{"id":703,"date":"2009-10-21T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/10\/yummy-health-snack-choco-nana-fruit-leather.html"},"modified":"2009-10-21T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T13:00:50","slug":"yummy-health-snack-choco-nana-fruit-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/10\/yummy-health-snack-choco-nana-fruit-leather.html","title":{"rendered":"Yummy, Healthy Snack: Choco-Nana Fruit Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/choconana.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"250\" alt=\"choconana.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/10\/choconana-thumb-250x250-8735.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/span>The other day I was in an actual old-school candy shop.on New York City&#8217;s Lower East Side. While my friend gathered&nbsp;chocolates for a housegift I was left to wander and drool. Chocolate-covered raisins! Chocolate from Madagascar! Gummy everything. Chocolate-covered gummy stuff! <\/p>\n<p>But in the name of healthy choices, I refrained from filling my fists with sugary, empty-calorie treats. And then, reward! I came across a little rack of flat fruit leather by Matt&#8217;s Munchies; the packaging bragged it was &#8220;a healthy, all natural trip to paradise.&#8221; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I tried the Island Mango (yum) and the Choco-Nana (heaven). They&#8217;re little rectangular strips that definitely work your jaw (which I actually like) and I like the Choco-Nana because it tastes exactly like that&#8211;very simple, not too sweet.&nbsp;Its only ingredients are: banana puree, semi-sweet chocolate (evaporated cane juice, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter), organic chocolate concentrate (water, organic gum acacia, organic flavors). They&#8217;re also free of gluten.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the whole satisfying packet is 90 calories. The rush of lunchtime fruit leather memories: free!<\/p>\n<p>You should be able to find it in your local health food store, but if not you can buy them by the case here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chefrobertsdirect.com\/shop.php\">ChefRobertsDirect.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was in an actual old-school candy shop.on New York City&#8217;s Lower East Side. While my friend gathered&nbsp;chocolates for a housegift I was left to wander and drool. Chocolate-covered raisins! Chocolate from Madagascar! 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