Cholesterol

Milk chocolate contains about 36 percent, mixed with whole milk and sugar that jack up the fat and calories, she said.

Candymakers have put out new products with higher levels of cocoa, touting a health benefit.Some of the fat in cocoa butter is unsaturated and relatively healthy for the heart, but some is saturated and riskier, she said.

Chocolate made with vegetable oil would be about the same, she said."People shouldn't really worry about what type of fatty acid they are getting," Rarback said.

"I would rather have them be concerned with how many fruits and vegetables they had."Amid it all, Fort Lauderdale postal employee Jill Schmader, who was buying caramel apples Friday at Kilwin's, shrugged at the great chocolate debate."If I like the flavor, I don't care too much what it's made of," Schmader said.

Bob LaMendola can be reached at blamendola@sun-sentinel.com or 954-356-4526 or 561-243-6600, ext.

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