Tag: Chocolate

VALENTINE GIFT: Honey Chocolates

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How about some honey-sweetened chocolates for your honey…or for anyone who doesn’t like refined sugar? One of our favorite booths at a particular trade show is Queen Bee Gardens, which makes delicious honey-sweetened chocolates and other confections. The older, homespun couple at the booth differ from the trendy staff at other booths. But their chocolates…
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HALLOWEEN: Peanut Butter Cups

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They’re almost too lovely to eat—but we’ll manage. Photo courtesy Woodhouse Chocolate.   There are only two weeks until Halloween, but that’s plenty of time to send for these gourmet peanut butter cups. Not only are the chocolate shell and peanut butter filling artisan quality, but the “dressed for Halloween” artwork deserves a shout out.…
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NEWS: Chocolate Is Good For Your Health, Really

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Is chocolate good for your health? For too many years, we’ve been hearing “health food” claims for dark chocolate—without any support as to what intensity of cacao (dark chocolate can range from 50% to 100% cacao) how much chocolate, and oh, by the way, how the healthfulness is offset by all the sugar (the remaining…
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