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| | Chocolate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Bittersweet chocolate is chocolate liquor (or unsweetened chocolate) to which sugar, more cocoa butter, lecithin, and vanilla has been added. | | | Unsweetened chocolate is pure chocolate liquor, also known as bitter or baking chocolate. | | | White chocolate: sugar, cocoa butter, milk or milk powder, and vanilla |
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| | cocoa and chocolate - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about cocoa and chocolate |
| | Chocolate as a drink was introduced to Europe from the New World by the Spanish in the 16th century; eating-chocolate was first produced in the late 18th century. | | | Cocoa and chocolate are widely used in confectionery and drinks. | | | In chocolate all the original cocoa butter remains. |
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| | Chemical & Engineering News: WHAT'S THAT STUFF? - CHOCOLATE |
| | Dark chocolate is made by mixing the separated cocoa butter with chocolate liquor and sugar. | | | The rate at which chocolate sets, the texture and color of the product, and its melting properties depend on the percentage of cocoa butter and milk fats in the mixture. | | | Approximately 55% of the liquor is cocoa butter, a fat consisting of various triglycerides. |
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| | Chocolate |
| | By the mid-17th century, chocolate was known as a beverage in Britain. | | | ambergis and musk, as well as a recipe for jasmine-scented chocolate. | | | The drink was made by mixing the roasted, ground cacao beans with water, flavoring it with herbs or spices (chile was common) and then agitating the mixture until foamy by pouring it from one vessel to another. |
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| | Psychoactive food : chocolate |
| | The advantage of cocoa butter is that its addition to chocolate sets a bar so that it will readily snap and then melt on the tongue. | | | Tetrahydro-beta-carbolines are also found in beer, wine and liquor; they have been linked to alcoholism. | | | Chocolate as we know it today dates to the inspired addition of triglyceride cocoa butter by Swiss confectioner Rodolphe Lindt in 1879. |
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| | Chocolate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
| | Cooking with chocolate Chocolate is a very tricky food to cook with. | | | Swiss chocolate manufacturer Rudolph Lindt discovered a process of rolling and kneading chocolate that gives it the smoother and richer quality that eating chocolate is known for today. | | | Real white chocolate is primarily cocoa butter, sugar, milk and vanilla. |
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| | California Academy of Sciences - Natural History Museum |
| | • Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao tree that are roasted, husked, and ground (without removing the fat) and often sweetened (with sugar) and flavored (with vanilla). | | | • White chocolate is made from sugar, cocoa butter, dry milk solids, and flavoring. | | | A wide variety of chocolates and chocolate-related products will be available in the Academy store, including chocolates from local vendors; organic and fair trade chocolates; chocolate incense, body frosting, scented soaps, lip gloss, and candles; chocolate books and cookbooks; Mexican clay chocolate pots, and much more. |
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| | Chocolate Gifts and Gourmet Chocolates from Chocolate.com |
| | Why not celebrate with a bouquet of chocolate flowers, or indulge in a luxurious champagne truffle. | | | In her previous life, chocolatier Alejandra Bigai was a gourmet chocolate lover disappointed by the bland flavors and dull presentations she found in the chocolate market. |
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| | Chocolate - Yale-New Haven Hospital |
| | Chocolate contains cocoa butter, which is high in saturated fat, yet one-third of chocolate's fat comes from stearic acid. | | | Chocolate cravings may also be triggered when the taste buds tingle with the taste of chocolate. | | | Darker and finer chocolates contain 70 percent cocoa butter, which provides the stearic acid. |
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| | Chocolate and Truffle Gifts from Godiva: History of Chocolate |
| | Van Houten's patented process involves the use of alkaline salts to treat the powdered chocolate and this "Dutching," as the technique is known, improves the chocolate's ability to dissolve in warm water and makes it darker in color and milder in flavor. | | | They're still drinking chocolate throughout Europe, but enterprising bakers in England begin adding cocoa to their cake recipes making chocolate widely available in solid form for the first time. | | | Within decades, solid chocolate becomes available throughout Europe in a variety of forms, including bars, lifting the status of chocolate from that of a stylish drink to that of a superb, sweet delicacy. |
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| | GourmetSleuth - Chocolate |
| | During the grinding, the fat melts, producing a sticky liquid called chocolate liquor, which is used to make chocolate candy or is filtered to remove the fat and then cooled and ground to produce cocoa powder. | | | Look for chocolate made with cocoa butter rather than fats such as palm and coconut oil, which are much worse for your heart. | | | Scharffen Berger chocolate - Some of the finest chocolate available for cooking. |
