Tag Archive: mocha
Chocolate Mocha Truffles Recipe
February 4, 2015
It is said that the chocolate truffle was created by an apprentice to the French culinary artist Auguste Escoffier during the 1920s.
One day, as his stagiaire (apprentice) attempted to make pastry cream, he accidentally poured hot cream into a bowl of chocolate chunks rather than the bowl of sugared egg he should have aimed for.
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Banana Mocha Ice Cream
May 21, 2014
Double Dutch used to be my favorite ice cream growing up. Rocky Road followed suit. I wasn't crazy about straight vanilla until I was in my teenage years. Now, I'd prefer it over Double Dutch any day of the week. Rocky Road, and any chocolate-heavy ice cream, for that matter, will always be at the top of the list.
Mocha is a different story. Mocha, to me, is coffee with some cocoa in it. Coffee and chocolate will always go together like salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly. These two flavors combined are phenomenal to me.
Mocha Ice Cream Cake
July 12, 2012
If you crave ice cream cake, but you don't want to spend a lot of your precious time prepping in the kitchen, this recipe is for you!
Ice cream cake can either be ice cream shaped as a cake or cake and ice cream that are layered together in order to make a single form. The concept of ice cream cake allegedly came from desserts that are composed of cream and cookies or cake named as trifles, which initially surfaced in the Renaissance. Ice cream cake is often served at birthdays and weddings.
However, you can devour it anytime you want. Especially now that you have this recipe in hand!
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Caribou Coffee – Mocha
July 8, 2009
I'm sitting at a local Caribou Coffee waiting for a business associate to arrive. This morning I ordered a medium Mocha from the Espresso menu.
The medium Mocha is 2 shots of espresso, steamed milk, cocoa, whipped cream, and chocolate shavings. It is served with a chocolate covered espresso bean set on the cover. That's where I started today. Sometimes I save the espresso bean for the end, saving the best for last so to speak. Not today. I figure it's time to start with a bang, get some strong flavor, along with a bit of caffeine in a quick dose.