Craving chocolate is something nearly all of us have experienced. Chocolate is even used as the definition of craving by Merriam-Webster which defines craving as, an intense, urgent, desire or longing as in, “a craving for chocolate.” In fact, according to the Journal of Nutrition, chocolate is the most frequently craved food in North America. Researcher Susan Yanovsky found that craving chocolate is most common in women, with 40% of women experiencing the sensation versus just 15% of men.
Magnesium deficiency may be the culprit behind craving chocolate but the jury is still out on that theory. In part because other foods that are high in magnesium like nuts, dark leafy greens, bananas and seeds don’t trigger the same compulsive response as craving chocolate. It may be that chocolate triggers multiple responses both dietary and emotional and that since we tend to associate chocolate with positive experiences the body goes looking for what the mind already enjoys.
Regardless of the science behind craving chocolate, the answer can be as simple as sending yourself a dark chocolate gift basket. The secret is to have plenty of high quality dark chocolate on-hand to satisfy that sudden cocoa urge.
Chocolate Pizza Company, Central New York’s largest chocolate maker, has a Dark Chocolate Cravings Gift Basket that has a delicious selection of dark chocolate that will last you for weeks. It starts with a 16 oz Chocolate Pizza in rich, dark chocolate blended with homemade English toffee with your choice of nuts or candy toppings served in a custom pizza box. We then add our famous Peanut Butter Wings® (8 oz) – crisp, rippled potato chips covered in creamy peanut butter and drenched in dark chocolate of course, dark chocolate covered pretzels (6 oz), Caramel and Nut Drumstick, Peanut Butter Sparkler, pecan/cashew Cluster, chocolate covered graham crackers and 2 chocolate covered cookies all in dark chocolate. It is the ultimate answer to craving chocolate.
Featured on Food Network, CNBC, CMT, Hallmark Channel and in Forbes, People and Entrepreneur magazines, Chocolate Pizza Company and 29-year-old, owner, Ryan Novak, make gourmet chocolate with a whimsical twist. Pizza and Wings are their specialty but no ordinary combo – this is Chocolate Pizza and Peanut Butter Wings – and they are the perfect gift for holidays, business or personal occasions like birthdays, anniversaries or special events.
Ryan started with the company at the age of 15 as a dishwasher and in 2010, at the age of 21 and still a senior at Syracuse University, he bought it. But what was a small-town chocolate shop in his one-stop-light hometown of Marcellus, New York has become an emerging national brand with A-list celebrities, hall of fame athletes, rock and roll legends among his fans. The Chocolate Pizza Company website has taken orders from chocolate lovers on 6 continents, including exotic locations like Mauritius (an island in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar).
The next time you go craving chocolate be sure to have a Dark Chocolate Cravings Gift Basket on-hand. Kept at room temperature, out of direct sunlight, your chocolate treats will last 6-9 months. Of course, it is doubtful that your willpower will last that long. Enjoy!
