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Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes

By Jeffrey Kirk on January 9, 2010 | Comments (0)

Back in 1909 Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. published a little book called Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes By Miss Parloa and Home Made Candy Recipes By Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill.

The staff here at Chocolate University Online have created a special 100th anniversary edition of this book and released it in a PDF download format.

In addition to the original text and 138 recipes, the book contains an all new introduction by CUO staff. We also took each of the pictures and moved them to the same page as their corresponding recipes. It’s much more convenient to see the picture right there rather than looking at various photo pages to get an idea of the finished product.

Furthermore, we added a great new alphabetical index. Now if you know the name of the recipe you’ll be able to find it quickly. That makes the book much friendlier than the original which, quite uselessly, listed all recipes in page number order.

The new version is for sale and immediate download at our Chocolate Store page. Enjoy!

Categories: chocolate recipes, fun chocolate facts, shameless self promotion
Tags: chocolate cake, chocolate candy, chocolate dessert, chocolate history, hot chocolate, nostalgia

What’s Your Favorite Chocolate Bar?

By Jeffrey Kirk on September 29, 2009 | Comments (3)

One of the neat things about a blog is that it can be interactive. People can make comments to articles; asking questions, expanding on the information provided, or taking the thoughts in another direction. This helps to enrich the value of the blog for all readers.

To help you get some practice responding to blog articles, I have posted this simple question: What is Your Favorite Chocolate Bar?

Go ahead and comment below! Tell us what chocolate you like best and, if you’re up to it, tell us why. Let’s get some discussion going on this. (Please note that your comment will not appear instantly. To manage blog-spam all comments are held in a queue for approval.)

I’ll even start the discussion…

My favorite chocolate bar comes from Lindt. I prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate so the Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Bar is my bar of choice. Sometimes I like even more intense chocolate flavor so the Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa Bar wins out. Both are really smooth chocolates with great flavor. The 85% is not as sweet (therefore more bitter) than the 70%, but sometimes it’s just the flavor I’m looking for.

Generally, if I’m going out to buy some chocolate one of these two bars wins out.

Now it’s your turn. What’s your favorite candy bar? Maybe it’s the one you would eat every day if you could. Maybe it’s something you remember from your childhood. Come on share your perspective…

Categories: chocolate review
Tags: candy bars, chocolate bars, chocolate candy, favorite chocolate

Personalized Chocolate – M&Ms®

By Jeffrey Kirk on August 11, 2009 | Comments (0)

Did you know that the surface off m&ms® can be customized? You can get personalized writing or even have a picture imaged onto the surface. Personalized chocolates can be a neat gift idea for the right occasion.

What a great way to celebrate a special event like a wedding (imagine a photo of the bride and groom), birthday, graduation, anniversary, or even a holiday! Or you could use it as a promotional item for your business with your logo on each m&m.

Start out by picking your favorite m&m color. There are currently 20 different color choices ranging from various shades of white to all the usual m&m colors, to aqua, light pink, and a shimmering golden color.

Then, depending upon the option you choose, you can upload your favorite photo, most likely in whatever format you can pull off your digital camera including .jpg, .bmp, and .tif formats. The higher the resolution the better you’ll see the detail. Or enter the text you’d like to have displayed. Or select and upload a logo.

Once you have the m&m designed then you can even pick out the packaging; bags, boxes, and tins round out the selection. In the case of a business promotion you can get packaging that is personalized to the business extending the promotion beyond the candy.

For those of us who have enjoyed m&ms since our childhood, the personalization makes them just a little bit more “ours.”

This is really cool!

To learn more about all the different options, and a discount offer, click here: www.ChocolateUniversityOnline.com/goto/getmms.html.

Categories: chocolate gifts
Tags: chocolate candy, chocolate promotion

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