Benefits of Eating Dark Chocolate When talking about chocolate, you might first think of Valentine's Day. For lovers, the sweet chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, is the best choice to convey love and passion to each other.Experts believe that eating an appropriate amount of dark chocolate every day is beneficial to our health. Generally speaking, there are mainly four benefits of dark chocolate.First, polyphenol and flavanol:...more
Make Someone Feel Special with Chocolate Gifts Gifts have been the most traditional way to make someone feel special. It expresses you feelings and thoughts in a special way. Words are not enough each time and there is a need at times to say something with your mouth shut. It is rightly said, "Actions speak louder than words". Show the sweet gesture this time and see the difference in reactions. Experiment with your ways to express...more
There's Never Too Much Chocolate Cake There can be no greater way to spend an evening or weekend afternoon than baking and decorating a cake. The repetition creates an almost hypnotic state, whilst the promise of a tasty treat later engages the brain's pleasure system. For most chefs, the baking part is simple enough, as there are hundreds of recipes for all varieties of cake to be found online and in cook-books, and it's usually the decorating part that stumps people. Most fruit based cakes can be topped with a simple layer of brown sugar to give that crisp baked look, so it's down to the chocolate based cakes to be decorated with love and care. This article aims to give some tips for chocolate cake decoration.Firstly, take into consideration what kind of chocolate your cake is made from. Chocolate comes in three main varieties - milk, dark and plain. It's a generally accepted rule not to mix types on a cake, as the contrast in texture and flavors can ruin the overall taste of the cake. Milk chocolate tends to be very sweet and smooth, dark chocolate is much bitterer and coarser, whilst plain usually falls somewhere in the middle, being rich in flavor and...more
Single Origin Chocolate: Taste Reviews A person can create a really unique holiday chocolate gift box by filling it with distinctive single origin chocolates from all over the world. Single origin chocolates are chocolates created from beans from one country or region. The cocoa beans from each region have distinctive flavors and...more
Impress people with your chocolate recipes Chocolate is just about the most well-known treats, around the world. Every cuisine makes use of chocolate, generally as candies and confections. I am certain my bias is showing when I say that almost everyone in the world enjoys a chocolate in some form. Granted, here are a few people who don't...more
Recommendations So You Can Find An Excellent Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans Coffee and chocolate fanatics, alike, will love chocolate covered coffee beans. However, finding high quality products with just the right blend of coffee and chocolate is very hard to do. If you are searching for chocolate covered beans that will make your mouth water, this article will tell you how to find them.There are no limits to the types of beans and chocolates available these days. You can now get coffee beans that are covered in dark, milk, or white chocolate. You can even find other flavors, including coffee flavored chocolate and orange flavored chocolate.If you come across a large bag of incredibly inexpensive covered beans, you should be wary. Some brands do not cover their beans with real chocolate and they may also use poor quality beans. To be on the safe side, read the label and ingredients carefully. If you see phrases like chocolate flavored or coffee flavored, it most likely means that neither real chocolate or real coffee is being used.Any time you are going to buy these beans, you should make sure that cocoa is one of the ingredients. When you see that cocoa is on the...more
Choosing Chocolates as Gifts Because You Care When you're wondering and worrying what to get for everyone on your gift list any time of the year, think chocolate . It is easy to find the gift that will suit even the most discriminating and...more
Change your desert menu to Chocolate Pizza Chocolate is the gesture to celebrate love and passion. The love towards mother or love toward your valentine or going a bit farther, it can also be a celebration of love towards your child. This ends...more
As the seasons change and Christmas rapidly approaches, consumers begin to plan out this year's shopping conquests. Shopping malls are hung with lights and holiday sale signs deck the halls. It seems that every year there's a new hot item that...more
When speaking of the relationship between chocolate and festival, you might first think of Valentine's Day. In fact, chocolate is also a kind of good food for human health, especially dark chocolate. Experts point out that, appropriately eating some...more
Do you or your business currently utilise polycarbonate moulds for all types of liquid food creation? With the very latest in CAD-CAM technology, money can be saved and valuable process time shortened with vacuum formed moulds. For Chocolate casts in...more
Chocolate Dresses Fashion Show If you have an insatiable appetite for both fashion and chocolate, then one bizarre, confection-filled catwalk should satisfy both cravings simultaneously. Last month, the 16th annual Salon du Chocolat -- a trade...more