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Home » Food Photos » By Type » Bread Ideas » Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf

Published: Feb 8, 2010 · Modified: Oct 16, 2020 by greenlitebitescom · This post may contain affiliate links · 11 Comments

This was a another snow day experiment. I like baking from scratch but sometimes using a mix is a life saver. It takes all the guess work out of it and I can simply have fun. I like having fun. Especially in the kitchen. 🙂

Anyway I used Vitalicious's Deep Chocolate Vita Muffin Mix. I'm a fan of these mixes. Their ingredient lists aren't perfect but they are one of the few whole wheat mixes I can find.

Instead of making muffins, the little guy and I made a loaf. Like a chocolate bread. But of course we couldn't leave it alone. We added some simple ingredients to jazz it up a bit.Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf

Both the little guy and I LOVED it. Actually you should see it now. He's been picking at it all day. I had to yell at him to stop stealing bites. The husband tried it. Said he liked it and will never have another bite again. If it doesn't come out of a box he's simply uninterested. Don't get me started. lol

Anyway, here's what we did.

  • ¼ cup raw almonds (30g)
  • ¼ cup dried cherries (40g)
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 and ¼ cups of water
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 package of Vitalicious Deep Chocolate VitaMuffin mix
  • non-stick spray and a bit of flour

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf - ingredients

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees

Spray a loaf pan with non stick spray and coat with a thin layer of flour. We want to avoid sticking.

Weigh out the almonds and cherries

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf - cherries and almonds

Chop them to make smaller pieces so everyone gets a bite.

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf - chopped

In a large bowl whisk the water, egg whites and extract until bubbles form.

Add the bag of mix and combine well.

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf - mixChocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf - stir

Pour the batter in the loaf pan and enjoy a few licks off the spoon. 🙂

Bake for about 60 minutes until the center is solid to the touch.

Let it cool in the pan for a few minutes and then run a knife along the sides before popping out.

Here's close up. I was a little picture happy. Can you tell? 🙂

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf

oh heck. Here's a few more. 🙂

Chocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf eatingChocolate Cherry Almond Vita-Loaf - another shot

If you are interested you can order VitaMixes online by clicking here. Be sure to use the Code RonisWeigh for 10%. Vitalicious sponsors Roni's Weigh and sends me products to review now and then.

Oh! and if you are a VitaTop fan they are having a contest. Enter to win a year supply!

Approx Nutritional Information per serving
Servings Amt per Serving
12 1 oz slice - 1/12 of the loaf
Calories Fat Fiber WWPs
130 3g 6g old: 2 new: 4
Sugar Sat Fat Carbs Protein
12g 1g 27g 5g
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  1. Roy says

    September 28, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    I was happy to learn that I peeked your interest in mango bread. I don't know if my including a url from another website is considered in bad taste (no pun intended). If it is, please forgive my ignorance. My reasoning for the inclusion is that sharing is good. Okay, okay, there may be some things that we (everyone) don't need to share, but I digress. Here is the url for one recipe for mango bread (for the record, I am not connected in any way with this website): http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Magic-Mango-Bread/Detail.aspx

    Personally, I love pluots, white flesh nectarines and saturn peaches (aka: doughnut peaches; if by chance you have not seen them, they are flat peaches with a white flesh).
    I love fresh red raspberries. One more, "I love," if you don't mind. I love lychees. You can find an article on the saturn peach, pluot and lychee on wikipedia. I have not tried a longan, but I would like to. It, too, is on wikipedia.

    I would love to know if you ever try making a bread in which you include any of the following fruits: mango, pluots, white flesh nectarines, saturn peaches, lychees, longans AND what you thought of the result. I assume that if your first try at cooking/baking something new is a flop that you try at least a second and if necessary, possibly, a third time.

    I apologize for my "wordiness" in this note.

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  2. Janice says

    February 12, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing. I always order VitaTops from their website and use your code. I added the mixes to my order the other day once I saw this. I am definately going to try this. It looks scrumptious!

    Reply
  3. Jen says

    February 10, 2010 at 11:40 pm

    I see you shop at Aldi too. I really like their Fit & Active stuff (can't beat the price), and my family loves the cherries. I'm sure they would love them in a chocolate bread like this as well. Thanks for the recipe!

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  4. Krista S. says

    February 09, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    My favorite picture is of Ryan with his hands on his hips. That kid has such personality!

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  5. Stephanie says

    February 09, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    YUM. I love the texture of the dried fruit and nuts.

    BODA lose weight

    Reply
  6. roni says

    February 09, 2010 at 11:23 am

    Danielle - I get it at my regular grocery store now. Usually in the same aisle as the rice, near the couscous. Ir it may be in the ethnic area.

    Oh! and I think Craisins would be awesome!

    Reply
  7. Danielle says

    February 09, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Looks so yummy I have some of that mix at home going to try it maybe tomorrow if I am homebound due to the snow with my lil girl - no cherries here but have craisins - those will have to do.

    I want to try to make your quinoa stuffed peppers - where can I find quinoa??

    Thanks
    Danielle

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  8. karen says

    February 09, 2010 at 8:56 am

    Your little guy is a cutie! What a good idea to add cherries and almonds to a chocolate loaf, I'll bet that was really tasty! I;ll have to see if they sell those mixes in my neck of the woods.

    Reply
  9. Debbi says

    February 08, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    I love vitalicious products! I just made a huge order of their vitatops, I love them. This looks fantastic, glad the little one liked it. My husband is equally strange about things. He won't touch quinoa because he can't pronounce it and he didn't grow up with it. Ya, THAT makes sense. 🙂

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  10. Rebeca says

    February 08, 2010 at 10:28 pm

    That looks incredible! Hope you're enjoying this snow! Is B-more getting the second wave like DC is? I may have to make a version of this tomorrow when it's all snowy 🙂

    Reply
  11. Lynette says

    February 08, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    Heading to website now to order some of this mix, looks fantastic!!

    Reply

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