Last New Year’s Eve, Mike Arcuri made some pretty normal resolutions: exercise more, eat healthier, and take more vitamins. And, he’s kept those resolutions. Only, he tweaked them a little.
“What I found is a couple months went by and I wasn’t taking the vitamins. And I thought, that’s the easiest one on the list!” Arcuri laughed. “Why am I not doing that?” So, Arcuri found a way to combine a healthy habit with something he loves: chocolate. And voila! Vibrant Chocolate was born.
Arcuri’s kitchen is just off NW Market St. in Ballard. He’s been in business just five weeks, and has already secured a couple events to showcase his gourmet goodies. Arcuri says he hopes to be at the Ballard Sunday Market sometime soon. “What we want to do is help people stick to a schedule and replace something that’s not very pleasant with something that’s both indulgent and a ritual that’s good for your health,” Arcuri explained.
Vibrant Chocolate offers several different options, from the omega-3-infused chocolate salted caramel named “Caramel Snap Delight” to vitamin-D-infused “Peanut Butter Sunshine.”
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Looks like it’s by order only. Or does he sell them somewhere offline?
I consider all chocolate to be healthy. Kind of like “bacon is a vegetable.”
In other news, McDonalds started offering a ‘healthy’ Big Mac, which is the same Big Mac, but with ground up Centrum pills in the patty.
It would have been nice if the story had included how many I.U. the vitamin D3 infused chocolates had.
Neat idea, regardless.
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