You probably don't need much help from us in eating your dark chocolate. After all, it's not only addictively delicious; it also has a health stamp of approval these days — antioxidant is such a magic word! But in any case, here are a few more ways to sprinkle a little extra dark chocolate into your diet.
Five Ways to Eat: Dark Chocolate
- Grate over your morning oatmeal - Remember our post on oats? Just a few shards of dark, nearly unsweetened chocolate can really liven up your morning oatmeal! It's a Friday treat, right?
- Garnish a fruit plate with chocolate curls - Just fruit, with a little dark chocolate alongside, makes an elegant and healthy end to a meal. Serve a tray of Champagne grapes and peaches, or apple and plum slices, with shavings of dark chocolate.
- Mix into frozen banana ice cream - Did you know you can make ice cream from nothing but a frozen banana? It tastes perfectly creamy, and since it's so healthy, you can afford some chunks of dark chocolate to make it just a little more decadent.
- Eat it straight - Just a little nip of a chocolate bar can wake you up in the middle of the day, without the full caffeine of a cup of coffee, or the indulgence of a brownie.
- Add into your morning baked goods - We love healthy, whole grain muffins with fruit and nuts for breakfast. But you can also liven them up with a little dark chocolate too.
What's your favorite way to eat dark chocolate...especially in more restrained ways? Here are a few more good tips on chocolate!
• Five Reasons to Keep a Chocolate Bar on Hand
• Survey: What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?
• How to Hold a Chocolate Tasting
• Survey: Do You Crave Chocolate?
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I put mini chocolate chips in my cereal as a special treat :)
If you have time to bake, dark chocolate is great in a flourless cake (and this recipe is insanely easy).
or try my recipe for macaroons with dark chocolate.
view orchidgirl1979's profile
I love a piece of dark chocolate with a hunk of crusty bread, like a nice baguette. So good.
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I like melting it in the microwave and dipping things in it -- everything from pretzels to strawberries is fair game in my book. Yum!
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two words:
peanut
butter
view mangosteen's profile
Ehh, I don't really like dark chocolate. I do like Meiji black and the dark chocolate varieties of Merci, but that's it.
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How about combining Lorena and mangosteen's ideas - roll up a little ball of peanut butter and dip it in melted chocolate? With the right ingredients it would beat the pants off a Reese's peanut butter cup.
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Make hot Mexican chocolate from scratch for the cold months coming up....live like the Mayans! Heat up milk, add dark chocolate, a cin. stick or teaspoon of ground, and garnish with whipped cream. Soooo good and warms you to the bone!! Add a fave alcohol/liqueur if you want to add zip or serve it 'adult-style'....If you take the cin. stick out, any alcohol wrks well: kahlua, creme de menthe, frangelico, grand marnier, Bailey's, etc. THey all add different flavors, but adding real dark chocolate is key to making this an awesome drink! None of that powdered stuff! :)
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