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As you know, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. And if you’re anything like me, if it’s a special day, you HAVE to have great chocolate and plenty of it. Actually, I have to have great chocolate every day, but I digress.

Chocolate doesn’t get any better than Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate – which is why I write about it so frequently here on Get Cooking:

Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate Give Us Reason to Celebrate

Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate: As Chocolate as Humanly Possible

Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate is Still the Best Chocolate on Earth

Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate Has Done it Again and I Love Them

Obviously, I’m hooked. There’s one thing you’ve surely noticed about me by now and that’s that I am extremely Brand Loyal. If I find a brand of chocolate (Green & Black’s), shredded and sliced cheese (Sargentos), Gourmet Cheese (Beemster’s), dishwashing liquid (Dawn), etc. that never lets me down – I never let it down. I stick with it and I praise it to the hilt.

Green & Black’s Organic chocolate most definitely fits this bill. Take it from the world’s most addicted chocoholic – this is top of the line, delicious, creamy chocolate.

We all know that chocolate is a necessity year round, but Valentine’s Day is custom made for it. Nothing says “You’re Special” better than the gift of premium organic chocolate. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Green & Black’s has introduced its first U.S. exclusive flavor to its family of premium organic chocolate bars. Green & Black’s new Peanut bar is a blend of premium 37% milk chocolate with a delectable combination of caramelized peanuts and a hint of sea salt.

How over-the-top incredible does that sound?!?!

Below is an outline of chocolate-y wonderful ideas for celebrating Valentine’s Day the way it was intended to be celebrated. These ideas are courtesy of Green & Black’s and I hope you’ll let them inspire you to go all out this Valentine’s Day.

Whether you’re single and celebrating with a group of friends or planning a romantic evening for two, Green & Black’s has enlisted Micah Carr-Hill, their Head of Taste, to create a romantic menu for an unforgettable Valentine’s Day!

Singles: Wine and Chocolate Pairing Party

This year, avoid the crowded restaurants and host an intimate wine and chocolate pairing party that your closest friends won’t soon forget. Your guests will fall in love with the latest wine pairings just for Valentine’s Day including:

Green & Black’s Toffee and Zinfandel

Chocolate, toffee and wine…three of life’s great pleasures. It’s never truer than when pairing the rich, dark-fruit characters in the wine accentuate the chocolate’s buttery sweet toffee flavors.

Green & Black’s White and Chardonnay

This may just be the world’s perfect pairing. The silky smoothness, creamy texture and vanilla finish of Green & Black’s White is perfectly complemented by the tropical fruit and hint of oak in a classic Chardonnay.

Green & Black’s Dark 85% and Syrah

Intense! This is the only way to describe the pairing of Green & Black’s Dark 85% and a rich Syrah. The complexity and sturdy structure of the wine softens and enhances the dark, intense chocolate.

Couples: Romantic Chocolate Tasting for Two

There’s nothing better than chocolate to set the mood for a romantic evening for two. Candles and rose petals are great, but nothing will show your special someone they’re the sweetest than a passionate chocolate tasting. Take these tips for an at-home chocolate tasting from Green & Black’s:

Conduct the tasting like you would a wine tasting
Choose up to six of your favorite flavours to taste
Start with the lightest variety (White) and finish with the darkest (Dark 85%)

Green & Black’s is a chocolate that makes no compromises. The great tasting chocolate made from the world’s finest organic ingredients also gives back to the environment.

In celebration of the launch of the new Peanut bar, Green & Black’s is offering a special $1 off coupon for customers. Visit www.greenandblacks.com for a downloadable coupon which can be used at select retailers, including Target.

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Target is pretty much my home away from home, so it’s where I get all of my Green & Black’s chocolate candy.

A while back, I wrote an open love letter to the makers of Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate candy bars (the link to that post is at the bottom of this love letter). I had been thinking about their candy recently while filling up my halloween bowls and dishes with delightful little lovelies. I made a mental note to order more bars - to really load up on the White Chocolate and Almond bars.

Now, it seems I have a third favorite to join the mix. Green & Black’s recently added “Toffee” to their delicious lineup of organic chocolate candy bars. It is so delicious and smooth, I can’t even BEGIN to describe how heavenly it is.

This are big candy bars so, normally, I eat on one over the course of a day. I’ll take a little square, return to my computer, cooking, laundry room, tv, or wherever my destination is at the moment. Then, a little later, I’ll go back for another bite of chocolate delight. When my Toffee bar arrived in the mail, I laid it on the counter and thought, “When the rest of my daughters and my husband get home, I’ll give out bites and we’ll have our own little taste party.”

Problem is, it kept staring at me – every time I walked by. I’m pretty sure it even called my name once. My middle daughter, Brittany, walked by and it called out to her as well. Soooo, I thought, WHY NOT?!! I figured we’d each take a little square off and save the rest for…

Ah, the best laid plans.

The candy bar never stood a chance. We had to despose of the evidence. I never, ever, EVER eat such rich candy all at once like that – I also NEVER eat something that I fully intended to share with the people I love to pieces!!! But, good grief, this candy bar was unlike anything I’ve ever tasted or I’m pretty sure will ever taste again.

Check out Green & Black’s description:

Our delectable, organic toffee is made by heating sugar along with butter and molasses to create the perfect flavorful blend. This full, concentrated flavor allows the crunchy toffee pieces to punch their way through our intense 34% cocoa-rich milk chocolate. Available in 3.5oz bars.

You know, they could very well add, “Will make even the most loving wife and mother devour the last drop and never look back.”

Been there. Done that. Have the chocolate stains.

Get yourself to your nearest Target and grab as many of the Toffee candy bars as possible. Target’s one of my favorite hang-outs (especially since ours in Owensboro recently placed a Starbucks right inside the store – It’s pretty much my second home), so I’ll just make sure to grab a handful on my next visit. Maybe, just maybe, the rest of the family will see how amazing they are.

If, that is, they beat me and Brittany to them.

Links:
If you don’t have a Target (you have my heart-felt sympathy), go to Green & Black’s.com to find your nearest supplier.

Click HERE for my review of the other delicious candy bars made by Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate.