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Easy Chocolate Fondue Recipes

May 10, 2010 by  
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There are some great chocolate fondue recipes out there. The world loves chocolate. You would be hard pressed to find somebody that doesn’t like chocolate in some form or another. Chocolate has even been called the food of the Gods.

Fondue makes a great dip for dipping fruit, shortbread cookies, pound cake and even salty snacks like pretzels. You put chocolate and fondue together and you can’t go wrong. Have some kind of chocolate fondue at a party or get together with some dippers and watch how fast it disappears.

However if you’re like most people you don’t really want to spend a lot time on your chocolate fondue recipes. Well here are a couple of chocolate fondue recipes that are fast, easy and delicious. Serve any of these at your next get together and your guests will think you’re and angel.

Two Minute Chocolate Fondue Recipe
Only two minutes and you’ve got a tasty chocolate fondue dessert.

Ingredients You Need:
12 ounces good quality semi-sweet chocolate
2/3 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier or Amaretto liqueur (optional)
Bite sized pieces of fruit or cake

How To Prepare:
Combine the chocolate and heavy cream in a medium heavy saucepan over medium-low heat. Stirring constantly, cook for about two minutes, or until melted and smooth. Add the vanilla and liqueur. Serve with the fruit and cake.
Serves 6

Smores Chocolate Fondue Recipe
This is a new take on an old favorite camping recipe.

Ingredients You Need:
1 cup cream
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup marshmallow cream

How To Prepare:
Slowly warm the cream in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. When hot, add the chocolate pieces, stirring until melted. Stir in the marshmallow cream and warm the mixture. Transfer to a warm fondue pot.

Serve with graham crackers and marshmallows.
Serves 6 or more

So do you think these chocolate fondue recipes will make your guest glad they came to your get together? Sure they will and it took you no time at all to do. You don’t only have to have chocolate fondues as a party treat, you can have it any time you want. Let these two chocolate fondue recipes be just the first of many more.

Michael Bridges is owner of the Real Easy Chocolate Recipes website. You can find more Chocolate Fondue Recipes as well as other chocolate recipes there.


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Having Fun With Chocolate

May 8, 2010 by  
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Chocolate isn’t a Food, but an Experience

Few words evoke the emotional enthusiasm people feel toward chocolate. It has a treasured place in our personal collection of memories – the Easter baskets, the birthday treats, the candy displays at Christmas, the heart that told you someone loves you.

It started young. During our special times, chocolate was there – an integral part of the event. One taste of chocolate (or even the thought alone) makes the mouth water and the emotional associations rush in. It brings back the multitude of fondly-remembered feel-good experiences we didn’t want to end.

So a great-testing piece of chocolate inevitably makes us happy inside. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that’s reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love. That’s why, even at times when we’re feeling down, anything chocolate feels so comforting.

Chocolate is Meant to be Shared

My favorite career was owning The Chocolate Factory in Branson, Missouri. Making chocolate inspired me; it’s so apparent that it makes a person’s soul happy. My passion led me to create 300 new chocolate products and 26 different flavored fudges (one of which won the title, “World’s Best Chocolate” in 1986).

Out of that grew the Chocolate Fantasy events, which are used as non-profit fundraisers. People can’t resist the 30 to 40 different kinds of chocolate creations offered. It combines three great things – chocolate, fun, and doing good through the charity. As crowd-pleasing and impressive as those events are, these same techniques can be accomplished by a rank beginner. With equally enthusiastic reactions.

Making chocolate goodies with others improves the flavor – as well as the enjoyment.

Visualize your whole family gathered around in the kitchen, making gourmet chocolates together. Smell that wonderful chocolatey aroma, feel the rich texture of gourmet chocolate goodies in your fingers.

Now that’s fun! And you’re all creating memories you’ll never forget, at the same time.

You Can “Do this at Home”

The Old Tyme Chocolate Cookbook I wrote shows how to make truly gourmet chocolate in your own home, using the tools you’ve already got. Without prior experience, anyone can create professional-quality results your friends will rave about. You’ll reveal out-of-the-ordinary chocolate expertise. All because you grasp the subtle differences of taste and texture between your gourmet concoctions, and what is sold at the store.

Learn tricks that the pros know. For instance, did you know you must NEVER introduce water into the chocolate during the manufacturing stage? A few drops of water will turn a pot of chocolate into the consistency of modeling clay. Why not try a recipe that will satisfy any chocolate craving?

