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The Best Things in Life are Chocolate Gifts and Sweet-indulgences … - DMN N…

14 May 2007 at 4:59pm

The Best Things in Life are Chocolate Gifts and Sweet-indulgences ….
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Chocolate ..com lets you shop by category - price point, occasion and ingredients. Love dark chocolate ? The site will display all it's dark chocolate ….

Bright days for dark chocolate (New York Daily News)

10 May 2007 at 4:08am

Dark chocolate sales are anything but bittersweet, as its much-touted health benefits and mass marketing introduced

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Wooohooo! I just received the first two of my recipe videos, edited and uploaded to YouTube! Yep you heard right I am now officially a techno geek on Youtube! lol!

To view my debut as the next Nigella (lol) click here!

The written recipes from these videos can be found on the recipes page. I have another 4 videos still to be edited which I will be working on over the next couple of weeks, they include:

• Dark Chocolate Coated Strawberries
• Dark Chocolate Bites
• Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
• Dark Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting

with more recipes yet to be filmed! If you have any special requests of what recipes you'd like to see me make add a comment or send me an email!

PS To keep an eye on the Videos page you won't need to hunt out this post to click the link. If you look to the left of your screen you will see a Videos link in the Pages box in the left hand column!

This recipe is very simple, easy and so incredibly divinely rich you'll think you died and went to chocolate heaven! I strongly recommend you serve this with plain unsweetened yoghurt to cut through the beautiful sweet richness of this roll.

Dark Chocolate Ganache Roll

Ingredients:

5 Eggs, separated
4 ½ oz Castor Sugar
7 oz Dark Chocolate
75ml Warm Water
2 cups Dark Chocolate Ganache

Method:

1. Grease and line an 8”x12” baking tin and sprinkle with a little castor sugar
2. Preheat the oven to 400F
3. Combine the egg yolks and sugar with a mixer until light and creamy
4. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler or carefully in the microwave
5. Beat the egg whites in a clean dry bowl until it forms stiff peaks
6. Fold the melted chocolate into the yolk mixture
7. Stir one tablespoon of the egg whites into the chocolate mix, then gently fold in the rest of the whites
8. Place in the oven for 12-15 minutes
9. Remove the cake from the tin and cover with a tea towel to keep moist while cooling
10. Whizz 1 ½ cups of the ganache in a food processor until its light and fluffy (5-10mins)
11. Smother 2/3 of the cake with ½ of the whipped ganache
12. Roll the cake starting from the ganache covered end
13. Place the roll on your serving dish and smother the outside of the roll with the remaining whipped ganache
14. Drizzle the melted ganache over the roll

Serve at room temperature with plain unsweetened yoghurt

For a step by step video guide to this recipe go to my video page where I show you easy recipes and tips to make your chocolate creations easy!

Dark Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients:

8oz Dark Chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup Double Cream
2oz Unsalted Butter, whipped

Method:

1. Heat the cream gently in a saucepan, stirring until it comes to the boil
2. Pour over the chopped chocolate and stir gently until the chocolate has melted
3. Add half the butter, stirring gently till melted and do the same with the remaining butter until all the butter is incorporated
4. Use as is or place in the fridge for a more solid ganache

Keeps in the fridge for 2 days and the freezer for up to a month

Check out the how to make this recipe on my video page where I show you step by step how to get the best results!

Here is an incredibly simple and sinful dessert recipe for your next dinner party. You can make these in the morning for a dinner party that night!

10fl oz Cream
3 Egg yolks
9oz Dark Chocolate bits
3 Tbls liqueur (cointreau, kahlua, brandy or malibu)

Heat the cream until its just about to boil making sure to stir. Throw it in the blender with all the other ingredients and whizz until the racket stops! Pour into little espresso cups or liqueur glasses and chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours or preferably 8 hours (give or take, its no big deal)

These are fantastic and so incredibly easy, serve with biscotti for a bit of bite. Yum yums!

Hershey profit falls on higher costs - San Diego Union Tribune

19 Apr 2007 at 3:32pm

Hershey profit falls on higher costs
San Diego Union Tribune, CA - 4 hours ago
Net sales rose 1.2 percent to $1.15 billion, helped by growth of new Hershey products and dark chocolate .. Sales were slowed by weak sales of single-serve ….
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Lowering blood pressure (The Buffalo News)

19 Apr 2007 at 7:32am

Q. A lot of press attention has been given recently to the benefits of dark chocolate for lowering blood pressure. A banner at the bottom of the television screen said that eating chocolate is as good as some blood pressure medicines.

