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If 10,000 Chicago Biters buy organic chocolate mints instead of conventional ones, we’ll avoid souring farmland with about 30,000 different pesticides.

According to a recent study of twentysomething-age couples at the University of Sussex, chocolate causes a longer and more intense buzz than the most passionate kiss.

Field’s of Green

The Bite

Hear that whisper in the cornfields? You weren’t dreaming. Major league department store Macy’s may have toppled Marshall Field's (we miss the home team too), but the heavy hitters from NY are boosting their green game with an organic take on Field’s Frango mints. Launching this week (in honor of Earth Day, natch) the new line of beloved meltaways combines pesticide- and fertilizer-free mint chocolate (milk, dark, or white) with 95% certified organic ingredients, from cane sugar to vanilla. The new boxes are still green in more ways than one - made with recycled paperboard and vegetable-based ink. As for us Frango lovers? If you build it (out of chocolate), we’ll still come.

Wanna Try

Organic Frangos; Macy’s Water Tower, 835 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson St. (312-335-7700), or at Macy’s nationwide. 20-piece box, $15; 40-piece box, $30.

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The Chocolate Tip

Apr 25,2008

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