Chocolate Toffee

2 cups granulated sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup dark corn syrup dash salt 1/2 cup whipping cream 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter

Line an 8-inch baking pan with buttered foil. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Begin cooking over medium heat, lowering heat as candy thickens. Cook to 250 degrees F. Pour into prepared pan and let cool. Break into bite-sized pieces or cut and wrap in plastic film.

Check out other chocolate recipes, tricks, and lore from my book at http://oldtymechocolate.com/home.php.

Dazzle your friends and family with your chocolate proficiency. It’s sure to raise your reputation, along with your social standing. Best of all, you’ll find yourself as welcome as the chocolate masterpieces you create. It’s all in knowing how.

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Chocolate Dessert Recipes For Parties

May 6, 2010 by  
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People now days have little time to cook decent meals for themselves and their family let alone find the time to make a dessert of any kind. There is however nothing better than enjoying a home-made dessert and what with the huge selection of dessert, especially chocolate dessert, recipes to choose from it is easier than you think.

Although a lot of them aren’t too bad, we are not talking about boxed cake or cookie mixes here. Home-made chocolate dessert recipes will take some time to prepare and a little more time to perfect but the effort will be well worth it. Just take a quick look at some ideas you may never have even thought of before.

•    Apple Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza
•    Black & White Chocolate Tartlets
•    Chocolate And Peanut Butter Blondies
•    Black and White Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
•    Chocolate-Almond Ice Cream Roll
•    Chocolate Fudge Squares with Mocha Glaze
•    Chocolate Waffles With Coffee Syrup
•    Chantico Chocolate Cake

There are hundreds of chocolate dessert recipes and they will have all your taste buds begging for sweet release. It’s a dieter’s worst nightmare and once your appetite is satisfied your teeth will be left aching with mischievous pleasure.

You’ll find chocolate recipes for every occasion, from simple, quick dessert recipes to elaborate treats that will have everyone eating out of the palm of your hand. Whether you’re planning for your next dinner party or want a simple recipe the kids will enjoy, nothing says decadence like a chocolate dessert.

Working with Chocolate

Did you know different types of chocolate require different methods for cooking, and when melting chocolate it is best to use a metal spoon as wooden and plastic spoons retain moisture that will cause the chocolate to seize?

Many dessert recipes will require you to melt chocolate in a double boiler. This is really easy to set up. All you need is a glass bowl big enough to hold the chocolate and at the same time fit into the top of a sauce pan without touching the bottom. In the sauce pan you simply boil water and then place the bowl of chocolate pieces on the top of the pan, stirring constantly until the chocolate is smooth.

Fresh fruit can be a perfect and light ending to any meal. You can give it that little something extra and have melted chocolate on the table to dip the fruit into. Satisfy everyone’s taste buds.

If you want delicious dessert recipes as well as the quickest and easiest way to make them without spending hours in the kitchen, just type ‘chocolate dessert recipe’ into  your preferred search engine.

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Chocolate Goodies at Cooking Games

May 4, 2010 by  
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Imagine yourself eating a slice of delectable chocolate cake. You make a crisp snapping sound as the gourmet chocolate moist your mouth with its rich chocolate taste. Nothing can be as a delectable experience other than eating a chocolate cake. It indulges you with every bite making sinful calories pile over one another. While you may content yourself having this good dining experience, why not try to cook and bake your own chocolate cake. If you are still unfamiliar of how things go about, try cooking your first smoochy treat with cooking games.

The chocolate cake is one of the desserts to die for. When a cake is rich and tasty with dark chocolate capped off the piece, you will have an unforgettable dining experience. But before you are able to appreciate one cooking from the other, you should, more or less, have knowledge on how chocolate cakes are being cooked so you may know if there are flaws in the baking of the cake. Have a glimpse on how chocolate cake is being baked with cooking games.

Set out to prepare the ingredients for the cooking. You will need three whole pieces of eggs, two cups of sugar, two teaspoons of baking soda, one cup milk, one teaspoon of vanilla essence, two teaspoons of chocolate powder and three cups of flour. You can have these ingredients sourced out from cooking games kitchen.

