I have a confession to make. I. Am. In. Love. Yes, with my handsome husband. But I have a newfound love, and my husband doesn’t mind one bit.

On a recent visit to my dearest and best in Brooklyn, she hooked me up with what has fast become my favourite sweet fix. A guilt-free hit of chocolate that is better than a York Peppermint Patty in EVERY way.

As someone who is allergic to sugar, I have to search pretty far and wide to find chocolate that I can actually eat. If I want it to taste good, I have to search even further. The great news: my search is over.

{Cue Survivor’s hit 80’s love song}

With that epic soundtrack buzzing in your heads {and the horrors of their 80’s mullets burning in your minds if you actually watched the video}, meet the answer to my sweet-toothed prayers: Heavenly Organics’ Honey Patties.

Not only do they taste incredible, they are totally organic and consist of just 3 amazing and totally natural ingredients: 100% organic slow-roasted Italian unsweetened dark chocolate, 100% organic raw Himalayan honey and pure peppermint oil. C’est tout! They are sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, organic, raw, natural and totally DELICIOUS! Everyone I’ve share them with {even the pickiest eaters} agree that they are even better than those “not-just-three-ingredient-and-definitely-not-good-for-you” other Peppermint Patties.

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RAW + ORGANIC
This is unlike any raw honey I have ever encountered. Rather than being gathered from a traditional apiary, this honey is hand harvested from wild-crafted and naturally occurring beehives found in the trees of the Himalayas, making it as truly organic as it gets. One large tree may contain as many as 20 hives.

FAIR TRADE PHILANTHROPY
As a means of philanthropic commerce, Heavenly Organics chooses to employ displaced people in this conflict-ridden area, ensuring them a better-than-fair-trade, reliable income. Without this work, these traditional small farmers would have no way to make a consistent living. With this work, they are rewarded with a salary per harvest that is greater than what they could otherwise ever hope to make in an entire year. Today, Heavenly Organics benefits a collective that supports more than 250 families in troubled areas in Northern India, Central India and Kashmir.

ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE
By introducing their farmers to sustainable approaches to traditional honey gathering, the process is truly environmentally conscious as they cut the hive in a way that leaves the queen and the hive intact. The hive then regenerates for additional harvests. Their carefully crafted approach is helping to protect the delicate biodiversity of India’s forests.

Amazing, right?

I literally got head-to-toe chills when I spoke with Cynthia at Heavenly Organics and learned their story for the first time. This isn’t just a guilt-free treat. This is a “good-for-you-and-the-environment-and-humankind” treat. I couldn’t be happier to have found them.

I’m guessing by now you’re itching to get some, right? Be sure to pick up some of the honey on it’s own as well. The raw Himalayan white honey is creamy, delicious and truly the best I’ve ever tasted. Heavenly Organics‘ products are sold in over 800 stores in the US including specialty grocers like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. For those of us north of the border, we can order them online and request them at our local Whole Foods Market until they give in to the mass requests!

From the health benefits to the amazing quality to the incredible redemptive story, I love this company and their products! I hope their story has inspired you as much as it has inspired me.

xo
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