These chocolate balls are more than meets the eye. Within their rich, dense texture are the flavors that inspire love and sensuality. All it takes is a pop! These chocolate balls are just the right pick-me-up snack on--and leading up to--Valentine’s Day, because while they may boost energy and fill you up, they are also natural aphrodisiacs. Try these chocolate aphrodisiac balls out to bring increased libido to the bedroom.

One issue I take with energy bars it that they’re often too sweet – not every snack needs to be an over the top candy bar flavor. These extra natural bars are entirely sweetened by fruit, and have no added sugar, no honey, no agave… nothing. They’re also gluten free and even stash a bit of protein with their quinoa base. And of course, the great chia is responsible for holding everything together in every delicious bite. Grab-and-go energy à la chia!

Hummus, cheese, dips, olives, wine… more wine. What doesn’t a good crunchy cracker go with? Unfortunately, prepackaged crackers at the grocery store can be loaded with sodium, and if you’re buying non-organic brands, they can even contain that baddest-of-ingredients, bad boy high fructose corn syrup, as well as other additives. When you bake crackers at home, you can avoid unnecessary (and unhealthy) ingredients and can create a cracker that’s all your own.

If you've ever tasted homemade jerky, you know it's hard to stomach that $5-a-bag storebought leather. Still, you may not have known that you can make your own pretty easily at home, in a food dehydrator or even in your oven. Here's how to make the classic low-calorie, high-protein snack that'll win over your taste buds without any of those pesky additives and preservatives.

It’s been a rough week for New Englanders. After the humiliating loss by and dismissal of the Red Sox longtime manager, the past few days have had we Bostonians and our neighbors keeping our heads down and mumbling obscenities. But there’s one thing that’s always sure to turn our frowns upside-down: Classic, crisp fall days and the delicious, autumn foods and flavors that come with them.

Some people are magnetically drawn to the savory-salty delight of a wide open potato chip bag, happily crunching away like squirrels that stockpile nuts for the winter months. For others, their weakness can be found directly in the tooth – the sweet tooth, that is – with today’s manufacturers rolling out a never ending array of seductive and seemingly not-too-sinful treats jam packed with ingredients that almost seem healthy. When Mylar-wrapped goodies boast such good-for-you terms as ‘natural’, ‘low fat’ and ‘part of a heart healthy diet’, it's not entirely surprising that we gamely chomp down.