Let's Talk About Chocolate! [Archive]

ajrsmom

05-23-2006, 06:18 PM

I love chocolate--especially dark chocolate!!

I will taste just about anything covered in chocolate--I draw the line at bugs and gross stuff like that! EEEWW!

One of my favorites has to be choc. covered Macadamia nut clusters. OH MY!!!

Peanut butter meltaways are close behind.

Anyone else share my passion for chocolate?

cat lover

05-24-2006, 12:27 PM

Oh, Chocolate! Any kind fixed almost any way! Dark chocolate is good, but the only dark chocolate I've found I really can eat too much of is Russell Stover's; especially the creams.

Hershey bars are about the best; especially dipped in peanut butter! I've been known to even open a can of frosting Dark Chocolate Fudge and eat it by the spoonfuls!:eek:

I make a choco -holic cake that is to die for!

ajrsmom

05-24-2006, 01:38 PM

I've been known to even open a can of frosting Dark Chocolate Fudge and eat it by the spoonfuls!:eek:

I am sooo happy to see that I am not the only one who does this. ROFL!!! :D :p

cat lover

05-24-2006, 02:26 PM

Good thing nobody had caught a picture yet of me doing that; but then again it would make a good picture for the refrigerator of "what not to be doing!" LOL:D

joyann

05-24-2006, 08:00 PM

Did someone mention "chocolate"? When I was pregnant with my first child, my doctor told me I was gaining too much weight. I remarked to my mother that after the baby was born I was going to eat all the chocolate cake I wanted. After the birth, my Mom shows up at the hospital with an entire all-chocolate cake. Every evening, I would have a piece of chocolate cake and a cup of coffee. I don't think I've ever met a chocolate I didn't like. hahaha

cat lover

05-24-2006, 08:04 PM

Oh how sweet of your mom!:D

Fish3711

05-28-2006, 11:02 AM

I love chocolate, especially dark chocolate made by dove. I can't eat a lot of it [diabetic] but I can smell it anytime I want too. My husband says I am the worlds worse diabetic. But I don't eat it, I just smell it and talk about it all the time!
fish3711

cat lover

05-28-2006, 11:43 AM

Fish3711 just wondering; does any of the sugar free chocolate really fill the bill? I've started to buy some for myself especially the Russell Stover, but haven't yet because I was afraid it would be nasty.

Coll

05-28-2006, 12:14 PM

DeBora4BobbyL

05-28-2006, 12:26 PM

Coll, I haven't seen a WHATAMACALLIT in a long time. There are sites that sell retro candy. Those are cool too.

cat lover

05-28-2006, 01:32 PM

Since I'm allergic to chocolate I can only indulge every so often. Like once every 3-4 months. If I happen to crave it I'll eat my favorite WHATCHAMACALLIT bar. So many people can't believe that I don't crave chocolate all the time.

Coll

When I was a kid I couldn't eat chocolate either for the same reason. After I married I didn't seem to have a problem with it. Always wondered if I was just told that to keep me from eating it. My grandmother used to buy Hershey bars by the box full ( I think now that box contains 36 or so; don't know if it was any less than or not), and we'd each have several every night!So I "developed" an allergy I was told! LOL

trekmom

05-28-2006, 07:45 PM

I also love most chocolates, dark chocolate most of all.
Has anyone tried the new white chocolate M&M's?? They're pretty good - got hooked on good white chocolate when I was a kid and my best friend brought some back from NY

DeBora4BobbyL

05-28-2006, 07:52 PM

Pam, I asked you a question in the candy thread. I am not fond of white chocolate. I LOVE the dark chocolate.

ajrsmom

05-28-2006, 08:01 PM

DeBora4BobbyL

05-28-2006, 08:08 PM

Do I live so far in the boonies that they don't deliver dark chocolate? I haven't seen the M&Ms either.

cat lover

05-28-2006, 09:48 PM

Guess several of us are in the same boat here, haven't even heard of the white chocolate M&M's! Used to love white chocolate though and it has been a long time since I've had any!

joyann

05-28-2006, 11:47 PM

Well, I guess I'm out of the loop, also. I didn't know there were white chocolate M&M's.

