A simple Valentine’s Day idea that will surprise you
Last year, freelance writer, Robin Shreeves, (who wrote some terrific food-recipe posts for us), tried our idea of giving her kids one high quality organic chocolate bar instead of a handful of conventional candy on Valentine’s Day. Here’s what happened:
I wanted to share with you some praise I have for the chocolate that I bought the boys for Valentine’s Day. I took the advice that Lynn and Corey from Celebrate Green gave me when I interviewed them for MNN, and bought the boys a small amount of really good, Fair Trade chocolate.
I bought them each a small bar of Divine milk chocolate. That was it for the candy. We gave it to them mid-morning Saturday.
About a half hour after we gave it to them, my nine year old came up with one of the four small squares from the bar. “Mom, you’ve got to try this. This is the best chocolate I’ve ever had.” He gave me a piece. He took another piece to his dad.
A few minutes later, my six year old came up with a piece of his bar for me, and took a piece to my husband, too. He thought it was so good, he had to share it. They each gave away half of the best candy bar they ever had. My boys are awesome.
It was really, really good chocolate. I’ve had various fair trade and organic chocolates before, but this was by far the best.
If you see this chocolate on a shelf, grab some. The small bar only cost $1.45—certainly pricier than a Hershey Bar (Lynn and Corey: And who wants to give their kids chocolate made from cocoa beans that might have been picked by child slaves?), but worth every penny more.
Thanks to Robin Shreeves, the eco-friendly food blogger from Mother Nature Network, who wrote this on her personal blog. Check out her blogs for more great, eco-ideas.
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Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson are mother and daughter and authors of Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family, and founders of Green Halloween®.
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