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Article: Fudging on chocolate: carob for Valentine's Day? (includes cooking tips)
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- February 1, 1989
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Fudging on Chocolate: Carob For Valentine's Day?
America is a nation of "chocoholics." T-shirts proclaim it and a monthly magazine, The Chocolatier revels in this national addiction. Americans spend an estimated $4 billion on the sweetened liquor of the cacao bean each year.
As Valentine's Day approaches (February 14th is one of the biggest chocolate days of the year) many chocolate lovers look for ways to "fudge" a little--i.e., to get that wonderfully, creamy texture and sweet, melt-in-your mouth taste without all the fat and calories. Fudging on Fat. Everyone knows that chocolate is "sinful," but what about its look-alike, carob? Considered by many to ...