Dark Chocolate Rules!

You know, it usually takes a long time to use up a container of cocoa, but I don't think that's going to be the case anymore. I don't know how long this has been available, because I wasn't looking, but when I recently ran out of cocoa powder I found this -- Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa - 100% Cacao. Yippee -- it is utterly yummy.

This gives an extra flavor boost to the Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie (see January's post). And who needs those packaged hot chocolate mixes with trans fats? Mix this up with some milk, rice milk or soy milk, and some stevia, and you've got a delicious, healthy, old-fashioned cup of hot chocolate, but with a special dark flavor.

There are recipes on the container for "extra-dark chocolate cake" and "extra-dark chocolate frosting". And imagine putting this in homemade brownies! What will they think of next?

Bonus hint: dark chocolate is a natural blood thinner. I'm taking it for medicinal purposes ;) .