DeBora4BobbyL

05-29-2006, 12:04 AM

I am with you Joyann! It isn't chocolate unless you get that euphoric buzz! ;) I believe that white chocolate is made with cocoa butter or the fat from chocolate. I think the Food and Drug admin agrees with us too--that it is not a chocolate! LOL

trekmom

05-29-2006, 05:54 PM

white chocolate is chocolate before the cocoa is added for color and flavoring-almost, but not quite like white american cheese is american cheese without the yellow coloring-supposedly tastes the same, but I think there's a difference myself.
White chocolate is usually creamier and melts easier too.
White chocolate M&M's recently came out, along with Gem Color M&M's-they're promoting an M&M Treasure Hunt and there is a contest for it at the M&M website. I never did get any of the dark chocolate M&M's. I'll have to look for them again.

DeBora4BobbyL

05-29-2006, 09:31 PM

Does anybody remember the M&Ms promotion in which they made the M&Ms non-colored? I cannot remember what it was all about. I do remember Elliot Sadler's M&M race car all black and white!

megray

05-29-2006, 10:31 PM

Hey white, milk or dark. I am NOT fussy. I love chocolate, but maybe that is why I am feeling not great at the moment. We have had fundraising chocs in the house for three weeks now! Maybe they don't come in different flavour just so as I can call each one a meal replacement !!LOL

DeBora4BobbyL

05-29-2006, 10:50 PM

LOL Meg. I don't remember where I saw it, but somewhere it says that chocolate is a food group! LOL

megray

05-30-2006, 07:06 AM

mAYBE THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE THINKING OF dEbORA!! Sorry, caps lock off now!
Chocolate, the 5th food group

Chocolate is a vegetable: Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Beans = vegetable.

Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.

To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food.

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

The problem: how to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution: eat it in the parking lot.

Diet tip: eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite, and you'll eat less.

If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet? Don't they actually counteract each other?

Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.

Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Now, isn't that handy?

If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated. You can't let that happen, can you?

cat lover

05-30-2006, 08:47 AM

Those are all too funny! But you know ,some of them really make sense! LOL

ajrsmom

05-30-2006, 10:24 AM

LOL! I love that!

It's like the quote in my siggy line ;)

DeBora4BobbyL

05-30-2006, 10:40 AM

Meg, thanks for sharing that! Love it!

cat lover

05-30-2006, 09:46 PM

I always had trouble keeping chocolate chips in the house, one day I came home from work early and found out why! My DS was mixing chocolate chips and peanut butter together and melting them in the microwave!

DeBora4BobbyL

05-30-2006, 10:29 PM

Too funny!

dval

05-30-2006, 11:23 PM

Hmmmm....I'll have to try that......

cat lover

05-31-2006, 12:03 AM

The "sad" thing about it... I did try it AND It is good! LOL

trekmom

05-31-2006, 09:05 PM

Does anybody remember the M&Ms promotion in which they made the M&Ms non-colored
I remember that promotion DeBora. It was a contest thing-I think there was a differnt color M&M in a few bags which entitled the person with that bag to win some prize.

DeBora4BobbyL

05-31-2006, 09:11 PM

Pam, thanks! Now I remember. You bought the M&Ms and looked for a certain one to get some prize. I never bought any, but I remember that bland colored race car on the track. LOL

trekmom

06-09-2006, 12:13 AM

DeBora4BobbyL

06-09-2006, 12:22 AM

I guess I've been looking in the wrong places.

dval

06-09-2006, 12:26 AM

I've seen the chocolate sugar babies. I'd love to try the chocolate tootsie rolls. Yum!

oochiegoo

06-09-2006, 04:16 PM

trekmom - you beat me to this question. I wanted to know the same thing. Anyone tried them yet? Let me know how they are...

