Quote Originally Posted by CorsairMac
I've found a chocolate fugde at my local health food store that is fruit-juice sweetened. It's a very deep, rich, dark chocolate fudge that I pretty much just eat right out of the jar! Because they use fruit juice (I think grape...has no "taste" but it does sweeten the chocolate) I don't have the sugar highs/lows/migraines I would get with normal chocolate.
My mom is 69 years old (she'll be 70 this month, but she'd kill me if I advanced her age even 16 days!). She's been an avid bicyclist since age 55 or so. (In my family we experience adult-onset athleticism) She adores fudge. She was diagnosed diabetic 2+ years ago, and is just this year really getting a handle on it. Denial is tough. She got motivated to stop sneaking sweets and start checking her blood sugar when she got so ill that she couldn't ride her bike any more. Now she's working with a doc and RN that she really likes, and feeling so much better.

She won't be able to eat much of this fudge at a time, but boy, oh, boy will she be tickled when I bring her some. Thanks, CM, for the link--turns out they sell it at the Whole Foods in my neighborhood!

Did I mention Mom's birthday is in 16 days?! Plus, I think a jar for my own fridge. You're right, tlkiwi, it's not really the same as fudge candy--it's more like a thick fudge sauce.

One more note about chocolate--I just made mole for the first time (mole-ay). It's a Mexican sauce made with dark chocolate, raisins, chipoltle peppers, and so on. You eat it with chicken and tortillas. I need to tweak it a bit yet, but it is yum. A recipe from an exercise mag, so low fat (probably why it's not as delicious as I've had in restaurants).

Hmmm, long ride tomorrow to work off the chocolate!

L.