Americans love chocolate. According to some reports, the typical American eats between 11 and 12 pounds of chocolate each year. However, not all chocolate is created equal, health-wise. Healthy eaters prefer treats that contain nutrient-rich ingredients without a lot of added sugar. Milk chocolate, on the other hand, is packed with added sweeteners. According to nutritionist Julie Nygard, author of “The Chocolate Therapist: A Users Guide to the Extraordinary Benefits of Chocolate,” if you eat milk chocolate, you’re really just going for the sugar. “You like the idea of chocolate, but you’re not really into chocolate,” she says. How It’s Made Bitter chocolate is made by pressing roasted seeds from the fruit of the cacao (cocoa) tree between hot rollers. A powder can then be produced by squeezing the fat (cocoa butter) out of the bitter chocolate and powdering the remaining material. To make milk chocolate, sugar, vanilla, milk, and …