The Art Of Raw Chocolatiering

*YAWN* Everybody's a raw food chocolate expert these days.

Well, the team at Heal Yourself Institute promises we've been in this business long enough to know that our upcoming guest chef & raw food educator, Miss Megan McMurray, owner of LA's premiere raw food dessert supplier Decadently Raw Confections and raw-vegan chocolate extraordinare cookbook author, can run circles around these self-proclaimed chocolate "masters!"

And by the way, the owner, Andrea McNinch, is truly a classically trained chef, who studied under one of only four master pastry in the world at the time, so we think we are a pretty good judge of who can throw down in the kitchen! 

Pictured: Adam Carolla, David Wolfe, Megan McMurray

"If you want yourself some chocolate, these [truffles] will definitely do it, you will leave satisfied."

- Adam Carolla, radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor.

"Megan is a consummate raw food chef. She is a genius chef. I love decadent raw food, but I can’t make it, I relay on her for that. She is a genius at that kind of stuff!"

- David Wolfe, world's leading authority on nutrition.

"Megan can THROW DOWN in the kitchen! But unlike all the other raw chocolate makers out there these days, Megan actually brings true nutrition into her craft."

- Andrea McNinch, nationally acclaimed nutritionist and raw food expert.

The Class
Join both Megan and the owner of both HYI & Regeneration Raw for the BEST EVER culinary + nutritional download you could have ever hoped for on raw chocolate! And the learning doesn't stop with chocolatiering! You will also learn how to make other decadent confections such as choco-covered pretzels, caramel, your own coconut butter and how to use a malanger! Plus, Andrea will deliver a full-on 30-minute lecture on the health benefits of raw chocolate, and Megan will also incorporate nutritional tid bits throughout class like the addition of superfoods into her tantalizing treats!

Class breakdown:

Fine Chocolate

• White Chocolate
• Superfood Chocolate
• Chocolate Presentation Techniques: 1) layered chocolate 2) contrasting colored chocolates 3) lined chocolates 4) brushing chocolate across the mold technique
• Molded Chocolates w/Assorted Filling: demo will include 1) creating a chocolate shell 2) making fillings 3) filling mold 4) dipping fillings in chocolate
  

Melanger (will demo using a melanger)

• Demo Making Coconut Butter
  
• Demo Making Colored White Chocolate

Truffles

• Simple Solid Chocolate Truffles
• White Chocolate Truffles Dipped in Superfood Chocolate
• Superfood Chocolate Dipped Ganache Centered Truffles
• Ganache Filled Chocolate Cups: demo will include 1) decorative piping 2) layering 3) caramel

Confections

• Superfood Dipped Chocolate Pretzels
• Superfood Chocolate Turtles

• Candy Bars: Snickers bar shown w/2 methods 1) Inside candy bar mold 2) dipping bar in chocolate

Megan McMurray

I am an organic, raw, vegan, dessert confectionista and chocolatier from Santa Monica, CA, certified as a raw food instructor at the Tree of Life. Essentially, I make healthy, nutritious, gluten-free "junk food." Anything you can think of... I can make a raw, vegan version.  My version tastes better than the original and are healthy, cruelty free and nutrient dense.

I have been eating raw for 7 years, gained training through my experience working at Planet Raw in Santa Monica and traveling the world visiting over 50 fine chocolate shops in over 10 different countries. I am self-taught through over 7 years of experimenting in my own kitchen and countless hours of reading classic chocolate and dessert books written by famous French chocolatiers. I am graduating with my Masters degree in raw vegan nutrition in July under Dr. Gabriel Cousens’ instruction.

There are NO walk-ins! There is NO public entrance. Access is granted to class participants ONLY.  Full address (suite number) disclosure is given after registration.