This week's Dessert f the Week is brought to us from nutritionist Molly Siple, the author of Recipes for Change, Gourmet Wholefood Cooking for Health Vitality.

This recipe gives you a way to have chocolate, without eating refined sugar. The sweet comes from maple syrup and raisins instead.

What you need:

• 4 ounces of unsweetened baking chocolate
• 1/2 cup of maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup of raisins
• 1/2 cup almonds or pecans, toasted

What you do:

1. In a double boiler, heat chocolate until melted.  Add syrup, vanilla, raisins, and almonds.  Stir well.
2. Using two teaspoons, drop mixture onto parchment paper in 18 mounds. Allow to cool and harden.
3. Store in an airtight container.  These candies will last long, long, time- unless you eat them all!

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