Buy Pink. Support the Cause.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and numerous specialty food companies dedicated to the fight against cancer are making it easy to make an impact. We’ve gathered 10 delicious products that donate proceeds to breast cancer research and other related efforts. You get a delicious treat—and the battle against breast cancer gets more support.

Bloomsberry & Co.'s Pink Emergency Chocolate Bar

It’s hard to say no to chocolate, especially when it gives back as much as the chocolate bars from Bloomsberry & Co. Enjoy the Pink Emergency Chocolate Bar, or buy a box of snack-size bars and share the love. The company donates 10 percent of its net proceeds to breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment. While you’re do-gooding, check out the Climate Change Chocolate Bar, which comes with 15 tips for lightening your environmental impact.

MSRP: $5/3.5 oz. bar, $40/24-pack of 1 oz. bars
Website: theartfulpenguin.net
 

Food Should Taste Good Chips

And it should do good, too, like these chips! Through the end of October, a portion of sales from Food Should Taste Good’s limited-edition pink bags of Multigrain and Sweet Potato chips will go to various breast cancer organizations, with a goal donation of $100,000. You can do even more: Visit Food Should Taste Good’s on Facebook and “Give the Good” by gifting an online free-bag coupon to your friends. Best of all, 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to women’s cancer charities. 

MSRP: 2.99–$3.29/bag, $2.50/coupon
Website: foodshouldtastegood.com

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company Intense Dark Bars

As part of its Be an Intense Supporter campaign, Ghirardelli has created a way to support Breast Cancer by buying any of its Intense Dark Bars with limited-edition pink-ribbon packaging. Flavors include Evening Dream 60% Cacao, Twilight Delight 72% Cacao, Midnight Reverie 86% Cacao and Toffee Interlude. Each wrapper has a Pink Ribbon Code, which you can enter at ghirardelli.com/intensedark through December to have Ghirardelli donate $1 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, up to $100,000.

MSRP: $4.35
Website: ghirardelli.com/products/chocbars_intense.aspx

McSteven's Pink Hot Chocolate Packet

These Pink Hot Chocolate Packets are pink through and through—just add hot water, and you’ll get a pink Belgian White Hot Chocolate to remind you of the cause you’ve contributed to: 10 percent of the proceeds from this product’s sales are donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Pick them up in single-serve packets, or buy a case and give them out at work or to friends. Everyone will appreciate this creamy hot drink as the weather turns cooler.

MSRP: $1.60/packet
Website: mcstevens.com

Mooney Farms's Bella San Luci Sun Dried Tomatoes

For every jar of San Luci Sun Dried Tomatoes purchased during the month of October, Mooney Farms will donate a portion of its proceeds to benefit breast cancer outreach programs and research. This purchase not only helps these organizations but will boost your health too. Tomatoes contain lycopene, a phytochemical and antioxidant, which fights free radicals in the body. Ounce per ounce, sun-dried tomatoes have 12 times the lycopene of a raw tomato. And recent studies show that a tomato-rich diet is associated with a reduced risk of certain conditions, including breast cancer.

MSRP: $4.99
Website: mooneyfarms.com

Republic of Tea's
Sip for the Cure Collection

Republic of Tea is the first specialty tea company to donate more than $1 million to Susan G. Komen for the Cure from proceeds from its Sip for the Cure Collection, it’s the newest addition of which is Strawberry Hibiscus Tea, made with Nigerian hibiscus blended with real strawberries, apples and rosehips. It is naturally caffeine-free, calorie-free and can be enjoyed hot or iced. Six other flavors round out the Sip for the Cure tea collection, including Pink Lemonade Green Tea, Pomegranate Vanilla Red Tea and PassionFruit Green Iced Tea. A dollar from each purchase goes to Komen for the Cure, and the collection is available year-round.

MSRP: $10–$15/tin
Website: republicoftea.com

Renfro Foods Pink Lid Campaign

Since 2007, Renfro Foods has been giving to the cause by offering a diverse line of its salsas dressed in limited-edition packaging with pink lids and pink labels. From September through the end of October, customers can help out by purchasing Renfro’s top-selling salsas: Mango Habanero, Green, Black Bean, Raspberry Chipotle, Habanero, Peach, Tequila, Pomegranate and Pineapple. The company donates proceeds to a variety of organizations, including the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Houston-based M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Cook Children’s Medical Center’s Lymphoma-Leukemia Program. 

MSRP: $3.25/16 oz. jar
Website: renfrofoods.com

Ritter Sport Milk Chocolate with Strawberry Créme Pink Bar

Ritter Sport and Euro-American Brands have pledged a $100,000 donation from sales of its Strawberry Crème Pink Bar, premium milk chocolate with a pink filling of fresh, light crème and real strawberry bits, to the Leslie Simon Breast Care and Cytodiagnosis Center and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Last year, the company’s donation exceeded $115,000. It was so successful that the bar went from a limited-edition item to a year-round line, which has 18 varieties.

MSRP: $3.99
Website: amazon.com

Seattle Chocolate Company's Chick Collection

Seattle Chocolate Company has a hip, diverse line of chocolates available year-round to support breast cancer awareness. The rich selection includes the 2.5-ounce Extreme Dark Chocolate Truffle bar ($3), made with 65 percent cacao dark chocolate; the 2.5-ounce Survivor Chick bar ($3), crafted with white chocolate, raspberries and a hint of lemon in dark chocolate; and the 1-ounce Survivor Chick box ($2.65), filled with individually wrapped white chocolate and raspberries enrobed in dark chocolate. All profits from these sweet treats go to fund research to cure breast cancer.

MSRP: $2.65–$3
Website: seattlechocolates.com

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mrsrenfros Mrs. Renfro's salsas are also pink this month. Look for pink lids and pink ribbon labels on Ghost Pepper, Raspberry Chipotle, Mango Habanero, Peach, Green and Habanero. A portion of sales from these products go to breast cancer research.