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Author :: Stephen Turner  |
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| Article Title :: Chocolate Fondue Fountain - The Night One Came To Dinner |
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| A friend is renting a chocolate fondue fountain for her wedding, the news of which sparked off my new born interest in the phenomena that is the 'chocolate fondue fountain'. I was told that a chocolate fondue fountain can be an eye catching, mouth watering central feature for all sorts of social occasions, parties and events. This got me thinking, 'Why wait for the wedding?' So I hired a chocolate fondue fountain for a night and invited a few friends around to test it and see what all the fuss was about.We got the chocolate fondue fountain out of the box easy enough and it revealed itself to be a stainless steel structure with three tiers, with an overall height of about 15 (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Gary Gresham |
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| Article Title :: Is Chocolate More Than Just Candy? |
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| If you are a true chocoholic, just thinking about chocolate is enough to put a smile on your face. Most people will actually experience a pleasurable feeling after consuming chocolate.Scientists have been working on identifying specific chemicals and chemical combinations in chocolate with hopes to better explain these pleasurable responses.Not only have they found that chocolate contains over 300 known chemicals, but they also found it is a very efficient energy source for your body.A single chocolate chip can provide enough food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet. Many Armies issue their soldiers rations of chocolate containing over 80% chocolate solids, for use (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Janice Kremer |
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| Article Title :: 10 Best Candy Bars |
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| Face it, Americans love their chocolate candy. According to Information Resources Inc, chocolate candy sales topped $3 billion dollars last year. Like many Americans, I am a chocoholic and need a chocolate fix every single day. Needless to say, I know my candy bars. I swear I've tried them all and these are my top 10 picks.1) Snickers - Featuring a delicious nougat center with caramel and nuts, Snickers is at the top of my list. Whether you eat it from the end savoring all the flavors together or from the bottom eating all the nougat and then savoring the caramel/nut mixture separately, this candy bar is simply the best. According to the National Confectioners Association, th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Elizabeth Martyn |
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| Article Title :: Easter Chocolate: All You Need to Know About Choosing Healthy Chocolate this Easter |
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| You don’t have to give up eating chocolate just because you want to eat healthily. But you do need to choose the right chocolate this Easter, the type that brings positive health benefits and isn’t laden with disastrously unhealthy added fats and sugars.When you’re choosing chocolate Easter eggs this year, remember these facts:Healthy chocolate What does chocolate contain, that’s good for you? The cocoa bean, from which chocolate is made, contains antioxidants, as well as the minerals copper, magnesium and iron, and vitamins A, B1, B2, D and E. Research into chocolate shows that it can improve boost immunity, lower blood pressure and may even help to p (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Robert Whitehead |
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| Article Title :: The Story of Chocolate |
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| It would be quite unthinkable to even attempt to produce good chocolates without
knowing the fabulous history of chocolate which dates back to the 10th century.The Aztecs were the first to start working with cacao beans. At that time their God,
Quetzalcoatl, was the Gardener of Paradise, which explains why cacao beans were
used as their form of currency. At this stage they served no culinary purpose
whatsoever, and it was only on observing the monkeys that the Aztecs started to
become interested in the culinary properties of the cacao tree fruit. To begin with
only the pulp of the tree was used and it was not until later on that the beans
themselves started to be cons (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Marge Chua |
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| Article Title :: Between Chocolate and Love |
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| Love somehow resembles eating chocolate, large amount of chocolate! Speaking of the Devil’s Advocate, everything, purposely, have it’s own good side, and then…warning!.. the bad side.Speaking of which, chocolate is non-other but tempting. Chocolate blows away mind, shouts..persuades…”Taste me, Eat me..Come get me! Indulge over me!” Chocolate? Just can’t get enough of.. Based from a survey I had a year ago, 28 out of 30 have the chocolate stamina, meaning, a bar is never enough! Tick Tack Tick…L-O-V-E..love! You get dumped, been ditched..what? Brokenhearted.. Who stole your magic? It’s not just the matter of who here, it’s a What, Who , When and How. Blin (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: James McDonald |
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| Article Title :: Marzipan Candy And Covered Sweets |
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| Pastry chefs have used marzipan candy for many centuries to create a whole host of sweets. For instance, chef's have been using this delicious treat to fill cakes and cover them instead of using a more traditional frosting. Marzipan looks beautiful and colorful as a cake decoration, but it can also be used to create figurines. Creating these small figures serves a dual purpose as they not only look good, but they are edible as well. This flexibility is one of the reasons it is surging in popularity. You can use it in the creation of a variety of tasty treats.Marzipan is made up of ground almonds, glucose, and sugar. These ingredients create a dough that can be colored easily and mo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Vera Tweed |
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| Article Title :: Healthy Chocolate - 4 Telltale Signs |
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| You've probably heard that chocolate can be good for you, and it's true. Scientifically speaking, studies have shown that chocolate can reduce blood pressure, help to keep your arteries in shape, give your energy a mild boost, trigger pleasure-inducing endorphins, and may even help to burn fat. The bad new is, not all types of the treat deliver these benefits.How do you tell? Look for these four signs that a bar of chocolate contains healthful ingredients:1. High Cocoa ContentCocoa contains antioxidants that offer the health benefits but not all chocolate contains enough cocoa to be beneficial. Cocoa also gives chocolate its dark color, so white chocolate conta (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Shauna Hanus |
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| Article Title :: How to Make a Rich Chocolate Cake |
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| Old time bakers used to make a “pudding” for chocolate cakes. This pudding is different than the pudding in the mix chocolate cakes we are used to today. Old time chocolate pudding was a way for bakers to elicit the full chocolate flavor from the cocoa powder and unsweetened chocolate which gave them rich full flavored chocolate cake.When cakes are made strictly with cocoa powder which contains mostly cocoa solids the chocolate cake flavor is somewhat subdued. The chocolate flavor can be stricken even more by mixing the cocoa powder with flour. But by incorporating unsweetened chocolate which contains cocoa butter as well as cocoa solids into the cocoa powder the chocolate (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: George Murray |
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| Article Title :: Cacao Beans - Three Types |
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| Much like the different varieties of coffee, cacao beans come in varying types. Three kinds of beans dominate the world market, serving as the base for most fine chocolates.Each of the three main beans grown from cacao trees serves as the prime base in chocolates. Without the bean there would be no chocolates and without the finer beans gourmet confections would be bland indeed.Grown in different parts of the world, the three beans used in most chocolate production today are the Criollo, Forasteros and Trinitario. Each of these beans has its own properties that result in slightly different tastes in the chocolate end product.The Criollo beans are the ones that started (read full article) |
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