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Kiss and tell: chocolate wins - Brisbane Times

17 Apr 2007 at 2:45pm

The Age Kiss and tell: chocolate wins
Brisbane Times, Australia - 8 hours ago
Recordings of brain activity and heart rate were taken as the volunteers tasted dark chocolate and as they kissed their partners. ….
A kiss is just a kiss, chocolate gives better buzz NutraIngredients-usa.com
Study rates chocolate better than kisses HULIQ
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Sweet Success Billerica candy man's secret? He's cracked the code for a bette…

17 Apr 2007 at 11:54am

BILLERICA — It's good for cholesterol health, high in antioxidants and promotes blood flow. But up until now no one has been able to make dark chocolate palatable without sugar. For the past year, that has been Santi Falcone's mission.

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This new [tag]dark chocolate[/tag] range looks absolutely amazing. I'm going to have to find out more about this and see if its claims are true.

Orem, UT (ContentDesk) July 26, 2006 — Phytobase Nutritionals has released its latest delicious organic dark chocolate based creation Chocollissima, an amazing new chocolate treat that increases energy levels, reduces stress, elevates your mood, and even boosts your libido. "We are in the business of developing functional foods which are delicious, exciting and truly amazing. Chocollissima is another product developed especially for women. Chocollissima is an extraordinary chocolate packed with a unique combination of wild harvested exotic rain forest plants including Clavo Huasco and Jatoba, known among Indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest for having aphrodisiac and natural energy boosting qualities without stimulants, and the highly touted Borojo fruit for total chocolate satisfaction,” said Phytobase founder Sam D. Gur. This delightful dark chocolate treat provides a powerful punch of energy and vitality in every bite-size morsel with just 56 calories. Chocollissima’s hallmark ingredient is Borojo, the highly energetic and nutritious fruit grow only in the Amazon and well-known for its energy enhancing, aphrodisiac qualities. Borojo fruit contains exceptionally high levels of protein, phosphorous, essential amino acids and B Vitamins. Chocollissima also provides uninhibited chocolate pleasure as it naturally increases the libido. Chocollissima was developed by a PhD in biological science and created by a woman for women as a “pick – me – up” product to chase the blues away. Not only does it help lift your mood, but it adds extra energy and vitality to spice up your love life and feel good day or night. This sweet morsel is made with only the highest quality organic dark Belgium chocolate. Gur says, "At Phytobase, we think everything is better with chocolate. We’ve established a record for producing innovative delicious products such as ChocoLeans and LeanCaffe. Chocollissima is another wonderful creation we are very proud of and is already garnering rave reviews upon its release.”More information can be found at www.chocollissima.com About Phytobase Nutritionals, Inc.Phytobase Nutritionals, Inc., is a research-driven company that specializes in developing cutting-edge functional foods as well as nutritional and personal care products. Chocollissima is a perfect addition to Phytobase Nutritional's satiety-based product line which includes Chocoleans- dark chocolates with appetite control, Hoodia DeLite, a patent-pending chocolate meal replacement shake; BonJava-LeanCaffe organic, fair trade coffee and HoodiaLean capsules. All Phytobase products can be ordered through the company's Web site at http://www.phytobase.com, through Drugstore.com, Amazon.com and at fine health food stores everywhere.Contact:Sam D. GurPhytobase Nutritionals, Inc.801-705-0555http://www.phytobase.com

If you have any more information on [tag]chocollissima[/tag] I would love an email or post a comment! Thanks!

Mass-market chocolate goes upmarket - BBC News

15 Apr 2007 at 9:04am

BBC News Mass-market chocolate goes upmarket
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
"The recipe for Bournville Classic was the ideal dark chocolate 100 years ago and it still has a strong group who love the taste and have grown up with it," ….

Dark Chocolate, But Not Tea, Takes a Bite Out of Blood Pressure (HealthDay vi…

9 Apr 2007 at 4:03pm

MONDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) — Cocoa-rich products such as dark chocolate may help lower high blood pressure, but tea won't do much, according to a new survey of the medical literature by German researchers.

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