Though you may think that cooking games are only for the sake of playing, you need to follow the cooking instructions as you do when cooking. First, beat the egg and scramble the three eggs in a cake pan. Add the sugar and stir the mixture with a ladle. Then add the baking soda, stir; the milk, stir; and combine the vanilla essence and the chocolate powder to the mixture. Constant stirring is needed to make sure  that you evenly mixed the ingredients. After being able to do so, prepare the pan and place it in the oven at 350 degrees temperature. After the cooking time lapsed, remove the tasty stuff from the oven and  you can now decorate your chocolate cake with candies or butter cream frost.

Indulge yourself with the fun tasting chocolate cake that you made through cooking games. Learn how to follow cooking instructions and be an instant chef! You can also add flavours to your chocolate cake like playing with strawberry combinations, nuts, cashew, milk chocolate or anything that can satisfy your taste buds. Browse other chocolate recipes and see what other varieties you can zoom in at your chocolate cake menu.

Cooking games offer you lot of fun. Be a chef and learn how to bake delicious cake at cooking games

Cookie Jeans is an enthusiast of http://www.cooking-games.biz . She Plays Cooking Games and create wonderful pizza, burgers and sushi. Learn many ingredients of famous dishes and try to work as a waitress in a bar.


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Use free recipes and recipe guide for home cooking instead of eating fast food

May 2, 2010 by  
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Busy men and women dash in the morning to reach their offices on time. What about breakfast or lunch? Forget about it! ‘We can order something from the office canteen’. Hey look! This is our modern lifestyle. Does anyone think that the breakfast and lunch offered by the office canteen or a roadside fast food center can provide adequate nutrition to the body? Surely NOT! Remember! The canteen owner or the fast food centers located on the roadsides are not concerned about your nutrition and health. They are present there just for money making, not for any kind of social work. Eating conventionally outside not only has a bad effect on health but it is also an expensive deal.

It is an undeniable fact that, when it is about better health and better life then the worth of home cooking cannot be overlooked. If we can control our eating habits and prefer home made food in contrast to outside food then we can easily prevent various forms of diseases and disorders including diabetes, deficiency of vitamins, cholesterol problem, obesity, etc. It is an old saying that, ‘health is wealth’, and this is the reason why it is better for us to go back to our traditional home cooking methods. It is the duty of the parents to prevent their children from consuming excessive junk foods from outside. They should make it a habit to go for homemade food as much as possible. Parents should also manage their schedule accordingly so that they can spare time to prepare their own food as well.

If you are fond of the taste of food available outside then you can bring the same taste in your home cooking along with nutrition with the help of free recipes. You can bring home a recipe guide and can make your home cooking more yummy and delectable. There are an immense number of veg, non-veg, and vegan recipes available in the market. If you have failed to find your favorite recipe guide in the market then you need not get disappointed. The Internet can make the task easy for you. There are some good sites available on the internet which are dedicated to vegetarianism. You can look for one such good site, which can help, in your home cooking with their free recipes. Yes, it is possible for you to bring home the taste of restaurant food, and that too without compromising with your health. Just try with the recipe guide available on the Internet and tackle majority of health issues by your own!

Please do visit our site for hundreds of free home cooking Recipes – http://www.veggievixen.com/recipes.aspx – for Veg Recipes, Vegan Recipes, appetizers, salads, soups, main course dishes, chili recipes, desserts, Cookie Recipes, Chocolate recipes and an extensive cooking guide.

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Paleo Dessert Recipes – Important Alert: The Following Paleo Dessert Recipes Will Make You Drunk!

April 30, 2010 by  
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Who wants a couple of Paleo dessert recipes that are not only ridiculously easy to prepare, but also taste ridiculously great?

WOW! So many hands up… great! So, I want to disclose 2 Paleo diet dessert recipes that are quite simple to make, yet taste really yummy.

Wait, did I hear someone say “that’s it? Only 2 measly recipes?”

Alight, alright, to be honest, I have a ton of Paleo dessert recipes neatly tucked away in one of my computer folders. Since, I have very limited space here, I’ll share only a couple of recipes – sorry!

To make it up to you, I’ll reveal the place where you can download those recipes to your computer. They can be found in some highly organized Paleo cookbooks, so check them out after these 2 recipes.

Besides, the author will be fuming mad if I reveal all her recipes here!

Okay, enough jabbering, here are your “caveman” dessert recipes… These desserts are so good; you’ll feel drunk with joy after eating them!

