Sweet dark chocolate (contains sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla).

Plus, of course, the nuts, fruits and flavorings (in the truffles) of each type.

Ground organic espresso coffee in the Chocolate Espresso Buttons and Espresso Truffles

The Organic Pretzels are made with organic unbleached wheat flour, organic rye flour, organic brown rice syrup, organic sunflower oil, organic barley malt, yeast and sodium bicarbonate.

(Incidentally, the “cocoa butter” in the chocolate does not contain butter or any other form of dairy product. Cocoa butter is merely a technical term for a physical state of cocoa.)

Thank you Scientists!

You may have read about this, but here it is anyway:

Recent scientific research has shown that chocolate is very healthy for you. It lowers cholesterol, which helps prevent heart attacks and it raises your immune system level, which helps prevent cancer and other serious illnesses. The reason is that the cocoa bean contains many antioxidants as well as other natural compounds.

Chocolate may not be quite as beneficial as broccoli, but it certainly tastes better!