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Alma Chocolate
www.almachocolate.com, owned by Chocolatier
Sarah Hart, creates a chocolate
heart brushed with edible gold leaf for Mother’s Day. It is
part of Hart's Icon line, that
 includes chocolate Buddhas,
Sacred Hearts, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and Hamsa hands. All
Alma chocolates are made from fresh, fair-traded, organic
ingredients and without preservatives or artificial flavors.
In November 2008, Hart received the Rising Star Award
at the Next Generation Chocolatier Awards in New York.
The award, given every two years, recognizes the chocolatier who shows the most promise.
 Sweet Beauty
www.sweetbeautyspa.com. A new line of gourmet skincare products inspired by
chocolate. The Organic Pretty Acai Berry Face Mask
Sweet Beauty has combined the antioxidant properties of the
acai berry with the skin softening, moisturizing, and
firming properties of the glycerides.Bonus: Chocolate contains compounds
that stimulate the
release of dopamine in the brain, creating a feeling of
euphoria. The chocolate is fair-trade certified.
 Alter Eco Fair Trade
www.altereco-usa.com offers organic, fair trade, vegan, gluten free, soy free,
100 percent natural chocolate that
contains no artificial flavors or sweeteners, chemical additives or
emulsifiers. Flavors include Dark Chocolate Twist (with crystallized
orange peel), Dark Chocolate Velvet (with a touch of organic milk),
and Dark Chocolate Mint. Alter Eco works with fair trade farming
cooperatives in marginalized communities around the globe to ensure
direct trade, fair wages, and funding for community development,
scholarships, and women’s empowerment programs.
 Chocolate Chile Wrap at La Posada de Santa Fe,
www.rockresortsspa.com/laposada.
The chile acts as a vasodilator to increase surface circulation and
the antioxidant-rich dark chocolate nourishes with flavonoids. The
treatment lasts about 60 minutes and the fragrance of delicious
cocoa lingers. La Posada, a RockResort, is a six-acre hotel and
spa in the heart of Santa Fe. It was recently renovated.
 Body Polishes from Vintage Body Spa
www.vintagebodyspa.com
are made with unrefined, fair trade and organic cocoa butter and
available in Chocolate Bliss, Mint Chocolate and Morning Mocha
scents. A percentage of each order goes Vintage Body Spa's Behind
the Curtain initiative to support victims of domestic violence, rape
and sexual assault.
 Hemloq Chocolate Masque
www.hemloq.com
is a chocolate-scented mild exfoliant. It is paraben, sulfate, and
cruelty free.
Maker’s Mark Bourbon Chocolates
www.makersmark.com
are dark chocolate
 outside with a nougat center, laced with Maker's
Mark, then crowned with a single toasted pecan.
Editor’s note: Whether you care for the taste of
whiskey or not, (I’m among those who don’t) these are wonderful
chocolates! The dark chocolate is clean and sharp and the filling is
beautifully balanced—not too sweet, with a clear whiskey flavor that
is clear but not overpowering.
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