chocolate

Some say chocolate could be as rare as caviar in 20 years. In their usual witty style, Mauka to Makai investigates.

Organic swiss chocolate truffles are yummy and promote sustainable farming and a better environment.  Flavors include white, milk and dark chocolate as well as creamy caramal and cognac.

super easy recipe for amazingly unique vegan dark chocolate with lavender. mmmmmmmmm :c)

If you've ever thought that vegan desserts can't be as good, this just could be the recipe to change your mind!

Conventional cocoa used in Easter eggs is sprayed with toxic chemicals, uses child labour and involves traffiking people. This article shows how to make an ethical choice and offers alternative ideas to create a meaningful celebration that doesn't harm the environment, people or the planet.

Mmm... chocolate. IgnaFire Chocolates, a new company in Austin, Texas, now provides healthy chocolates in environmentally-friendly packaging.  The strong flavored dark chocolates made from stone-ground cacao beans with no cacao butter removed or added and dissolvable potato paper packaging, makes for a tasty and earth-friendly treat!

Organic Style is an eco-friendly boutique that offers gifts, flowers, and more. But they are more than just pretty flowers and yummy chocolates. Their products are organic, sustainable, and fair trade. You’ll actually be making a difference shopping there.

Here is a great list of fair trade and organic chocolate suppliers. You can also find organic cocoa, organic chocolate flavor extracts, organic cocoa butter, Fair Trade chocolate, Kosher chocolate, vegan chocolate and raw chocolate nibs and beans.

Chocolate is a guilty pleasure for some, but could soon prove highly nutritious — for your car! Thanks to a process created by British company Ecotec, it is now possible to take waste chocolate from confectionery companies and turn it into biodiesel. And to prove that it works, two British adventurers just completed a trek on a chocolate powered truck that went all the way from Europe to Timbuktu!

If you enjoy chocolate - read this article and make the best choice....