{"id":1168,"date":"2009-06-28T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/28\/did-someone-say-chocolate\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T14:07:00","slug":"did-someone-say-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=1168","title":{"rendered":"Did Someone Say Chocolate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I love chocolate in any shape or form.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t tell you the last time I turned something with chocolate away (unless it had gluten in it).\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 The wonderful people over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatebar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Endangered Species Chocolate<\/a> contacted me a couple weeks back to let me know that all of their chocolate is gluten-free!!!\u00a0 How cool is that?\u00a0 Not only that, but would I like to try some samples.\u00a0 Ummm&#8230;&#8230;.let me think about it.\u00a0 HECK YEAH!!!\u00a0 Yesterday when I got home from the craziness of the morning, I found a nice package on my doorstep.\u00a0 Inside were 3-3oz chocolate bars (2 supreme dark 72% cocoa and 1 milk chocolate w\/almonds) and 4-.35 oz chocolate treats (2 dark chocolate mint &amp; 2 dark chocolate).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"esc\" width=\"457\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"esc1\" width=\"460\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc2_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"esc2\" width=\"462\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/esc4_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"esc4\" width=\"465\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Endangered Species Choc0late donates 10% of their profit to help support species, habitat &amp; humanity.\u00a0 You can read their story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatebar.com\/story.asp\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Their mission is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Empowering individuals to create solutions that sustain species, habitat &amp; humanity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My most favorite statement on their brochure?\u00a0 <strong>Savor chocolate.\u00a0 Save the planet.<\/strong>\u00a0 Well said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I decided to spread the love with my chocolate.\u00a0 Yes, chocolate is very good when you can have it all to yourself, but not only do you end up over-indulging then, but your friends might not appreciate watching you scarf down a whole bar and not sharing the love.\u00a0 So, I broke out my dark chocolate &amp; milk chocolate w\/almond bars after dining with 2 of my BFFs the other night.\u00a0 We all were in love at first taste!\u00a0 Really, how can you go back to Hershey&#8217;s (sorry, Special Dark &amp; Dove) you know I love you, but seriously, this stuff is like solid gold (I was going to say liquid gold, but that doesn&#8217;t really make a lot of sense if the chocolate isn&#8217;t melted, does it?\u00a0 LOL!\u00a0 Such intense flavors, thick bar, amazing aftertaste.\u00a0 It helps that I had 2 other people try is so you all don&#8217;t accuse me of liking everything that I try.\u00a0 Yes, I like food and chocolate, especially, but I pride myself on being honest.\u00a0 I know how hard it is to find good, gluten-free foods.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My son, Jon tried the Dark Chocolate &amp; Mint, as I am not a fan of mint.\u00a0 Yes, there is a chocolate that I don&#8217;t care for.\u00a0 It is okay, don&#8217;t worry.\u00a0 There is plenty of other chocolate to indulge in.\u00a0 Jon ooohed &amp; ahhhhed over this chocolate.\u00a0 He seriously did not shut up the whole time it was in his mouth.\u00a0 He did mention that there was an odd aftertaste.\u00a0 I may have to try it now to see what he is referring to.\u00a0 He may not be used to good chocolate!\u00a0 LOL!!\u00a0 He is your 3 Musketeers Mint Bar dude!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I love this product &amp; will be making sure to keep supporting such a wonderful company.\u00a0 Thank you for the samples &amp; allowing me the chance to review your product!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I am editing to add that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatebar.com\/\">Endangered Species Chocolate<\/a> is giving away a year&#8217;s worth of free chocolate!\u00a0 Just complete their short survey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatebar.com\/community\/survey.html\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:64d7b362-6248-4d80-a6f9-af7581d99349\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;\">LiveJournal Tags: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/interests.bml?int=chocolate\">chocolate<\/a>,<a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/interests.bml?int=dark%20chocolate\">dark chocolate<\/a>,<a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/interests.bml?int=gluten%20free\">gluten free<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=1168\"><\/div>\n<script><!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_div_class=\"linkwithin_hook\";\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 135270;\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I love chocolate in any shape or form.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t tell you the last time I turned something with chocolate away (unless it had gluten &hellip; 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