GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED
The Best Life Treat Seal of Approval is awarded to treats that feature a portion size of 150 calories or less, are free of partially hydrogenated oil, meet sodium and other nutrition criteria and/or have another plus, such as the antioxidants in dark chocolate. Hershey®’s Extra Dark Chocolate is the only chocolate to receive the Best Life Treat Seal of Approval. Woo Hoo!!!
For those that prefer a more mild dark chocolate try Hershey®’s Special Dark®, this is one my Hubby’s all time favorites! Me? I love my Hershey®’s Extra Dark thank ya very much, well to be honest, I haven’t met a Hershey’s I didn’t LoVe! 
Why do I always say Dark Chocolate is so good for ya? Cause it’s loaded with antioxidants! No, this is not just an excuse to indulge in a bar of chocolate, although it’s a good one, dont’cha think? 
So what is an antioxidant?
Antioxidants are compounds that help neutralize free radicals and protect your body against their destructive effects. Flavanol Antioxidants occur naturally in some plant-based foods, such as tea, grapes, blueberries, cranberries and cocoa beans. Cocoa beans are the base ingredient of all chocolate products. Interestingly, on a gram for gram basis, cocoa (ground cocoa beans from which some of the cocoa butter has been removed) is one of the most concentrated natural sources of flavanols.
LUCKY US!! Now I don’t wanna bore ya with all the scientific mumbo jumbo, but I think it’s really important for y’all to know why I am so gung ho on my dark chocolate and why it really is a guilt free indulgence {in moderation of course }
Data from the recent study sponsored by The Hershey Company and previous data from USDA and others indicate that dark chocolate is one of the most concentrated sources of flavanol antioxidants among plant foods. The antioxidant capacity of 1 serving of HERSHEY’S EXTRA DARK dark chocolate (37g) is equal to 3 cups of tea, 2 glasses of red wine or 1 1/3 cups of blueberries.
In terms of ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity), which is a measure of the amount of antioxidant capacity in a food or substance, a standard serving of dark chocolate (37g) provides more antioxidant power than the standard servings of many other well-known antioxidant-containing foods, including blueberries, walnuts and raisins.
I was Blessed to receive a yummy assortment of Hershey®’s Extra Dark & Hershey®’s Special Dark® Chocolate which I grudgingly lovingly shared with my family cause that’s the kinda gal I am!
Here’s just a sample of the generous goodies we got to try!!
I love these Extra Dark Chocolate portion controlled little suckers! These are totally decadent and you can have one and then toss the bag up on the highest shelf until tomorrow, or errr later! 
Hubby snagged every single one of these! Told ya he loved these! They found their way into his lunch boxes, that sly dog! hahah!
Fruit and Extra Dark Chocolate! This is HEALTH FOOD! Almost Sooooo incredibly delicious I had to tell my Hubby to take this away from me! Dark Chocolate really is MY THING! NO LIE! 
Are ya’ll drooling on your keyboards? I thought so? Well, stay tuned cause my good friends at Hershey’s didn’t leave My Leslie Loves Veggies Readers out!
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The generous folks at Hershey’s Extra Dark are going to Bless TWO Leslie Loves Veggies Readers with a HUGE Prize Package that will include: 1 bar/pouch combo of Hershey’s Extra Dark Pure Dark Chocolate (flavors will vary based on availability), 1 box Hershey’s Special Dark Dark Chocolate Bars (36 bars in each box), 1 bag Hershey’s Nuggets Dark Chocolate with Almonds. {Approx $40 Value} Thanks so much Hershey’s!
HERE’S HOW TO WIN…
1. YOU MUST DO THIS FIRST or all other entries will be DELETED! Please visit Hershey®’s Extra Dark or Hershey®’s Special Dark® and tell me something you learned or a product you can’t wait to sink your teeth into!(1 entry)
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Easy Peasy Right! LEAVE YOUR EMAIL IN YOUR COMMENT SO I CAN REACH YOU IF YOU WIN! For full list of rules please read HERE. Giveaway will end on Thursday 3/25. U.S. entrants only. Many thanks to Hershey for this Review and Giveaway Opportunity!
Good luck!!!
Leslie
No Purchase Necessary. Void where prohibited by law. I was provided a product or sample for this Review & Giveaway.
