Time for Tea: Living Food of St Ives' Raw Chocolate Naked Pie Review (60g)

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 Rating: 6.5/10, available from Raw Living for £1.95 (+p&p).

Have you ever seen that episode of the Gilmore Girls when Lorelai admits to Christopher that in spite of wanting him to be the one, he just wasn't? (On a side note, it might just be me but I think that Christopher took it really well.) Well, that's kind of how we feel about this sweet.

We wanted to love it, we tried so very hard to love it, we even went back to it after the first, second and third try, but it just didn't happen for us. In tiny 5mmx5mm pieces it is nice, a bit caroby but nice. In normal bites it's like a trick on your tastebuds: "am i eating carob? is it a powder? is it a ganache? why is it mildly tangy? what am I eating here?!"

There is no bad aftertaste and if you have it in very tiny pieces with tea it is a nice snack that, based on the ingredients, is probably medium GI.

It doesn't seem safe for type 2 diabetics though; em's blood sugar was not best pleased with a bite sized amount leaving the 5mmx5mm piece the only tolerable option for her.

All in all, it's not a bad dessert. It just doesn't hit the spot. We don't know about you but we have high expectations of sweet treats, they need to taste indulgent (even if they're not). This bar is reasonably priced and if you're looking for a healthier option to a bar of chocolate then this is worth it (but it does taste of carob, which might take some getting used to).

What it is great for is exercise recovery and giving you a lift if you get the afternoon energy slump. As a functional sweet food, it's worth it. But if you, like us, were just looking for a sweet treat then you might not be satisfied with it. That is, of course, if you are not a lover of carob.

Ingredients: raw chocolate, coconut butter, yacon, lucuma, agave, carob flour.
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