Vere Good

This is a seed cluster from Vere: dark chocolate with poppy, sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds. It could go either way, interesting and nutty or just kind of weird. But definitely worth a try.

Fiber, good fats, antioxidants: Vere chocolate has taken the news that dark chocolate can be beneficial to your health and run with it. They use sustainably-grown, pesticide-free ingredients and as little natural sugar as possible to emphasize the dark chocolate flavor. I can think of two people who might enjoy this: one friend who finds most desserts too sweet and my father, who is a sweet tooth who was diagnosed with a sweet tooth's challenge: diabetes. I liked it, too.

Oh, and their web site just opened to take orders, just in time for Christmas or Chanukah orders (by December 21).

Chocolate doesn't need a ton of sugar to be satisfying. In fact, I tried a Galler dark chocolate with walnuts that I really loved: The deep, earthy, slightly bitter nuts echoed the flavors of the chocolate. So good.