PETE Slosberg has his priorities.”I exceeded my goals in beer, one of the five major food groups,” says the creator of Pete’s Wicked Ale (inset).

“I felt compelled to accomplish similar things in one of the remaining four – and I picked chocolate.”

The maverick entrepreneur sold his brewery in 1998, but those trips to Belgium inspired him to turn to chocolate. At least one of Cocoa Pete’s Chocolate Adventures treats offers a blast from his beer-soaked past: malt balls made with brewers’ malt.

The candies will be available next month on http://www.cocoapetes.com.