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Chocolate Dipped Spoons

If you are creative and crafty (as in talented in making crafts, not as in clever with intent to do evil) this may be the project for you.  Spoons dipped in chocolate can make an impressive gift!

Before I get into the project, I would like to define some terminology for you.

couverture coating -  this is a professional-quality chocolate coating that contains a high percentage of cocoa butter, allowing the chocolate to form a thinner coating shell than other chocolate.
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Truffles – Unique Chocolate Gifts

Survey after survey shows chocolate as the number one flavor preferred by American adults.  I admit to being one of those chocolate loving adults!

I’m a chocolate lover that never tires of chocolate as a gift, chocolate as a treat, and chocolate as part of my everyday diet.  At the present, though, I am particularly fond of seeking out unique chocolate.

What do I mean by unique?

Unique can mean different things to different people but for me, unique chocolate is handcrafted, creative in design/presentation, and exotic in flavor.   The chocolate truffle embodies all these characteristics for me.  In my book, the chocolate truffle is the Queen of unique.
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