Archive for July, 2006
Chocolate Eclair dream
According to the ever dependable Wikipedia, an eclair is “pastry made with choux paste (cream puff pastry dough). The dough is piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp and hollow inside. The pastry is traditionally filled with a vanilla pastry cream (crème pâtissière), custard or whipped cream, [...]
Do You Crave White Chocolate?
White chocolate is so delicious, it is actually one of my favorite types of chocolate and I get my quick, cheap fix with the new white chocolate M&Ms that just came out! So, how is this tasty concoction made? The main difference between white chocolate and other dark chocolates is that white chocolate is based [...]
Horlicks Malties Versus Ovaltinies
When do I feel my teeth are working out? Usually when I munch away some malties to my delight. Although I don’t usually get to buy these candies because I prefer hard core chocolates, I just received some Horlicks malties from a friend who went to Hong Kong! Because Horlicks seems to be a rare [...]
Cherry Chocolate Kisses
1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup butter/margarine, softened 2 tsp maraschino cherry liquid 1/2 tsp cherry extract 3-4 drops red food color 2 1/4 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained, chopped About 48 Hershey Kisses, unwrapped Heat oven to 350º F. In large bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter, cherry liquid, cherry [...]
Hershey’s Smores Goodness
S’mores. A confection made from graham crackers, marshmallow, and chocolate heated until the contents melt. The word “s’mores”–always used in the plural–is short for “some mores,” referring to one’s appetite for more than just one. It is a cookie said to be particularly popular at Girl Scout’s campfire cookouts.”
Cadbury salmonella scare probed
BBC NEWS–An investigation is under way after Cadbury withdrew a million chocolate bars which may have been contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella. The company says the recall – while the Food Standards Agency and the Health Protection Agency investigate – is precautionary and that the risk is low. But a bacteriologist says there [...]
Allergic to Chocolate? The Best Non-Chocolate Chocolate Recipe
Go to any restaurant and four of the five desserts will include chocolate. Go to an outdoor picnic or any get-together and the most common desserts will contain chocolate, whether brownies, cakes or cookies. Even if you are an outdoor type, many trail mixes are loaded with some kind of chocolate chip. What torture it [...]
Oreo Cookie Shake
sharing some oreo goodness 3 cups vanilla ice cream 1 1/2 cups milk 8 Oreo cookies 1. Combine the ice cream and milk in a blender and mix on low speed until smooth. Stir the shake with a spoon to mix, if necessary. 2. Break Oreo cookies while adding them to the blender. Mix on [...]
Can Chocolate Make You More Healthy?
How’s that for an opening statement? Are you like me? Would you eat even more chocolate if you could justify it by saying it was good for you? Well, hold onto your hat because it turns out that according to some recently released information some kinds of chocolate my very well be good for you! [...]
Homer Simpsons enjoying chocolate land!
I love watching this clip, imagining Homer as me, jumping all over chocolate bricks, eating everything in sight!
