5 Rarely Known Health Benefits of Wine Chocolates

Who doesn’t love chocolates and wine? A glass of wine goes perfectly well with any type of cuisine. Same is the case with chocolates. Be it any occasion, chocolates don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Another similarity between the two is that both of them are great gifts, especially while gifting them to your loved ones. The fondness, people have for these two items, individually is such that any thought of combination of these two together is worth drooling over. Wine chocolate, the term for this royal combination, comes primarily in two forms- drinkable liquid and chocolate bars laced with wine. Take a look at both the recipes, so that you can savor the wine chocolate of your liking.

Recipe for Chocolate Wine as a Drinkable Liquid

Chocolate wine is prepared by first boiling the wine of your choice, until its volume is reduced by half. Add chocolate to the reduced wine and blend it till all the chocolate is melted. For 1 bottle of wine, you need approximately 1 ounce of chocolate, dark or milk chocolate, depending on your taste needs. Around 1 cup of milk should be boiled and added to the chocolate mixture while another cup of milk should be frothed. This milk froth should then be added later after the chocolate wine mixture is nicely blended. Chocolate wine is generally served hot with cocoa powder garnishing. However, if you aren’t into cooking, you can always buy readymade chocolate wine from your nearby local market or order it online.

Recipe for Wine Chocolate Bars

This is a trickier recipe than the previous one. For this you’ll need, ½ cup cream, ½ teaspoons of vanilla and expresso powder, ½ cup of your favorite wine (preferably red), cocoa powder and 8-9 ounces of chocolate, cut into small pieces. As the first step, you’ll have to heat the cream in a pan without letting it boil. The hot cream is to be put over the chocolate pieces. Till this mixture sits, whisk wine, vanilla and expresso powder together to form a nicely blended mixture. Mix the two mixtures and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours. You can make balls of the wine chocolate mixture after two hours, or give it a bar shape using your kitchen cutlery. Sprinkle cocoa powder on top to garnish it.

Calories from Wine Chocolate

The one thing that diet-conscious people are always preoccupied about is the number of calories they are consuming in a day. 100 grams of wine chocolate provide around 250 calories with around 40g carbs, 5-7g fat and 2-3g protein. 250 calories per 100 grams of bar is bit on the higher side; so, diet-conscious people need to reserve this recipe for their cheat days.

Is Wine Chocolate Good for Health?

Wine chocolate isn’t just mouth-watering, it’s healthy too. Given below are some health benefits of wine chocolate.

• Wine chocolates contain great number of antioxidants which flush out the toxins from the body, thus helping to keep your skin glowing and healthy.
   

• Wine chocolates are rich sources of Vitamin A, B, E, C, trace minerals like potassium, magnesium, and polyphenol. These ingredients help greatly in increasing the immunity levels of a person. Also, a certain compound called resveratrol, an ingredient of red wine, helps in prevention of diseases like cancer and heart ailments.
   
• The rich cocoa content of dark chocolates helps in keeping the heart healthy, while wine ensures the same by reducing the LDL levels in the body and preventing the possibility of blood clotting in the vessels.
   
• Resveratrol also reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by enhancing and improving brain activity. Chocolates, especially dark chocolates regulate brain metabolism and nourish brain tissues. Wine chocolates are, thus, good for brain.
   
• The serotonin released through wine chocolates helps prevent anxiety, thus regulating stress levels.
   
• Wine chocolates are also helpful in keeping common cold and associated infections at bay.

The rich flavor and the associated health benefits of wine chocolates has made them so popular these days, that market experts predict a substantial growth in the global wine chocolate market.

Wine Chocolates as a Gift

Getting your loved ones a conventional gift, is as good as not getting one. Wine chocolate is a totally out-of-the-box gift idea. Taking a bottle of wine when invited to a dinner, sometimes becomes too formal. While at the same time, taking a box of chocolates would be too informal and childish. Wine chocolates, in either form, becomes an ideal gift in such situations. The gift becomes even more appealing, if you have made it yourself. However, you aren’t into cooking, ordering this gift online is equally easy.

Wine chocolate is a relatively new delicacy. You can experiment much more by choosing your wine, red or white, and also by adding chocolate of your choice. There are many such recipes and desserts which can be made using these two ingredients.

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Princy A. J

Princy holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the prestigious Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. University at Chennai, India. After a successful academic record, she pursued her passion for writing. A thorough professional and enthusiastic writer, she enjoys writing on various categories and advancements in the global industries. She plays an instrumental role in writing about current updates, news, blogs, and trends.