A Pretty Sweet Superfood
Chocolate is made from ground cacao beans mixed with other ingredients, creating the silky-smooth bite you love to savor. But the entire cacao fruit is packed with important nutrients that often go to waste. That’s why Blue Stripes Urban Cacao set out to find a way to use everything—the colorful ribbed shell, the fruit’s gooey flesh, and the hard oval beans—to harness all the nutritious goodness. The result is a lineup of chocolatey treats low in added sugar and filled with antioxidants, electrolytes, fiber, and minerals. Choose from crunchy granola or trail mix, creamy cacao bars, energizing dessert bites, and even cacao powder and chips to make your own cacao creations. ($10 and up, bluestripes.com)