If you’ve never had spicy chocolate, then you are missing out on a fiery-sweet treat. With the bazillion pounds of chocolate that are given and consumed on Valentine’s Day each year, it takes an astute observer to notice that there is a better way to turn up the heat for Valentine’s Day other than wine and roses. Check out this article from a recent edition of the online Detroit News:

Put some sizzle behind the sentiment on Valentine’s Day
Kate Lawson / Detroit News Food Writer

With one of the coldest and snowiest winters in memory and a completely uncooperative groundhog prolonging the season, it might be a good idea to turn up the heat for Valentine’s Day.

But instead of tempting your true love with truffles, trifles and tarts, why not make some hot little nibbles for noshing by the fire.

This year, the lovers’ holiday falls on a Saturday, and that means you’ve got plenty of time to make a hot meal for your honey and fan those flames of desire.

Chili peppers are one way to perk up your valentine’s libido and create a red-hot repast.

Whether you use a pepper or a bottle of sauce, by adding a dash of heat (or two or three or more) to your valentine’s menu, you can really get things revved up.

Fueling the current passion for chilies is the fact that most people have now progressed beyond the fire factor to discover that, hot or not, peppers offer new worlds of fantastic flavor and health benefits.

Chilies contain capsaicin, a fast-acting alkaloid that widens the blood vessels, which enhances blood circulation and increases body temperature.

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