Im going DARK and ORGANIC

             I love chocolates!.. and i will always love chocolates. In fact, its sooo sooo hard for me to say 'NO' when someone offers me a chocolate. Ang hirap magpakipot. How can i even say "no" to the sweet tasting mouthwatering  tongue satisfier?Uuuhhh. Super duper hard. Promise! No joke!...And whenever I eat more than enough, I always feed my mind "That's alright Minie, those chocolates are antioxidant and a broken herat healer. besides, it reduces the risk of heart disease, provides good memory and helps lower cholesterol level." O, lusot di ba? hahahaha...But unfortunately, though I tend to feed myself with positive effects of chocolates I still couldn't hide the fact that chocolates contain high sugar and fat which leads to weight gain and my biggest enemy, PIMPLES....And because Im trying to lose weight and achieve good skin, I dont have a choice but try to avoid these ooohhh-so-heaven chocolates.
              But hey, dont feel sorry for me for depriving myself from eating these chocolates. 'Cause from now on, I am going dark and organic.And to start my year with sweets, I  will reward myself with these favorites:

LINDT EXCELLENCE

Lindt Excellence gourmet chocolate is prepared especially by master chocolatiers who, from selecting the highest quality cocoa can offer, demand nothing less than perfection. Contains cocoa solids 70% minimum.

TRADER JOE'S

Trader Joe's with raisins and peanuts. Sweet raisins and flavorful pecans are blended with 57% cacao dark chocolate. The result is a sophisticated chocolate as with the intensity of fine dark chocolate and the texture of premium ingredients. A classy bar with a sassy attitude.

Ingredients: organic dark chocolate (organic evaporated cane juice sugar, organic cocoa butter), organic raisins, organic sunflower oil, organic pecans, dry cocoa solids 57% minimum.

 Trader Joe's with almonds. Premium roasted almonds and 73% cacao dark chocolate are stars of this bar. Together thay form a decadently delicious sweet treat that has an intense chocolate bite and a delightful nutty texture. Ingredients: organic dark chocolate (organic cocoa mass, organic evaporated cane sugar, organic cocoa butter), organic roasted almonds, dry cocoa solids 73% minimum

CAVALIER

Belgian. No added sugar. Dark Chocoalte sweetened with maltitol-lactitol. Ingredients: cocoa mass, sweetener (maltitol, lactitol), inulin (alimentary fibre), cocoa butter, emulsifier: soy lecithin, natural vanilla. Cocoa solids: minimum 55% produced in a plant processing milk protien, wheat and nuts. Excessive consumption may have a laxative effect. Contains naturally occurring  sugar.

GHIRARDELLI

A perfect combination of rich slow-melting cool mint filling. Ingredients: sugar, unsweetened chocolate, high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, cocoa butter, water,milk fat, corn syrup, soy lecithin-an emulsifier, vanilla, peppermint, potassium sorbate-a preservative gelatin.

             Dark chocolate have much higher cacao content compared to other chocolates. Cacao appears to have an anti-aging and anti-inflammatory properties. Cacao powder, reportedly, has nearly twice antioxidants than red wine and up to three times antioxidants found in green tea says Nibmor.com. In addition, cacao has a high content of beauty minerals, Sulfur, that builds strong nails and hairand promotes healthy and beautiful skin. So the more chocolate is processed, the more benefits are negated since more flavonoids are processed away. Plus fats found in cacao are healthy fats.

              Friends, if you wanna change you chocolate diet, lets change together. But remember, everything that is too much is not good. Have a happy sweet day!