Little Secrets - Toasted Coconut Dark Chocolate Pieces - Dec. 10, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Little Secrets
Toasted Coconut Dark Chocolate Pieces
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.) / 5 oz. (142 g.) in total package
Calories: 150 calories in 1 serving (18 pieces)
Cost: $5.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Coconut Theme Week.

Today's Toasted Coconut Dark Chocolate Pieces were from Little Secrets, LLC (Boulder, CO).

These candy-coated yellow and green pieces were crunchy and creamy, and had authentic dark chocolate and coconut flavor. They were sweet, with a bit less sweetness (thank you) than traditional hard-shelled chocolate candies.

These Toasted Coconut Little Secrets were made with no artificial colors or flavors. (The colors were from "natural sources.")

Little Secrets - Peppermint Dark Candies - Jan. 13, 2017

Chocolate of the Day:

Little Secrets
Peppermint Dark Chocolate Candies
Good+ - Good ++
Weight: .7 oz. (20 g.) / 5 oz. (142 g.) total package
Calories: 95 calories in 1/2 serving (12 pieces)
Cost: $5.29 for 1 package
Purchased from: Whole Foods Market, Los Altos, CA

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and Peppermint Theme Week.

Today's Peppermint Dark Chocolate Candies from Little Secrets, LLC (Boulder, CO) were made with (Fair Trade) 55% Cocoa.

These festive red and white chocolate mint discs with crunchy candy shells contained "over 74% Fair Trade ingredients" overall, and no artificial colors or flavors. (The company used/uses fruit and vegetable extracts for coloring.)

The refreshing peppermint flavor was nicely balanced with the dark chocolate centers.

These would seem to be a perfect transition candy between Christmas and Valentines Day, if you can still find them on the shelves in January or February.

Little Secrets - dark and milk chocolate candies - Nov. 2, 2016

Chocolate of the Day: 

Little Secrets
Classic Dark - Dark Chocolate Candies
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.5 oz. (42.5 g.) in one package
Calories: 200 calories in 1 package
Cost: $1.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Whole Foods Market, Cupertino, CA

Little Secrets
Milk Chocolate Smooth and Creamy Candies
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.5 oz. (42.5 g.) in 1 package
Calories: 210 calories in 1 package
Cost: $1.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Whole Foods Market, Cupertino, CA

Welcome to Day #5 of Trick or Treat Week.

With each passing Halloween, I've been able to include more organic, fair trade and preservative-free chocolate items—or at least ones without a lot of additives or artificial colors and flavors. It's great to have more choices.

Today's crunchy and chocolatey Classic Dark Chocolate Candies (55% fair trade cocoa) and Milk Chocolate Candies (40% cocoa content) distributed by Little Secrets, LLC (Boulder, CO) contained "no artificial anything." Instead of artificial flavors or colorings, natural food-based colors from plants such as beets and spirulina were used instead.

The purplish and orange yam-colored candies shown here contained an extra layer/coating of dark chocolate, and so were a bit larger than the red and blue milk chocolate pieces.