December 31st, 2007
2007 brought a few shake-ups to the world of chocolate, probably the biggest being that The Chocolate Manufacturers Association tried to get the FDA to relax rules about what can be called chocolate and allow for the use of artificial fats instead of cocoa butter. Thankfully, that looks to have not passed thanks to sites […]
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December 31st, 2007
An ad by Cadbury that features a guy in a gorilla suit drumming along to a Phil Collins track had a lot of people wondering “What does that have to do with chocolate??” this past fall and has recently been named the Favorite TV Ad of 2007 in a poll by Guardian. No one still […]
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December 28th, 2007
It’s chocolate chip cookie day! A couple of us are under the weather but we decided we wanted to try one that was new to us while still keeping it relatively simple. These are pretty tasty!
Emeril’s Big Chocolate Chip Cookies
2-1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, […]
By Heather -- 3 comments
December 28th, 2007
Happy National Chocolate Day! Actually, that should be days since everything I’ve found either says December 28th or 29th, or both! I am more than happy to go with both!
I’m going to celebrate by making some simple chocolate chip cookies. The kids are out of school for winter break and we’re going stir crazy, so […]
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December 27th, 2007
I updated the poll over in the sidebar with a goofy question –>
“Will your New Year’s resolutions include chocolate?”
- I’ll be eating more chocolate!
- I plan to eat less chocolate.
- My chocolate consumption will remain about the same.
- I don’t need no stinkin’ resolutions!
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December 26th, 2007
These don’t actually looks like chocolate to me but Amazon says they are! These molded chocolate champagne glasses come with foil-wrapped caramel chocolate balls. They go for $15.95 but I’m not sure how many are in each order.
These are available at PartyChocolates.com. A case of 20 will run you $70, though!
These elegant flutes are […]
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