“Healthy indulgent food, sometimes called ‘permissible indulgences,’ are indulgent food with a clean, healthy, or better-for-you attribute,” says Gretchen Hadden, marketing communications manager, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate. “These attributes sometimes help consumers rationalize a treat or mitigate guilt. It might be a protein-packed chocolatey compound coating surrounding a nutrient-dense snack bar, or a frozen dairy treat enhanced with nuts and seeds, or even …