On #NationalChocolateDay, try these recipes and find out more about Seattle's Theo Chocolate.

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Just call this chocolate weekend. Halloween candy is everywhere and today, Oct. 28, has been declared National Chocolate Day. Here are some sweet ways to celebrate:

Mmmm. Chocolate and booze. This chocolate cake is spiked with Guinness, then topped with a glaze that also has Guinness.

Chocolate better than sex? Make this confection, and you decide.

Marshawn Lynch  has released his own line of candy bars, called Beast Mode bars, natch.

Seattle’s Theo Chocolate has launched  “a healthier chocolate-based snacking alternative.”  The chocolate clusters are a combination of dark chocolate, crispy quinoa, toasted coconut and cocoa flavanols. Read more about Theo Chocolate founders here and find out details on taking a tour. Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario took one in 2012, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The best news of all: Chocolate is actually good for you; it’s brain food. Enjoy.