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13 Decadent Organic and Fair Trade Chocolates

Shopping for chocolate for Valentine's Day? We've got a selection of the best organic and fair trade chocolates. (Try them paired with green lingerie.)

By The Daily Green Staff
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Decadent Truffles

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Chocolate -- how we love thee! Unfortunately, conventional chocolate production isn\'t good for the earth, fueling wars in Africa, engulfing rain forests, spreading toxic pesticides and paying out meager wages (especially to child workers).

But luckily for us chocoholics there is a sweet story as well, with organic and fair trade chocolate becoming much more widely available.

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Like these decadent handmade chocolate truffles, in milk, dark, white, cognac, whipped and caramel flavors. They come packed 10 to a box, and are delivered in a hand-painted pearlized box. Find them at Organic Style.

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Green & Black\'s Organic Chocolate

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A bar of organic chocolate and espresso for two. Sounds pretty romantic to us! Green & Black\'s controls every step of the chocolate-making process from \"the bean to the bar,\" paying Belize cocoa farmers fair trade prices and supporting their cooperative. And earlier this year, they announced their commitment to move their entire line to Fair Trade Certified in the U.S.

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CocoaVino Chocolates

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Get drunk with love for CocoaVino\'s tempting assortment of organic and fair trade artisanal chocolate bonbons.

The company uses a mix of certified organic and fair trade ingredients for its \"Bacchanal\" and \"Roman Holiday\" flavored treats. All ingredients are regionally grown and sustainably harvested, and each delectable candy is filled with a splash of liqueur or wine. Yum!

Divine Chocolate

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What we really love about Divine Chocolate is that it\'s the world\'s first farmer-owned, certified fair trade chocolate brand, dedicated to improving the livelihood of small-scale cocoa farmers in Ghana. That and the fact that it tastes decadent, a word we love around here.

Endangered Species Chocolate

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Endangered Species Chocolate donates 10% of its net profits to help support at-risk species, habitat and humanity. These delicious chocolates are made with ethically traded, shade-grown cacao and are certified organic. Indulge your sweet tooth and know that your money is going toward the greater good.

Plus, cute animals on the package!

Newman\'s Own Organics Chocolate

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Pair a couple of these chocolate beauties from Newman\'s Own Organics with The Sting or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and you\'ve got a sweetly sustainable, affordable and totally romantic evening.

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Native Gardens Vegan Truffles

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Looking for vegan, dairy-free chocolate? Check out Los Angeles-based Native Gardens, which uses only certified organic, all-natural ingredients. We tried their vegan dark chocolate truffles. Everything is said to be \"diabetic friendly.\"

Whole Foods 365 Organic Truffles

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Full disclosure: We gorged ourselves on these 365 Organic Truffles from Whole Foods. OK? And we bought them with our own money -- no, they were not sent by a PR firm. It\'s so easy to drop these little beauties into the basket while shopping. We\'d eat them 365 days a year.

Sweetriot

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\r\nAnd Daily Greeners receive a special 10% discount when you shop at \r\nSweetriot.com by using the discount code \"rioting\" (excludes riot club items).

Dagoba Organic Chocolate

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If variety is the spice of life, the Dagoba Organic Chocolate Sampler is a must. This selection is deliciously Twilight-themed, with \"Eclipse\" and \"New Moon\" bars.

The fine organic chocolate bars also come in flavors like lavender and roseberry, and each bar is wrapped in 100% recycled paper, with biodegradable labels.

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Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates

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Ithaca Fine Chocolates

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Theo Chocolate

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Seattle\'s Theo Chocolate uses fire-roasted, organic and fair trade certified cocoa beans and is the \"bean to bar\" company in the U.S.

Try their delicious salted caramels, in rose, lavender and chili flavors for your spicy sweetheart!

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