I love spicy foods and I love dark chocolate - so I’m therefore a perfect demographic for Vancouver, B.C. based Zazubean’s Hottie chocolate bar.

This product is certified organic and is fair trade certified - so you’ll feel good buying this product because as it says on the side of the bar “it’s good for the planet, good for the growers and good for you”.

Chocolate is well known for its antioxidant properties and the high magniesium content is helpful for releasing tension in tight muscles. The little buzz you get from good chocolate doesn’t hurt either. Plus it just tastes soooooo good.

I’m always on the hunt for good, dark chocolate and when it’s mixed with two of my favorite spices: chili peppers and cinnamon, it’s even better. This product is terrific. It’s a little on the bitter side at 72% cacao, but has enough sweetness to balance itself out.

This product shows a few supplementary ingredients on the label: Horny goat weed, which according to a report by the Office for Food and Science at McGill University is alleged by the marketeers out there as both an aphrodisiac and sexual dysfunction aid. Do I really need that???? It also includes Maca root, which is backed by much more science as an adrenal support supplement. Lastly it includes Damiana leaf, which I’ve never heard of. But according to Wikipedia, the leaves of the Damiana plant used to be made into tea and used as an aphrodisiac by the Mexicans and South Americans to enhance love making.

Clearly Zazubean has a vision of what consumers of this chocolate bar should be doing after they eat it.

Anyway, it’s a great product that as of this writing can only be purchased online at Abaco Health, here in Kelowna of all places.

If you’re looking for something a little different, with some spice and great chocolate flavour, check this treat out. I paid about $5.00 CDN for it, which admittedly is quite high for a 56 gram chocolate bar, but if it delivers the goods based on the implied message in the ingredients, it’s got to be way cheaper than Viagra!