Chocolates

Posted by KIWI CHOCOLATE CO on April 29th, 2019

Easter and chocolate go hand in hand. When the season rolls around there are candy bunnies and Easter eggs galore. However, most of the goodies you find in the local stores just taste like regular candy in an Easter wrapper. For the best Easter candy, consider shopping at a specialty candy store. If you don't have one close to you, look for one online. The treats you can get make the extra effort worthwhile. New Zealand Made chocolates

Specialty stores make handmade confections and eggs that were common years ago before plain old mass produced Easter candy took over. Do you remember finding a big chocolate Easter egg in your basket and excitedly cutting it open to find out what flavor was inside? You can give the same thrill to your kids with gourmet eggs filled with cream centers in flavors like mint chocolate chip, butter cream, coconut, vanilla, fudge nut, cookies n' cream, peanut butter, and chocolate marshmallow.

Probably the happiest memory of childhood is looking for the Easter egg basket filled with all sorts of sweet treats from jelly beans to chocolate eggs. Each basket was supposedly left by the Easter bunny the night before, which is akin to Santa Claus leaving gifts behind under the Christmas tree. Handmade New Zealand Chocolates

We could not care less about the history of the tradition just as long as we can cram our mouths with the scrumptious goodies. Well, now that you are the one hiding the Easter baskets, you will probably want to step back in time to discover the history of the Easter chocolate egg.

Chocolate and cocoa are surprisingly rich sources of antioxidants. Chocolate is prepared from cocoa beans which is a potent source of antioxidants. The antioxidant that is found in chocolate is polyphenols which is generally found in fruits and vegetables like berries and soybeans. Chocolate and cocoa beans are full of compounds which are derivatives of polyphenols. These compounds, which are called flavanols, decide the health value of chocolate. Flavanoals deactivate the unstable molecules in blood called free radicals which when aggravated can block arteries. The role of these flavanols which helps to reduce heart related risks is much important. The use of cocoa product in daily diet has shown an increased rate of longevity. The chances suffering from heart attack are reduced substantially if you include cocoa containing foods to your diet. Easter chocolate

Though the good effects of chocolate and cocoa on heath are shown it needs close investigation to decide which kind of chocolate or cocoa is good for you. In the first place it is important to note that most researches and claims about cocoa refer to the raw organic cocoa which is usually unprocessed. The processes of roasting and heating led to loss of nutritional value of the cocoa. The concentration of beneficial flavanols gets reduced by the Dutch processes of treating cocoa with the alkaline salts. This makes it clear that the health benefits of cocoa and chocolate are not fully applicable to the commercial dark chocolate product available in market.

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