Comments on: Confessions of a Chocolate Fanatic

By: claudia

claudia — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:20:09 +0000

I am sure chocolate in moderation makes anyone a better person.

By: Living A Whole Life

Living A Whole Life — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:46:57 +0000

It’s always encouraging that you can eat a “whole foods” diet and still include chocolate! Otherwise I’m not sure life would be worth living!

Karla

By: Rhoda

Rhoda — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:24:24 +0000

I love the 364 dark chocolate the best. I also love Paul Newman’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Just before Christmas 2007, I had a stomach ache for 3 days. Mary kept telling me to go to the emergency room and I kept saying, “It’s a belly ache; it will go away.” The 4th day, she came home from Whole Foods and I got out of bed to help her put the groceries up. We got to the peanut butter cups and she offered to open a package for me. I told her I didn’t want any and she took me right to the emergency room! That’s how much I like chocolate! I ended up being admitted for 4 days with diverticulitis. Moral? Don’t ignore it if you suddenly don’t want chocolate.

By: Brynne

Brynne — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:42:25 +0000

I lost 28 pounds eating chocolate every day! I ‘went organic’ in early 2006. One of my staple foods was organic chocolate bars, such as Green & Black’s and Rapunzel. Obviously, it wasn’t the chocolate that melted off the fat: It was five months of eating food without pesticides and herbicides and colourings and flavourings. My body fat was not extra calories, it was storage for poisons!
Since then, I’ve moved cross country from R.I. to CA and discovered Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies right on your store shelves!!! I’m an addict. 40% of the time WFM is sold out and I have to settle for some other egg-free dessert. (I’m allergic.) Perhaps I should save up $90 and buy a case!

By: Alana Sugar

Alana Sugar — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:32:39 +0000

@Jacob: Great suggestion: I will try the rose and lavender! The cost for the chocolate bars was about $5.00 – for 2 dark chocolate bars. There is no need to use the most expensive bars, but I do like the chocolate that is 72% cocoa. Right now they are on sale at my local Whole Foods – 2 bars for $4.00. The dried fruit was about $5.00 for 8 ounces, and I only used about 1/2 cup, so that would be about $2.50. And I had some nuts at home, so I just used what I had, but I imagine it would be about another dollar or two. The total cost for my chocolate experiment was under $10. I chose to use dried fruit that is a little more costly, but I imagine the recipe would be just as delicious with raisins, currents, or other less costly dried fruit. I would love to hear how it goes, if you decide to make it. Enjoy!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:57:44 +0000

Your chocolate idea is complex in its macro. Although, you may never master the art of chocolate arts, you may think about starting a business. Can I ask you the costs of doing the basic chocolate pieces? I would like to do this too; however, I fear that the prices may be too high for me, Mr. Amature. Let me know. Have a blessed day.

Oh, try rose and lavender.

God bless,
Chocolate Lover :0

By: Jen S

Jen S — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:11:48 +0000

i love chocolate. milk chocolate and white chocolate the most. dark chocolate.. not so much, it doesn’t have that milky sweet goodness i’ve always associated chocolate with. but lindt’s dark chocolate tastes like milk chocolate, their milk chocolate tastes like white chocolate and their white chocolate is another level of heaven. try it.