Sweet & Salty Fix

Patients are always wanting a sweet & salty fix, and while we focus on trying not to give into cravings for different foods if they are connected to times of stress or emotions and instead work on controlling the behaviors behind these 'food attacks', you still might need something in your arsenal for other times when you are looking for something sweet & salty because you stomach is growling and that is what you would like to have.

I had never seen the 100% cacao bars in super markets before (the closest I had come was 99% bars from the Lindt store). These bars are not for eating straight (unless you are crazy like me), they are bitter and a little alkaline because they contain 0 sugar and 0 artificial sweeteners, but they will give you the taste of REAL chocolate/cacoa. When mixed with some other flavors like peanut and graham (or banana) you have quite a delectable item. The taste of the pure cacao will take some getting used to, but give it a chance, you will probably never want to go back to milk chocolate again!


*1 graham cracker (look for one that is low sugar - most name brand crackers have 8 grams of sugar and they have added sugar and honey to them)
*1-2 tablespoons natural peanut butter - I like Smucker's because I find it to be the most salty (bad dietitian) and I like the peanut butter to be slightly salty (100-200kcals, 1-2 grams sugar, 3-7 grams protein)
*2 squares from a 100% cacao bar (146 kcals, 0 grams sugar, 4 grams protein)

Enjoy!!!

**Your best bet to find them in the super market is to look in the baking section**