Dessert Recipe 1: Paleo Coco Pudding

Ingredients: ¼ Cup of carob powder, 1 tablespoon raw honey, 1 medium ripe banana, 2 small ripe avocados

Directions: Place carob powder and honey in a food processor. Next, slice the banana and avocado into chunks and throw them in the food processor. Finally, blend the mixture until it becomes thick and smooth.

Dessert Recipe 2: Special Paleo Brownies

Ingredients: Approximately ¼ cup of coconut oil, 2 ¼ cups of almond flour, 1 teaspoon organic kelp granules (salt alternative), 1 teaspoon baking soda and 2 pears (use food processor to puree them first!)

Directons: Set flour aside but dump all ingredients in a food processor. Blend until the mixture becomes buttery. Now put the flour in and blend.

Spread some coconut oil evenly on a baking pan. Also, sprinkle a bit of almond flour on the pan.
Pour mixture into the pan, spread it well and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 – 35 minutes.

Now, enjoy these Paleo dessert recipes!

As promised earlier, here’s the place to download a set of cookbooks that contain hundreds of Paleo recipes. Desserts, main courses, appetizers, special chocolate recipes and more – they are all covered in those books. Just follow this link: http://www.paleorecipecookbooks.info/

Sam Hutchinson is a junior pastry chef and a follower of the Paleo diet. To download cookbooks containing stacks of tasty Paleolithic diet recipes, (including many Paleo dessert recipes as well) Click here.


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Chocolate Making Workshop in London – Learn To Make Delicious Chocolate On Your Own

April 28, 2010 by  
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Ever thought about how interesting it would be if you could make delicious chocolates on your own? Well, it indeed is a wonderful experience to learn the art of chocolate making. By way of acquiring this skill, you will actually be able to whip up your own recipes and amaze people with your delightful products. There are a lot of different chocolate making courses in London that you can buy in order to learn about the secrets behind making some of the finest chocolates. When you purchase a chocolate making workshop, you will be trained under the expert guidance of specialised chocolatiers, who will teach you everything you want to know about chocolate making.

TotallyGifts.co.uk provides you the opportunity to indulge in some of the best chocolate making workshops across the UK. We offer this program in six different locations and most of the workshops last for about two and half hour. During this time, you will have access to the very best equipment and some of the rarest ingredients required to make some of the finest chocolates. Get familiar with how to make some of the best truffles or learn about making Belgian chocolates – considered to be one of best in the world. People often indulge into learning the tricks of chocolate making from recipe books but what they miss out on is the personal touch that a real chocolate recipe needs and some secret tips, that only experts can teach you. A Chocolate making workshop in London is the best way to learn how to make the tastiest chocolates on your own. You can also buy this experience for someone you know who is chocoholic.

TotallyGifts.co.uk gives you an opportunity where you can purchase a Chocolate Making Workshop in London, available specifically on Saturdays in London and learn to make delicious chocolates all by yourself.


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Chocolate Treats to Enjoy: Amish Chocolate Toffee Bars and Triple Chocolate Clusters

April 26, 2010 by  
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We always have people wanting more chocolate recipes.  (It’s so good to know I am only one of many chocoholics.)  So here are more chocolate delights just for you.  Choices include Amish Chocolate-Toffee Bars.  These bars, in true Amish tradition, are simple but delicious three layer bars that are easy and quick to make.  If you prefer candy, try the Triple Chocolate Clusters.  These candies are clusters of various chocolates and coating over nuts and pretzels.  Oh, go for it!  Make them both.

AMISH CHOCOLATE TOFFEE BARS

CRUST:
1 cup flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix above ingredients and press into a 9 x 6-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

FILLING:

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter

Boil brown sugar and butter in a saucepan for one minute. Pour over the baked crust.

TOPPING:

1 cup pecans
1 cup chocolate chips

Sprinkle the pecans over the top of the filling. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and while still hot, sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and spread to smooth. Cut into bars when cooled.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS

2 (4-oz each) white chocolate bars
1 cup milk chocolate morsels
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups broken pretzels

Melt the white chocolate, milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate together in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. When chocolates are completely melted and blended, stir in the pecan pieces and pretzel pieces. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto lightly greased waxed paper. Chill in the refrigerator at least one hour. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one month.

Yield: approximately 3 dozen

You can make a firmer candy by using 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels and leaving out the milk chocolate and white chocolate.

Enjoy!

