The Best Dubai Chocolate & History Of Dubai Chocolate

  By now, the global Dubai chocolate craze that began in 2023 has resulted in many copycats of the original layered chocolate bar, plus a porting of the flavors to brownies, cakes, cheesecakes, cookies, croissants, iced coffee, pancakes, pistachio butter cups, and dozens more (see the ††footnote). There are even Dubai chocolate beers! The marvelous…
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Ele Chocolates Probiotic Bites: A Chocolate A Day Is Good!

[1] Each morning, we enjoy one Probiotic Bite with our first cup of coffee (Abacus Photo). [2] The bites are made from organic 70% cacao (dark chocolate (photos #2, #3, #5, and 6 © Ele Chocolates). [3] Tempting, but you can only eat one a day, the effective dose. [4] It begins with single origin,…
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Homemade Ice Cream In 5 Minutes With A Tern Ice Cream Maker

[1] We adore our Tern ice cream maker (Abacus Photo). [2] Just hold the paddle against the side of the bowl and watch your ice cream harden (photos #2 through #6 © Tern Ice Cream). [3] Most commercial berry ice creams don’t have enough berry intensity for us. Strawberry typically tastes like “strawberries and cream”…
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Hugs & Kisses & Our Favorite Chocolates For Valentine’s Day

  Happy Valentine’s Day, dear reader! For most of us, Valentine’s Day means chocolate. In 1861, British chocolate manufacturer Richard Cadbury created the first heart-shaped box of chocolate for Valentine’s Day; and commercialization took over. We wish we could send you some of our favorite chocolates for Valentine’s Day, but we’ve done the next best…
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Andia’s Ice Cream “Strawberries” For Your Favorite People

  At first glance, they look like gorgeous chocolate-covered strawberries—the kind you’d see at a high-end chocolatier, complete with hand-piped white chocolate drizzle and green frosting stems. But bite in, and you discover the culinary trompe l’oeil: These aren’t chocolate-dipped strawberries at all. They’re strawberry ice cream, sculpted into perfect strawberry shapes and enrobed in…
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