he Wild Treats Cacao Bar is aligned with the health conscious nutrition philosophy of PachaMama. It is a unique bar serving freshly harvested mouthwatering drinks, snacks and desserts. The bar’s kitchen uses mainly local organic, raw and fresh products. Everything is 100% natural and there are no artificial additives, colors or chemicals.
The main ingredient of the Wild Treats is the raw organic cacao bean. Being introduced to raw cacao was a major revolution in PachaMama’s culinary climate. Inspired by the pre-Columbian tradition and the raw movement, unprocessed chocolate and its huge nutritional benefits became a major ingredient in snacks, desserts and drinks.
The popular cacao shot, homemade chocolate, desserts and smoothies are all under the influence of this amazing super food that grows abundantly in the area.
Other powerful superfoods are continuously explored and used in desserts and in smoothies: fresh coconut, maca root, hemp seeds, mineralized salts, goji berries and bee pollen, to name a few.
The Aztecs attributed the creation of the cocoa plant to their god Quetzalcoatl who, descended from heaven on a beam of a morning star carrying a cocoa tree stolen from paradise.
They believed that wisdom and power came from eating the fruit of the cocoa tree, and also that it had nourishing, fortifying, and even aphrodisiac qualities.
The smoothies have become many people’s alternative to breakfast. Because of their nourishing richness, they are practically a meal in themselves.
Each day the menu has a variety of refreshing and rehydrating drinks, like coconut water, orange juice, passion fruit juice and much more.
An assortment of raw chocolate and irresistible desserts, cakes, ice creams and cookies, are always available.
Light raw vegan meals are prepared and served daily, as an alternative to cooked foods.
The Wild Treats Cacao Bar is a popular meeting point for people with high food consciousness .it also supports the Body Cleanse participants, during and after the cleanses maintaining a healthy diet.
2 cups of hemp seed milk
2 spoons of raw honey
1 cup of frozen peaches
1 spoon of passion fruit juice
Blend all the ingredients in a blender, then add:
2 spoonfuls of maca
1/2 cup of cacao beans
A handful of goji berries
2 spoons of oxoche
Blend again, add coconut water and ice to taste.
A brief description of some of the potent ingredients used in the Wild Treats.
Cacao
is chocolate. All the antioxidant values, mineral benefits, neurotransmitter rejuvenating properties, and overall health-giving qualities of chocolate are found in raw Cacao Beans.
Bee pollen
is the pollen collected by bees from a variety of wildflowers. It is a rich source of protein and increases the overall well-being by providing a concentration and wide spectrum of nutritional elements.
Maca
is an ancient Peruvian super food, growing in the high Andes. This super food has an outstanding ability to increase energy, endurance and strength. It is known for its positive effect on sexual energy, and supports a good mood in general.
Spirulina
is a blue-green algae. It offers a concentrated source of balanced protein. Eating green super foods like spirulina invigorates health both in body and mind.
Hemp seeds
are considered one of the most nutritional foods on earth. Eating hemp seeds is the best way to get "good fat" into your system.
Goji berries
are perhaps the most nutritional and rich fruit on the planet, and they taste great. Goji Berries are also super rich in vitamin C (and many other vitamins). The amount of vitamin C found in a handful of berries equals to eating 20 oranges.
Acai
is a berry, dried and ground into a beautiful purple powder. It is packed with antioxidants and used in smoothies and deserts, which also brings the purple magic to our recipes.
