Cocoa Via Dark Chocolate : 2 bars a day

[Ciao Ling]

Cocoa Via, a chocolate bar made by Mars, has been on the market since 2005 and touted as other chocolates for being healthier (see here) ...antixoidants, blah, blah, but to be honest I usually don't go for the marketing hype, that is until recently after learning of a recent study in a respected journal where two bars of this particular chocolate a day was able to lower cholesterol and blood pressure by a modest degree. Cocoa via is different in that it is fortified with plant sterols which have been known to lower cholesterol. I figured what the heck, let's give it a try. The important part for me, it satisfies as a good dark chocolate, not too sweet with a nice bittersweet flavor and mouth feel. Not your overly sweet cloying kids milk chocolate and not beset by the weird aftertaste of some nutritional bars. At 100 calories a bar, it certainly satisfies my now and again chocolate fix and I won't feel guilty.