4 heart-loving chocolate treats
February 1, 2012
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Whisked with hot milk, these easy-to-make, liquid aphrodisiacs warm up winter nights in decadent style. Sexy flavors include gingery chai, tingly hot xocolatl, and straight-up dark with chocolate bits. Another turn-on? It’s all certified fair trade.
Forgoing typical roasting, this wild-and-crazy company crafts astonishingly tasty raw bars to preserve cocoa’s stellar enzymes and nutrients. Rowdy flavors include Matcha Peppermint, Hibiscus Ginger, and Dark as Midnight. More love: A 1 percent “bite” of profits supports customer-nominated changemakers.
Tart-sweet, subtly addictive, and delightfully quirky describes our latest crush. With more free radical–fighting punch than green tea or blueberries, pomegranate arils (seeds) merge with dark chocolate for a why-didn’t-we-think-of-this-sooner snack.
Hooray, another excuse! A research-supported, therapeutic quantity of cocoa flavanols in every square gives you a justifiable reason to eat one of these tasty morsels daily. (We won’t tell if you sneak a couple more.)
Hooray, another excuse! A research-supported, therapeutic quantity of cocoa flavanols in every square gives you a justifiable reason to eat one of these tasty morsels daily. (We won’t tell if you sneak a couple more.)
By Elisa Bosley
The undeniable champion of feel-good foods, chocolate does more than tantalize your taste buds: It loves you back. According to a University of Cambridge review of seven studies that tracked more than 100,000 people, eating antioxidant-rich dark chocolate (at least 70 percent cocoa content) can reduce heart disease risk by 37 percent. We say “I do” to these inspiring, USDA Organic choices.
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