The Food Find: Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds
The Facts: This might be my favorite food find of the summer. These almonds are not so much chocolate covered as they are chocolate powdered. Like almonds that have been roasted with salt, this power snack is lightly coated with chocolate…yummy!
These guys would be easy to overeat so thankfully, they come in handy dandy 100 calorie packs. Per 100 calorie serving (.63 oz) there are 8 grams of fat, 3 grams of protein and 2 grams of fiber. For your “fat-phobes” out there, the fat in almonds is nothing to fear: they contain the healthy monosaturated fat which has shown to lower the risk of stroke and heart disease as well as reduce bad cholesterol (HDL) levels in the blood. Almonds are also a great source of vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant. In fact, a servicing of almonds contains 70% of your daily vitamin E recommendations.
Spice it up! These are great alone, but I bet if you crushed them up a bit and added them to low fat vanilla yogurt it might be close to heaven! Also, great in trail mix for a chocolaty kick!
Until next Friday...
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