I also love most chocolates, dark chocolate most of all.
Has anyone tried the new white chocolate M&M's?? They're pretty good - got hooked on good white chocolate when I was a kid and my best friend brought some back from NY

cat lover

06-10-2006, 07:08 AM

OK, I was at one of the $ stores the other day and ran across some chocolate/dark chocolate I haven't seen before.
Dark Chocolate Chunky w/peanuts and raisins
Dark Chocoate Crunch Bar
Chocolate Sugar Babies
and chocolate covered tootsie rolls
bought one of each for when I need a chocolate fix....:D

Okay I have to have some of that chocolate! LOL What $ store did you find these in? We have one 30 miles from us and when we go to Louisville they have several different ones; I'd love to check it out!

oochiegoo

06-10-2006, 02:36 PM

talking about chocolate, I'm going to have to go get me some now!!

cat lover

06-10-2006, 09:06 PM

I've tried NOT buying my favorites chocolates, but if I don't have any in the house, I'll fid something chocolate; even if it is hot cocoa on a hot summer night! LOL

DeBora4BobbyL

06-10-2006, 09:28 PM

I don't know what I am going to do when my hormones get hungry for chocolate once a month now that I am low-carb. LOL I do have a recipe that I am going to try for low-carb energy bars that I plan on making tomorrow. I think they are called Fudge Nut Walnut Bars. I got the low-low-carb chocolate protein at the health food store to make them with.

cat lover

06-11-2006, 12:33 PM

When I have the time one of my cakes I bake fills the chocolate fix! It is a chocoholic cake, chocolate everything!

DeBora4BobbyL

06-13-2006, 07:16 PM

I went to the pharmacy to pick up a refill and right there next to the line was dark chocolate crunch caramel and 100 Grand bars! Where were they last month? LOL

cat lover

06-13-2006, 07:45 PM

I'm going to the BIG city tomorrow, maybe I'll be lucky and find some of all that good stuff everybody's been seeing!

DeBora4BobbyL

06-13-2006, 08:52 PM

Have a safe trip.

cat lover

06-13-2006, 08:56 PM

Planning on it! LOL And Thanks!

cat lover

06-16-2006, 07:43 PM

Well didn't find those candies except a huge bag at Sam's; and I refused to buy that much!

So today I needed chocolate, but kept thinking no I really don't need it, guess which thought won? I sliced a banana and some strawberries into a bowl (good so far), ..... and poured heshey syurup over them! It was good!

DeBora4BobbyL

06-16-2006, 08:02 PM

You could always tell yourself that the fruit counteracts the chocolate and sugar. LOL

cat lover

06-18-2006, 10:24 AM

Last night's chcoclate fix was a large cup of strong hot coffee and I put 2 tbsp of Nestle Quick into it,YUM!!

DeBora4BobbyL

06-18-2006, 12:04 PM

I hate to tell you, but the Quick in the coffee doesn't sound good. Whatever floats your boat though.

cat lover

06-18-2006, 12:13 PM

It actually tastes like a mocha coffee!

DeBora4BobbyL

06-18-2006, 12:23 PM

I am not a mocha fan, so that might be why it doesn't sound good. I know most people are though.

cat lover

06-19-2006, 07:33 AM

Here's a quick fix for some chocolate!

