or spread onto a cookie sheet and freeze.

Then pour it over a bunch of buckwheat I had dehydrated, then drop in onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet with 1/2 tsp scoop to get little clusters, and freeze it to harden the chocolate.
Do you think this will work?

[GlimR]

2 cups is alot of cacao butter...I'd addd more cacao....maybe a cup. I'd add a pinch of salt and a touch of vanilla too.

[RawDancer]

If your using 2 cups of cacao butter you are going to need WAY more cacao powder. I'm sure exactly how much but I think it will be close to 2 cups of cacow powder. Other then that I think it will be great!

[tvillemom]

I think there is a recipe like that somewhere here on the board...I think they even used buckwheaties!! Try the search.

[Eva]

What in the world are buckwheaties??

[Seren]

Aren't they soaked then dehydrated buckwheat groats or something? I think they are ani phyos creation lol :) xxx

[tvillemom]

They are sprouted buckwheat dehydrated....sometimes called buckwheaties! Little crunchy goodness!!

[GlimR]

Buckwheaties have been around a long time and many raw chefs have something similar in their books...makes a great crunchy addition to cereal, candies, etc...

[rawnerino]

Yes, buckwheaties are wonderful--I make a quick cereal with them, cacao nibs, gogi berries and hemp nut seeds with almond milk=yum!!

I finally bought cacao butter and it is going really fast--I'm my own Easter bunny. How do you melt it without heating it too much? It is so hard.

Thanks for any tips,

[GlimR]

Either in the dehydrator or in a double boiler fashioned set up over very warm water.

[rawererin]

If your using 2 cups of cacao butter you are going to need WAY more cacao powder. I'm sure exactly how much but I think it will be close to 2 cups of cacow powder. Other then that I think it will be great!

why do I need more cacao powder, of the cacao butter already smells chocolatey enough?

[jacsam]

I haven't seen a recipe with those type of porportions before....it really does seem like alot of cacao butter. Let us know how it goes.

[GlimR]

You could use less cacao butter instead if you'd prefer.

#1.cacao butter is very expensive...why use more than you need.

#2. the cacao powder is going to give you a LOT more chocolate taste than the butter will. The butter just makes it richer, creamier, a more "chocolaty" mouth feel and helps the finished chocolate hold its shape at room temp.

[rawererin]

ooooh ok, I get it, how much cacao butter do you think I should use, I found this recipe on goneraw.com, and another one I found suggested 1.5 C of cacao butter and like 4 Tbsp of cacao powder....
What would be the best measurements?