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Healthy Chocolate Truffles?

Posted in Confectionary, Gluten Free, Low Fat, Quick and Easy, Raw, tagged , , on November 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »

To make chocolate healthy pretty much means to  lose what we love most about it: cream, full fat milk, sugar.  What this loosely translates as is chocolate in its most natural form: pods, nibs, cocoa butter, unprocessed cocoa. However, I am always up for a challenge, and having sourced some Cacao Nibs on an unnamed [...]

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Chocolate of the World – Finland

Posted in Chocolate of the World, Confectionary, On The Shelf, tagged on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For most of us, chocolate is a comforting food. We turn to it when we’re feeling low, we eat it during periods of celebration. A simple candy bar (as can any food. My husband is transported to Fridays in 1970s LaCrosse when he eats McDonalds Filet o’Fish) can transport us back to our childhood, a [...]

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Sweet Dreams Traditional Sweet Shop

Posted in Childhood Favourites, Confectionary, On The Shelf, tagged , on October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It seems that the days of the corner shop are fading into obscurity. Supermarkets can supply the time-pushed shopper with everything, all under one roof.
However, is this a smart way to shop? The days of my childhood were mostly spent reading but I did look forward to a visit to the local sweet shop where [...]

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SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY!

Posted in Blogging Events, Confectionary, tagged , , on October 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Sugar High Friday. Perhaps the most famous food blogging event, certainly the one with the greatest longevity. Is it because we all have a sweet tooth at heart? Or perhaps food blogging events encourage the experimentalist in us all, ushering us on to cook that recipe that you’ve always looked longingly at but skipped the [...]

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Chocolate Week Day 4 – The Orangettes

Posted in Baking, Chocolate Week, Confectionary, Gluten Free, tagged , on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

You didn’t really see that one coming, did you?
OK, so whilst Orangettes are not one of the first recipes that spring to mind when you think chocolate, they are charmingly pretty with their orange stained glass peel and their dipped velvet chocolate peplums…I couldn’t resist them.
Orangettes, whilst time consuming to produce, are a simple [...]

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Chocolate Week Day 2 – The Truffle

Posted in Chocolate Week, Confectionary, Gluten Free, Masterclass, tagged , , on October 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »

If the genuine truffle is the sheer essence of the earthy fungus, then a chocolate truffle must be the absolute peak of all that is chocolatey.  Even the simplest of all chocolate truffles, cream, butter and melted chocolate tossed in the darkest, smokiest cocoa powder, is a treat to behold. The velvety touch of the [...]

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