Chocolate Pudding for One

1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
pinch salt
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
whipped cream

In a 2 cup glass measuring cup, combine cornstarch, salt, and milk till smooth and add chips. Microwave uncovered on HIGH 1 minute or till hot but not boiling; stir. Cook 30 -45 seconds longer or till mixture just begins to boil; stir. Cool and pour into a bowl. Top with whipped topping 1 serving

cat lover

06-23-2006, 07:56 AM

COCOA CAPPUCCINO MOUSSE

2 tbsp powdered instant coffee or espresso
2 Tbsp. hot water
1-1/3 cups (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup hershey cocoa
3 Tbsp.margarine
2 cups cold whipping cream
Hershey mini kisses Milk Chocolates (optional)

Dissolve coffee in hot water in large saucepan. Add sweetened condensed milk, cocoa and margarine. Cook over low heat, strring constantly till margarine melts and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat and cool. Beat whipping cream in large bowl until stiff. Gradually fold chocolate mixture into whipped cream. Spoon into dessert dishes. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours. Garnish with mini kisses Milk Chocolates Makes 6-8 servings

cat lover

06-30-2006, 09:12 AM

Some signs you may be a chocoholic!

Do you think Hershey should be a Patron Saint?

Do you think Carob is a Communist Plot?

Forget "career vs. relationship"; for you is a major decision having to choose between white and dark, milk and bittersweet, with almonds and without?

Do you look at vanilla as somebody's idea of a joke?

Would you campaign to have Nestle's birthday declared a national holiday?

Has an M & M never had enough time to melt in your hands?

Is your most frequent form of daily exercise prying the lid from a container of Häagen-Dazs chocolate chocolate chip?

Have you ever eaten an entire box of still-frozen brownies because you were unable to wait long enough for them to thaw?

Is your ulterior motive for visiting sick friends to pick through the boxes of candies they received?

Is your idea of foreplay a bag of Hershey's Kisses?

DeBora4BobbyL

06-30-2006, 11:05 AM

Those are funny.

cat lover

07-02-2006, 12:09 PM

Chocolate Applesauce Cake

Blue Ribbon Winner, 1983 Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift together:
3 cups flour
3 Tbsp cocoa
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon

Cream:
3/4 cups shortening
2 cups sugar

Mix:
2-1/4 tsp baking soda with 22-24 oz. applesauce till soda is dissolved.Combine above ingredients and mix thoroughly with electric mixer.

Beat in:
3 large eggs

Pour into greased & floured 12-cup tube pan.

Sprinkle with:
2 Tbsp granulated sugar combined with 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts. Pat lightly with back of spoon.Bake for 60-65 minutes, or till cake test done. Let rest in pan for 20 minutes before turning out onto rack. Cover and refrigerate when cool. Slice when it is cold. Bring to room temperature before serving. 20 servings.

cat lover

09-21-2006, 04:52 PM

This is a Godiva Chocolate recipe

Devilishly Hot Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate:
4 bars (1.5 ounces each) Godiva Dark Chocolate, chopped
1 cup water
3 cups whole milk
8 whole cloves
4 cinnamon sticks
Dash cayenne pepper
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract

Cayenne Whipped Cream:
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp confectioners' sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch cayenne pepper

Make the hot chocolate:
Place chocolate and water in microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium power 1 minute. Stir. Microwave 1 minute more or till it softens. Stir till smooth. Let cool.Combine milk, cloves, cinnamon sticks and cayenne pepper in saucepan. Warm milk mixture over medium heat till bubbles form around edge of pan.Whisk chocolate mixture into milk. Add sugar and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain mixture, reserving cinnamon sticks. Rinse cinnamon sticks, pat dry and set aside for garnish.Return mixture to saucepan and stir in cream. Over low heat, heat to simmer. Stir in vanilla extract. 4 servings

Make the cayenne whipped cream:
Combine all ingredients in bowl and whisk until stiff peaks form. Pour hot chocolate into four mugs. Serve immediately topped with Cayenne Whipped Cream and cinnamon stick.

Bilby

09-29-2006, 09:56 PM

I am sitting here reading this thread and beside me is a pic on the front of a mag that is weight watchers choc ripple cheese cake MMmmmm :) 4 pts per slice, I'll have to checkout the recipe.

My fave choc is a cherry ripe, darck choc on the outside with cherry chunks and coconut on the inside.