Bulletproof Cacao - Cuz I don't drink coffee!

One of the mainstays of the keto diet is Bulletproof Coffee. For those unfamiliar with this trendy breakfast beverage, it's coffee that has grass-fed butter and coconut oil blended into it. That's the basics, but people will also add some cream, spices,  or sweetener as well. It's the fats that are important.

Why add all that fat? The idea is that the fat will do two things: it will keep you feeling satiated/full so that you won't crave food, and it will help prolong the effects of the caffeine. In regard to the caffeine, it just means that instead of having a fast caffeine peak and then crash, the effects will be more constant and even over a longer period of time. 

I have never drunk coffee. I never acquired a taste for it and I didn't really feel a need for the caffeine. My hot drink of preference has always been hot chocolate. That's why, when I discovered brewed cacao, I became hooked on that. 

I discovered brewing cacao at the Fancy Food Show where a new company, Crio Bru, was introducing their new product. Thankfully, they sent me some samples and thus won a new customer. I won't get into depth on the health benefits of it because I already wrote about it on my other blog. Please read about the antioxidants and the benefits of theobromine in my Munchie Musings post on Loving Crio Bru. 

You brew Crio Bru EXACTLY like you do coffee. At the time I was not keto and so I was loving that I could have hot chocolate, so to speak, with a quarter of the calories of traditional hot chocolate. Instead of a 380 calorie traditional, I could have a 50 calorie Crio Bru version. 

On keto calories are not the focus - fat is. So by putting 1 tablespoon of butter and another of coconut oil (minimum) into your drink, you have a good fat start to your day. 

This is MY concoction. Everyone has their own.

Brewed Crio Bru with a pinch of salt
1 T butter
1 scoop of Perfect Keto MCT oil powder OR 2 T coconut oil
1 scoop of Perfect Keto collagen
some stevia or monk fruit drops for sweetener
1/4 cinnamon or chai spice
a quick pour (2 T?) of heavy whipping cream

It's important to use a blender! People who try to do bulletproof without blending will be confronted with a hot grease slick on the top of their beverage. Good luck downing that! By blending everything, it becomes nice and frothy like a latte.

Why the pinch of salt? Salt will cut bitterness. It's a good addition to coffee as well.

And the Perfect Keto products? Just a preference. I like to use the chocolate MCT oil because it adds the refined oil from the coconuts with an added boost of chocolate flavor. And the vanilla collagen adds some vanilla flavoring.

If you are a non-coffee drinker and want to get your bulletproof game going on, then dry Bulletproof Cacao instead!