This Valentine’s Day gift your Valentine with HNINA chocolates (http://www.hninagourmet.com/) that are delicious AND nutritious. These 100% raw and vegan dark-chocolate truffles are high in protein, vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and nutrients while being non-GMO, pesticide-free, gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free and kosher. Available in 7 unique flavors, HNINA chocolates include Almonds + Hazelnuts, Macadamias + Pistachios, Brazilian Nuts + Almonds + Coconut, Walnuts + Cashews, Seeds, Pecans + Pine Nuts and Pistachios + Hazelnut.

Cook a romantic dinner at home with Cookware, Bakeware and Contemporary Cutlery from Viking (www.vikingrange.com) that is 100% manufactured in the U.S. and includes everything from sauce pans, stock pots and pressure cookers, to baking pans, roast pans and knife sets.

You can’t have a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner without a romantic Valentine’s Day dessert! Do something fun and romantic together on February 14th…like bake together! Thanks to Mastrad (www.mastrad.us) you can bake heart-shaped mini desserts with a Heart Cup cake pan, make a delicious variety of red velvet, carrot and spice cupcakes with the Cupcake Kit and enjoy delicious fondue with Valentine’s Day themed Ceramic Chocolate Fondue sets. You’ll have fun spending quality time together and end up with a sweet treat to cap off your romantic evening!

Stealing a few moments with your sweetie may be difficult with little ones in the house…until now! Keep your kiddos occupied with BabyTV (www.babytv.com),a FOX International Channel that is the world’s leading commercial-free channel for babies, toddlers and parents, reaching over 100 countries worldwide and available in 18 languages. BabyTV has also launched a series of mobile apps with the goal of bringing their audience a valuable exchange between the TV and their ever popular digital devices.

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Between the luxurious dinners, the wine and champagne, and of course dessert – Valentine’s Day is one of the most indulgent days of the year. And while a little decadence is deserved at times, we at Juice Press think it’s far more romantic to show your partner you care the healthy way with a variety of sweet treats.

Here, we share some favorites to spark the mood and show your love:

Raw Chocolates: These are superfood raw chocolate truffles, perfect for a pick me up on Valentine’s Day or really any time you need (or want) one… ! The combination of raw cacao, energizing maca, acai, pomegranate and goji berries is the perfect gluten free treat. An added bonus – raw cacao is claimed to have amazing nutritive properties including being antioxidant, iron and magnesium rich.

Love at First Sight: A sweet way to get your greens, this delicious blend combines green apple, kale, spinach and lemon to give you the perfect proportions of savory, sweet, and tart. Alkalizing benefits and a super-dose of iron make this a choice that is as smart as it is satisfying.

Love Me: Inspired by the graffiti “Love Me” by Curtis Kulig, an American artist, photographer, and illustrator, this combination of kale, spinach, green apple and lemon has a higher greens to fruit ratio, serving up savory in a stylish package.

Acai Bowl: acai berry bowl is a layered work of perfection! with a nutty crust as the base and a maca infused acai filling, our raw berry jam and fresh banana slices top this off perfectly. gluten free!

Share your love this Valentine’s Day with healthy options from Juice Press.

About Juice Press
Dedicated to organic product, Juice Press offers options that are vegan and kosher with no high pressure processing (hpp) or genetically modified organisms (gmos). Their cold pressed juices, gourmet superfood smoothies, raw food entrees, salads, sandwiches and desserts are all made fresh daily. Juice Press draws women, men, health nuts, raw foodies, night-lifers, moms, tweens and toddlers and delivers to them at home or in the office from Manhattan to Brooklyn to almost anywhere in the country.

www.juicepress.com for store locations and more information.

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In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, boxes of chocolate line store shelves. But there’s no need to wait for the holiday to indulge—or to wait for someone to gift ’em to to you. The Make Your Own Chocolate Kit offers a way to make delicious, dark chocolate from scratch, right at home, right now. 

Created by the makers of Glee Gum, the Chocolate Kit contains high quality, all natural ingredients like Fair Trade and organic cocoa butter and cocoa powder. From a temperature indicator to simple instructions and paper candy liners, everything you need is included. You’ll find an educational story about the history of chocolate, plus a few cacao beans for you to try. You can even add tasty tidbits from your pantry, like miniature marshmallows or scoops of peanut butter, to make each chocolate different. 

The Make Your Own Chocolate Kit costs just $13.95 at GleeGum.com and specialty gift stores nationwide. It’s a sweet, affordable activity for the whole family to enjoy. And it leads to even sweeter results!

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