Tag Archive: dark chocolate

Chocolate Adventures in England – Green & Black’s

February 15, 2010

Green and Black's Organic Chocolate.  Have you seen these chocolate bars in the stores and pharmacies of your neighborhood?  Green and Black's is definitely all over London!  G&B is an English chocolate company started in 1991.  The founders "set out to bring to the masses the world's first organic chocolate."  You can visit them at www.greenandblacks.com.

The Green and Black's 70% Organic Dark Chocolate was the first on the scene.  Since then, the product line has expanded to include more varieties of chocolate bars, baking chocolate, hot chocolate, and ice cream.

Yes - Ice Cream!
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Trader Joe’s Milk and Dark Chocolate

February 4, 2010

The bright purple wrapper of Trader Joe’s Organic Super Dark Chocolate and the equally bright pink packaging of Trader Joe’s Swiss Milk Chocolate certainly catch the attention of shoppers lining up in the check out lane.  But what really got MY attention were the claims on the label.

The organic, 73% super dark chocolate bar reads “this bar is not for the faint of heart.”   The Swiss milk says “incomparable flavor!”
Hmmm. Sounds like challenges I can’t ignore!

In order to collect as much data as possible, I took the bars to the office and shared the tasting experience with my work mates. 
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Healthy Chocolate

January 26, 2010

According to the USDA website, www.usda.gov, chocolate and cocoa powder contain “hefty quantities of natural antioxidants called flavonoids…..antioxidants are thought to be effective in helping to prevent cancer, heart disease, and stroke.”

How do anti-oxidants help us?   “Anti”-oxidants counteract the negative effects of oxidation on our bodies.  Oxidation damages cells and tissues.  What is oxidation, you ask?
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Spectacular Chocolate and Coffee Pairing

January 22, 2010

I was recently introduced to of Seattle Reign a coffee from North Star Fine Coffees.  This morning I sipped a delicious brew of the coffee and quietly ate my chocolate donut, trying to get some work done.

At one point I was rolling the two around my mouth at the same time, coffee and chocolate, chocolate and coffee...  Then I experienced a new flavor emerge as I swallowed. 

This got me thinking about chocolate and coffee pairings!
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Chocolate Definitions

October 29, 2009

Confusion in the world of chocolate? 

You might think, "there’s nothing confusing about chocolate -- you buy it, you eat it!"  The reality is, the chocolate world has its own lingo, with terms and definitions that apply to the tasting of chocolate, the baking and cooking of chocolate, and the making of chocolate confections. 

nibs, cocoa, and chocolateTo help you keep it all straight, here is a list of some common chocolate vocabulary along with their definitions...
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