Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

June 10th, 2008

Chocolate for Father’s Day

Father’s Day is just around the corner and dads love chocolate too! A lot of the companies below offer expedited shipping, so if you’re just now realizing too that Father’s Day is only five days away, don’t panic!
See’s has a lot of great Father’s Day stuff this year. There’s the standard Seegar that’s been around […]

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June 6th, 2008

Chocolate Dipped Doughnuts

It’s National Donut Day! As Sandy points out, National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to help raise funds during the Depression and to honor the Salvation Army workers who prepared doughnuts for thousands of soldiers during World War I. It’s always the first Friday of June each year.
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June 3rd, 2008

It’s National Candy Month

My favorite month of the year! Ok, not really - but any month that you get to celebrate with candy is a good one.
Emily’s Chocolates, which I’ve written about before, are also celebrating candy month and the start of summer with their yummy dark chocolate-covered berries - strawberry, blueberry, and cherry.
The strawberries - […]

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May 19th, 2008

Devil’s Food Cake

Today is National Devil’s Food Cake Day! Yeah, I don’t know who comes up with these but I’m not going to complain!
Devil’s Food Cake is traditionally a rich chocolate layer cake paired with chocolate frosting and is thought of as the counterpart to Angel Food Cake. Makes sense, right?
The first known recipe for Devil’s Food […]

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May 15th, 2008

Happy National Chocolate Chip Day!

Happy National Chocolate Chip Day!
NCCD always falls on May 15th and is intended to celebrate the wonderfulness that is chocolate chips and their popularity in our cooking and baking. While there is no congressional record or proclamation that today is officially a “national” anything, it’s still a valid holiday in my book! And of […]

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May 13th, 2008

Nutty Fudge

I totally spaced on yesterday being National Nutty Fudge Day! Did you celebrate?
Nutty Fudge
1 1/2 Sticks butter
1/3 c Evaporated milk
1/4 c Sugar
1 c Milk chocolate
1 c Semi-sweet chocolate
1 c Marshmallow cream
1 c Peanut butter chips
1/2 c Chopped peanuts
Blend butter, milk and sugar in a med. saucepan. bring to a boil and then simmer for 5 […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Lifestyles Channel Giveaways

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The Lifestyles channel is participating in the bloggy giveaways this week. I’m not because I’m not going to be around for the next week and won’t be able to keep up on it, but check out what everyone else is doing and see how you can win!
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Here […]

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April 21st, 2008

Extremely Chocolatey Beaver Huts

The Second Annual AirBake Extreme Cookie Challenge, sponsored by Wearever, was at FAO Schwarz in New York City last week, with a “Cookie-Off” hosted by Heroes actor Noah Gray-Cabey. The five finalists have been chosen and two of their recipes were sent to me to share with you!
Extremely Chocolatey Beaver Huts
by Jessie Grearson & Eleanor […]

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February 5th, 2008

Five Great Chocolate Valentine’s Gifts

These chocolate gift ideas are, of course, my own personal preference! I’m trying to keep a budget in mind and not going too extravagant. Feel free to comment with any additions you’d make!

I have a soft spot for the See’s Signature Red Heart. It’s such a classic, timeless Valentine’s gift and one that’s sure to […]

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February 1st, 2008

Death by Chocolate Contest: Vote for Chocolate Bytes!

I was excited to find an email in my inbox this morning saying that Chocolate Bytes has been entered into the Death by Chocolate contest at Culinate.com, and prompted me to choose a chocolate-related entry to submit.
I chose to do the Hershey’s Moves to Mexico post from last summer since it’s still the most […]

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