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I do believe chocolate saves a lot of people lives everyday...I say this because women we all ove chocolate & no matter how angry we get just that little piece of heaven puts us at ease. So the next time you are driving in that God awful 5 o'clock traffic & someone cuts you off & you wanna just lose your mind, indulge yourself in a piece of choclate & it takes the stress away. I keep minature bars in my glove box so every time I drive I have my life saver handy...LOL.

Well I can't say it's a life saver but I can say it definitely does the job when I have no real time to eat and I need a "pick me up" other than the ten cups of coffee I drink a day!

I totally agree. The best is dark  dark! what is really nice now the dr. say that one ounce a day is a must for your health.

There probably isn't a week that goes by when I don't have chocolate.   Lately I have been into Fannie Mae Chocolate covered almonds and Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cones.   

Oh, my gosh, Sarah!  My best friend's husband makes award winning chili, and the dark chocolate is his "secret ingredient"!  How cool that you do that, too!  85% is my favorite, just to have with a hot cup of coffee...I don't require a lot of it, but it is my favorite indulgence.  Sometimes I will even chip a little away to stir INTO the coffee...instant mochacchino!

I wish chocolate was a veggie then I could eat it all day long and not feel guilty, my favorite is good old fashioned Hershey chocolate bars with almonds-I think I'm going to go and eat one for breakfast, that'll get my day going right.

lol that was good Miss Mary Kay. I could go for some chocolate covered pretzels. Love them!!!

Haha so true ladies..

but on a serious note - sometimes my friends blood sugar drops really low and in order for her to get above the point of passing out - she either eats a piece of chocolate or has some soda.  :P

Absolutely!  It may not be CPR, but it certainly does wonders for the heart and soul!

Sarah, I agree with you that 85% dark is the way to go.  I love it with cayenne or chili in it as well.  There is something about the little kick of the spice that makes it so yummy.  There is a place here that makes gourmet brownies, and my favorite is their dark chocolate with chili in it.

Dark chocolate covered almonds are delicious, too!

I gave up all sweets for Lent, and now I am dying after reading these posts.

If you eat dark chocolate that is 70% cocoa, it has heart health polyphenols which can help increase good cholesterol.

I know this to be true because I have an aunt who is severely obese, but because her love of Belgium chocolate, her HDL..is over 100...incredible but true....so I guess in a sense, it could be a life saver.

choclate has warded off many a decade of bad ju-ju.

you have to watch Ice Age 1 and 2 or it's not funny.

In response to Blue Monday, chocolate is a vegetable, or rather cacao from which chocolate is made...is a vegetable.  The ancient Mesoamericans reecognized that the cacao bean -- and the foods they made from it -- possessed health and energy giving properties.  What ruins the food value of chocolate is what is known as a "dutching" process where the cacao is heated (cooked) and mixed with milk products, sugars, waxes, and fillers.  

The potential health benefits of cacao is astounding.  There are hundreds of studies that suggest possible protection or enhancement of virtually every organ and system within the body.  Much of this is due to its extremely high antioxidant content. 

As a master chocolatier, I can assure you that the right chocolate is good for you.  You want one that is cold pressed, not heated.  Even if it's 70% chocolate if it's been cooked, it's like cooking spinach.  Raw spinach is better for you.  To my knowledge there is only one cold pressed chocolate on the market and it's delicious.

I can't imagine a day without chocolate!  I carry it with me everyday in my work bag.  Hersheys with almonds is a favorite along with Dove milk chocolate.