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Hey Chocolate Lovers: How to Make Ghirardelli Individual Chocolate Lava Cakes

April 24, 2010 by  
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Okay, Chocolate Lovers.  Here is a great Ghirardelli chocolate recipe for Individual Lava Cakes.  This is a must try recipe for chocolate lovers everywhere!  What a great dessert to impress your guests or your significant other!  Be prepared for ooohs and aaahs when you sit these little ramekin desserts in front of your guests.  Accept their compliments and their  “Oh, you shouldn’ haves”, graciously.  No need to tell them you didn’t work extremely hard on this special dessert.  There is no need to spill your little secret. 

GHIRARDELLI INDIVIDUAL CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKES

Centers:
1/2 bar (2-oz) 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Bar
1/4 cup heavy cream

Cakes:
Nonstick cooking spray
1 bar (4-oz) 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Bar
1 stick unsalted butter
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup cake flour

To make the centers:
Melt chocolate in cream in the top of a double boiler. Whisk gently to blend well. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Form mixture into 6 balls.

To make the cakes:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 6 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups with the nonstick cooking spray. Melt chocolate and butter in top of a double boiler. Whisk the mixture gently to blend. With an electric mixer, whisk together eggs, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla on high for 5 minutes. Fold the chocolate mixture and flour into the egg mixture until combined. Spoon mixture evenly into the prepared ramekins. Place a chocolate ball center in the center of each ramekin of batter. Bake 15 minutes or until firm to the touch. Let stand 5 minutes before inverting onto dessert plate. Remove ramekin.

Enjoy!

 

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What You Need to Know about Baking with Chocolate

April 22, 2010 by  
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Is there anyone who doesn’t love at least one type of chocolate? Surely not! Since ancient times, chocolate has lured bakers and cooks to include it in every meal imaginable, from breakfast to dessert.

You may have cooked and baked with chocolate before, but by knowing a few key facts, your resulting treats will improve immensely. Begin with a great recipe (I especially like the chocolate recipes on videos found at Gourmandia.com). Then give these tips a try next time you have a chocolate craving:

Choosing the Right Chocolate

There are a number of types of chocolate used in baking. Always use the type you’re your recipe calls for.

Cocoa is made when unsweetened chocolate is stream pressed. The resulting powder has a lot of flavor and not much fat. Cocoa quickly looses its flavor when exposed to the air, so it’s best to buy small containers of cocoa powder.

Cocoa butter is a vegetable fat made from the cacao plant.

Chocolate chips may be made from semi-sweet dark chocolate or milk chocolate. Read the packaging carefully!

Chocolate liquor is made by grinding roasted cocoa beans.

Milk chocolate is rarely used in baking. It is chocolate with condensed or dry milk added to it.

Dark chocolate has various levels of sugar added to it, resulting in bittersweet (the least amount of added sugar), semi-sweet (some sugar added), or sweet (the most sugar added).

Semi-sweet chocolate is sugar and vanilla mixed with chocolate liquor.

Unsweetened chocolate, which also sometimes called baking chocolate, is the solid form of chocolate liquor.

White chocolate has about 50% cocoa butter, and lots of sugar, milk, and vanilla.

For the Best Chocolate, Read the Label

For better results in your baking and cooking, use the highest quality chocolate you can afford. The good news is, not all fine quality chocolate is expensive. How can you know if the chocolate is worth your time and trouble? Check the label. If the ingredients list names any fat but cocoa butter, don’t use it.

How to Melt Chocolate

Chocolate is frequently melted before being used in a recipe. Although it’s not difficult to melt chocolate, disaster can easily strike if you don’t follow a few simple steps.

First, never melt chocolate in a humid kitchen. Second, make sure all your cooking tools are dry. Any exposure to water can cause the chocolate to become stiff and grainy.

Chocolate begins to melt at about 95 degrees F. If it gets overheated, it separates and burns and is not useable. A double boiler really is a must to help prevent burning chocolate.

To melt chocolate, chop up the chocolate and place it in the upper part of the double boiler. Place just enough water in the bottom part of the double boiler; too much, and the water will touch the upper bowl and burn the chocolate. When the chocolate just begins to melt, stir it constantly until completely melted. Once the chocolate melts, it will stay in liquid form for about 30 minutes.

And that’s all you need to know to enjoy a fabulous chocolate recipe!

Kristina Seleshanko is a former research librarian for “Gourmet” magazine and the author of 16 books. For more information, visit www.KristinaSeleshanko.com.


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