Chocolates

What Should You Do With Easter Candy? by Dana Carpender

Why is it that the holiest festivals of Christianity have become culture-wide sugar-fests? I know for a fact that millions of people who never darken a church doorstep from year's end to year's end still pig out on Christmas cookies and candy canes. I'm betting that a whole lot of those folks are also snarfing down chocolate eggs, creme-filled eggs, jelly beans, and Peeps. Look! It's a Church Festival and a junk food marketing opportunity! (Not to mention all the obvious pagan symbolism involved, but that's a chat for a different blog.)

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Review: Maine Cottage Foods Dark Chocolate Almond Bark by Amy Dungan

I'm a chocolate fanatic, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm pretty sure you could dip just about anything in chocolate and make it edible. Since starting my low-carb lifestyle in 2001 I've tried several brands of sugar-free chocolates. While most of them taste good, those containing sugar alcohols usually start a storm raging in your gut that would make a tornado jealous.

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