Category: Chocolate

ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Guinness Chocolate Mousse & Truffles

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Chocolate mousse with Guinness. Photo courtesy Guinness Storehouse.   When you’re Justin O’Connor, executive chef at Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, you work Guinness stout into every recipe, from Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes to soup. Guinness, which has chocolaty notes, is a great match with chocolate desserts. Whip one up for St. Patrick’s Day, and serve it…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY GIFT: Kohler “Emeralds”

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Mint, one of the four flavors of Emeralds. Photo courtesy Kohler.   Some people would like a bottle of Irish whiskey for St. Patrick’s Day. Others would rather have chocolate. And there’s one box of chocolates that’s perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Inspired by the Emerald Isle, Kohler’s Emerald chocolates are a beautiful box of…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Old-Style Chocolate & New Learning Opportunities

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A sip into the past. A cup of drinking chocolate with two chocolate sticks. Photo courtesy American Heritage Chocolate.   Turn the clock back 400 years. You’re in colonial America. You can’t have a chocolate bar, because solid chocolate bars have not been invented.* But you can have a cup of luscious hot chocolate. In…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Uses For Shaved Chocolate

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Working on Valentine recipes, we’ve been shaving a lot of chocolate for garnishes, and to incorporate into recipes like shaved chocolate ice cream. (It’s our preferred version of chocolate chip ice cream. The thinly shaved chocolate delivers more chocolate flavor than frozen-hard chocolate chips.) GRATED VERSUS SHAVED CHOCOLATE Grating tools have smaller holes and create…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Éclat Chocolate

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Chocolates to fall in love with. Photo courtesy Éclat Chocolate.   Oh, how lucky the people of West Chester, Pennsylvania are. Seven days a week they can stroll into Éclat Chocolate at 24 South High Street and select tempting confections. Everyone else can order the chocolates online or by phone (1.610.692.5206). Some items are available…
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