At heart, they're cacao

By Betty Hallock

Aug. 30, 2006 12 AM PT

You know what they say about small packages. In this case, good things come in the form of little cacao nibs -- chocolate-covered ones. Nibs, bits from the cacao bean, pack big chocolate flavor. Sweetriot nibs don’t come cheap, but you need only a few to satisfy a craving. They come in three varieties of chocolate -- 50%, 65% and 70% -- but the 70% nibs are the way to go.

Sweetriot cacao “peaces.” Available at Whole Foods Markets in L.A., or go to www.sweetriot.com. About $5 a tin.

-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

At heart, they’re cacao

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