Chocolate with less guilt: Fair-trade brands help cocoa farmers

Chocolate will never be a guilt-free passion, but buying fair- trade chocolate might ease your conscience a little.

It costs more than run-of-the-mill milk chocolate -- it's 71 cents to $1.90 an ounce -- and doesn't come in holiday shapes. But buyers or sweet tooths lucky enough to receive it as a gift can feel better knowing that the cocoa farmers who helped produce it receive a living wage and money to build health clinics, improve schools and provide clean drinking water.