20 Recipes for Chocolate Lovers

By Samantha Donohue, for SparkPeople

Chocolate is heavenly, not just as a sweet treat, but also as an ingredient that adds flavor and richness to a variety of cuisines. It also contains a wide assortment of vitamins and minerals, including potassium, sodium, iron, fluorine and vitamins A, B1, C, D, and E. Be choosy about your chocolate, being careful about how the amount of calories, sugar, and fat. When kept it moderation, it's a great option on its own, or match it up with fruits, spices and nuts. For all you chocolate lovers, I've gathered SparkRecipes best healthy chocolate-paired recipes.


Chocolate-Coconut

• No Bake Chocolate Coconut Cookies

• Dark Chocolate Strawberry Coconut Dessert

• Chocolate/Coconut Protein Bars
  
  
  Chocolate-Peanut Butter
  

• Peanut Butter Chocolate Marble Cake (Cake Balls)

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Frozen Yogurt--no machine required

• Peanut Butter and Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

Chocolate-Mint

• Mint Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies

• Chef Meg's Peppermint Meringues

• Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie
  
  
  Chocolate-Coffee
  

• Chocolate Espresso Biscotti

• Mocha Frappuccino
  
  
  Chocolate-Berry
  

• Chocolate Raspberry Ganache Brownies

• Chocolate Raspberry Mocha Layer Cake

• Chocolate Chunk Raspberry Bars

• Chocolate Raspberry Sandwich Cookies

• Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie
  
  
  Chocolate-Orange

• Low-Fat Chocolate Orange Cake

• Seriously Easy Dark Chocolate Orange Fudge
  
  
  Chocolate-Banana
  

• Frozen Chocolate Banana Treat

• Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
  
  

What is your favorite chocolate combination?


Related links:

7 Myths and Facts about Chocolate

Be Choosy about Chocolate

27 Sensible Ways to Satisfy Your Chocolate Cravings

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