Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

October 31st, 2007

Happy Halloween from Chocolate Bytes!

Happy Halloween from Chocolate Bytes! Stay safe and have fun!
How are you celebrating? Are you dressing up? Passing out candy (what kind?)? Going to a party? Taking the kids out?
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October 29th, 2007

How Often Does Candy Tampering Really Happen on Halloween?

The answer? Not very often. In fact, until 2000 there hadn’t been a single proven incident in which a child was harmed by contaminated Halloween candy from strangers.
Despite the lack of evidence, parents still sometimes panic over candy that looks strange. Usually the appearance is due to variations in the manufacturing process or in storage. […]

By Heather -- 4 comments

October 26th, 2007

M&M’s Dark Chocolate, Hidden Movies

I love these! M&M’s Dark Chocolate has 50 horror movies hidden inside a painting as “visual riddles” and you get to figure them out! How well did you do?
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October 25th, 2007

Make Your Own Chocolate Candy Bars for Halloween

Not the kind of candy bars you’ll be passing out the door - the kind you’ll sit with inside the door waiting for the bell to ring again! These are all for you.
CHOW has deconstructed four of the most popular chocolate candy bars and then given us, the undeserving masses, the rundown (including templates to […]

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October 24th, 2007

Penguin Poop

Not sure what to get the person who has everything this holiday season? From the Penguin Gift Shop, check out Penguin Poop. But don’t worry, it’s just chocolate candy (of course!)
“Besides being a fantastic penguin conversation piece, the chocolate rock candy really tastes great. Why not buy a case and stock up for that long […]

By Heather -- 5 comments

October 23rd, 2007

Chocolate Bar Generator

Mary Jo sent me this link this morning and I had a lot of fun playing around with it. Type in whatever you want and it generates a chocolate bar of your very own!
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October 22nd, 2007

Caramel Chocolate Popcorn

Caramel Chocolate Popcorn
16 cups popped popcorn
1 cup roasted peanuts
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening
Grease cookie sheets. Place popcorn and peanuts in a paper bag. Set aside.
In a microwave safe bowl, combine sugar, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and […]

By Heather -- 1 comment

October 22nd, 2007

Candy and Chocolate Bar Comparison

I found a very cool link over the weekend: Candy and Chocolate Bars Compared, Hershey’s, Nestle and Mars Nutrition Facts:
“Just in time for Halloween, I figured what better to compare next than good old candy and chocolate bars. While my intent with the previous comparison was to A) put all of those nutrition facts side-by-side […]

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October 19th, 2007

Halloween Horror Chocolate

Chef Jules notified me that Moonstruck Chocolate has their Halloween chocolate out! I agree with him that the chocolate horror pizza above is the best and really would be easy to *whispers* copy! “A slice of milk chocolate pizza topped with an array of ghoulish goodies, including an Eyeball Truffle & Gummi treats.”

Wormy Jack
“A milk […]

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October 18th, 2007

Chocolate Jesus is Back

Remember the chocolate Jesus sculpture from this past spring? The artist has decided to bring it back into the spotlight with the “Chocolate Saints, Sweet Jesus” show (which will also feature eight chocolate sculptures of Catholic saints) in New York in a couple of weeks.
He hopes that there will be no lingering controversy over […]

By Heather -- 2 comments