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chocolate and beer

Pairing Chocolate And Beer – Finding The Perfect Match

With chocolate being one of the most craved foods in the world, there is no doubt you would want to try different pairings to find its perfect match. And although chocolate is already amazing on its own, it can also help intensify other food and beverages – like beer! Yes, you read that right… beer and chocolate! Here’s how…

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Chocolate Martini

How To Make A Chocolate Martini

Do you need a quick feel-better drink to end a long day? How about vodka and chocolate? Well, we already know that chocolate makes us feel better, but combining it vodka might just hit the sweet spot. Here is a quick and easy recipe to try on some nights when you just need a night cap.

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The Art Of Eating A Chocolate

The Art Of Eating A Chocolate

Eating a chocolate varies depending on people’s intention, time, location, etc. I could just tell you to pop it in your mouth and munch on it and this article will be over, huh? But to some people, it would mean savoring the different flavors and aroma and getting lost into it, just like how you would be mesmerized on a specific work of art.

What am I talking about? Continue reading to find out!

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chocolate and coffee

How To Pair Chocolate and Coffee

Chocolate and coffee are two of my most favorite food in the world. Put them together and you get a match made in heaven! When done right, coffee can boost the chocolate taste making it richer and smoother than silk. You can tell from this that I’m already day dreaming about it!

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Fruits dipped in chocolate

Ways To Incorporate Dark Chocolate In Your Daily Diet

Going on a diet and cutting out sweets is incredibly hard when you are a chocolate lover… If you are cutting some calorie intake, then you are surely trying to get as far as you can from desserts. Looking for more ways to incorporate dark chocolate in your daily diet? Continue reading for some tips!

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Tabal Chocolate – Ka 70% Columbia

My last post about a Tabal chocolate bar described their single origin 70% from Bolivia. Today’s review is also a Tabal single origin but this time it’s a 70% from Colombia and it only contains two ingredients; chocolate and cane sugar. In fact, the name of the bar, “Ka”, means “two”.

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chocolate and wine pairings

Four Chocolate and Wine Pairing Suggestions

There was a time when pairing chocolate and wine was relatively easy. Chocolate was simply chocolate. It was sweet, little was added to it outside of nuts and any red wine would do. Likewise, the wine industry wasn’t interested in making anything more interesting than Merlot.

Given the changes in both industries, here’s a new age wine pairing suggestion for some of your favorite chocolates here at Chocolate University online.

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The Chocolate Studio at Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival

I recently took a business trip to Walt Disney World in Florida. Yes, that’s correct, it was business – chocolate eating business! My S.M.A.R.T goal: I will eat at least one chocolate item per day in as many Disney parks or Orlando attractions as I can fit into my four day trip, take notes and write a blog post for each item before Christmas!

So hang on, this will be a fun ride you’ll enjoy as much as I do. Over the next couple weeks, I’ll review what I found and tasted while at Disney World and at Orlando’s World of Chocolate Museum and Café.

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chocolate cake with berries on top

10 Awesome Ways to Enjoy Chocolate and Fruit

There are many types and varieties of chocolate you can find in the market. You can find sweet milk chocolate almost everywhere. But aside from the famous chocolate bar you commonly see, chocolate also comes in many other forms.

For example, it can come in a powder, as well as nibs, syrups, solids, and butter. These other forms are often used as ingredients in your other favorite desserts, such as cake.

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Wine and Chocolate 101: Pairing Advice

Chocolate is a treat that many people desire and love to indulge in. It goes with many things, including wine, but needs to be paired accordingly for the best flavours to really come from the combination.

If you’re a wine and chocolate lover but you’ve never really experimented with both together, this expert guide will give you the best pairing advice for both wine and chocolate so you can gain a better tasting experience.

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