CocoaVia Chocolate Blueberry Snack Bar

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Mar 12, 2007

CocoaVia is supposed to be "healthy chocolate." There have been quite a few reviews of their products, including some good [like here], some not so good [here] and some complaining about the wee size and the expensive price [here]. I myself question whether chocolate should be promoted as healthy mostly due to the fat, but if you can satisfy your chocolate craving and only get 80 calories from one Chocolate Blueberry Snack Bar, plus only 2 grams of total fat and 1 gram of saturated fat, no trans fat and 8 grams of sugars - I say I'm all for it! The only other thing that remains to be seen, is how it tastes, and I say, it's damn good!

CocoaVia Chocolate Blueberry Bar is smooth, crispy, dark chocolate goodness. The bar is crispy and if I had any complaints, it would be that although I can clearly see that there are blueberries in the bar, you hardly taste them, because the taste of the chocolate is so prevalent. But this bar is sure to satisfy any sweet or chocolate cravings you might have without giving up too many calories.

One box of CocoaVia Chocolate Blueberry Snack Bar has 5 individually wrapped chocolate bars. Each bar is a serving and has 80 calories, 2 grams of total fat, which is 3% of the recommended daily amount, 1 gram of saturated fat, no cholesterol, 1 gram of protein and 13 grams of total carbohydrate, which includes 4% of the recommended daily amount of fiber (1 gram) and 8 grams of sugar. You can also get 25% of your daily calcium requirement, 20% vitamin E and 15% vitamin C, folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12.

One box of 5 costs $6.00 which is reasonable if you have a bad candy habit and you are looking to lower your calories. I hesitated a long time before I bought these because of the price, but I think if I had a sweet tooth, I would definitely snack on these instead of a KitKat or Snickers bar.

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