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Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

Archive for March 2007

March 23rd, 2007

Oreos Taste Good!

There’s nothing like reading about chocolate and eating Oreos. Yum. I love my work. ;)
Godiva may be a master chocolatier, but there is nothing like an Oreo and a big glass of milk. Do you agree?
Some Oreo info from Wikipedia:
Originally, Oreo cookies were mound-shaped. The source of the name “Oreo” comes from the Greek “ωραίο” […]

By Christina -- 6 comments

March 23rd, 2007

Chocolate Raspberry Truffles

Chocolate Raspberry Truffles are incredibly elegant, unbelievably delicious and surprisingly easy to make. My favorite comes from Godiva, with a very close second coming from my own kitchen. This is my recipe (which I have had on a card for years and years, but I believe came from a Williams-Sonoma cookbook that belongs […]

By Christina -- 0 comments

March 21st, 2007

Qantas Employee Gets the Boot (and the Chocolate)

The usual code of conduct is not to steal from your employer.   I thought this was one everyone knew without being told.  However, for one employee of Australia’s Qantas Airlines, chocolate covered macadamia nuts were too much to resist.  The airline hands out the individually wrapped chocolates to passengers, but this employee was found with […]

By Cathy -- 2 comments

March 20th, 2007

For Men Only

Attention all you male chocoholics and anyone who lives with one.  For that matter maybe all males and anyone who lives with one should listen up.  A Finnish study has concluded that eating chocolate is oh so good for you.  The study has been tracking a group of men since the 1960’s.  That’s a long […]

By Cathy -- 3 comments

March 19th, 2007

Make Anything Chocolate

As I was whipping up a batch of chocolate chip cookies tonight, it occured to me that almost any baking recipe can be modified to turn it into a chocolate one.  For instance, tonight I ended up with double chocolate chip cookies while I’m sure the recipe was just called plain old chocolate chip cookies.  […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 16th, 2007

Another St. Patty’s Day Chocolate and Beer Recipe

If you didn’t get out to buy the Guinness truffles I talked about last week, maybe you die hard beer and chocolate fans will want to try this recipe from Epicurious, for Chocolate Guiness Goodness. The recipe was created by Shane Philip Coffey, from Alias restaurant on NYC’s Lower East Side. Here is […]

By Christina -- 0 comments