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| | Chocolate: Exploding the Myths |
| | The chocolate industry says that “there is no scientific evidence that chocolate consumption is associated with obesity.” It adds that “no single food causes obesity or weight gain.” In fact, chocolate is one of many foods that contribute to obesity. | | | The chocolate industry, based on research that it sponsored, claim that chocolate is virtually a health food. | | | Eating chocolate as a snack compounds the problem. |
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| | Perugina Collection - Nestlé European Chocolates |
| | Perugina's delectable classic chocolate bars unveil flavors that tempt the palate: Milk or Dark Chocolate with Almonds, Milk Chocolate with Raspberry or Cappuccino Filling, Dark Chocolate with Caramel Filling, White Chocolate, Bittersweet Chocolate and After Eight Dark Chocolate with Mint Filling to name a few. | | | Perugina Biscotti is available in four distinctive flavors: Irish Cream with Pistachios Dipped in Dark Chocolate, Cinnamon with Hazelnuts Dipped in Milk Chocolate, Almond, and Baci with Hazelnuts Dipped in Dark Chocolate. | | | Perugina's stunning boxed specialty chocolates include the gold-foiled Eleganté-an assortment of rich and creamy chocolates and Gran Amoré-an assortment of 11 varieties of decadent chocolate. |
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| | Technorati Tag: chocolate |
| | Bulk Chocolate Warehouse Milk and dark chocolates, chocolate mints, chocolate raisins, gummies, candy, old-fashioned candy, nuts, snacks, baking ingredients, Hershey, Lindt, Mars, etc. www.bulkfoods.com | | | French Dark Chocolate is Not a Luxury Item. | | | Sweetshoppefudge.com: Chocolate Fudge Over 38 delicious flavors available for delivery anywhere in the U.S. Made from real cream and butter in historic Hodgenville, Kentucky, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. |
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| | Chocolate - All About Chocolate - History of Chocolate |
| | Since then, new technologies and innovations have changed the texture and taste of chocolate, but it still remains one of the world’s favorite flavors. | | | The story of how chocolate grew from a local Mesoamerican beverage into a global sweet encompasses many cultures and continents. | | | Unearth the ancient history of chocolate’s origins as a bitter but beloved beverage in Mesoamerican culture. |
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| | Gourmet Chocolate Candy - Gifts For Every Occasion |
| | Luscious dessert stuffed and chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate sauce and truffle gateau (baked like a brownie and tastes like a truffle. | | | Indulgent chocolate cheesecakes made with the finest ingredients. | | | Our Rose City Belgian chocolates consist of elegant ganache, smooth caramel, velvety creams, nuts, and fruits all enrobed in exquisite gourmet chocolate. |
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| | Neuroscience for Kids - Chocolate |
| | Chocolate did not become popular for many years in Europe, but decades later, the Spaniards added sugar to the cacao, and the rest, as they say, is history. | | | Chocolate candy bars, after-dinner mints, brownies, truffles, doughnuts, chocolate milk - if it has chocolate in it, we eat it. | | | These people drank cacao, or the chocolate bean, which was ground into hot water, like the hot chocolate we drink today. |
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| | chocolate |
| | Spread melted chocolate on flat side of one cookie and press flat side of another cookie on top, like a sandwich. | | | Add sugars, eggs,vanilla, 1/2 the flour and the baking soda and beat thoroughly before mixing in remaining flour. | | | (2 cups) chocolate chips 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed 1 cup chopped walnut or pecans 2 eggs (optional) 1 teaspoon vanilla Using a mixer, beat shortening and butter together. |
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| | CNN - Chocolate: A heart-healthy confection? - February 2, 2000 |
| | Also, when people ate milk chocolate regularly, their levels of LDL didn't increase as might have been expected from fat consumption. | | | New and yet-to-be-published studies are showing that antioxidants in chocolate -- dark chocolate and cocoa powder -- may increase "good" (HDL) cholesterol levels by as much as 10 percent, says Penny Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., a registered dietitian at Pennsylvania State University. | | | In the studies, subjects ate 22 grams of cocoa powder and 16 grams of dark chocolate every day (one Hershey bar contains 45 grams of cocoa powder). |
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| | cloister's chocolate review page |
| | Two, I know the difference between great chocolate, good chocolate and mediocre chocolate (whether there is any "bad" chocolate is, in my mind, an unresolved issue). | | | I've tried it, and while I can stand baker's chocolate I really find that I get a lot more sense of the chocolate flavor when the bitterness is cut with some sugar. | | | Lucky for me, the market is rich with ultra-strong chocolates these days, a situation which just wasn't true two or three years ago. |
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| | Chocolate |
| | After you place water or milk and chocolate in the sauce pan, turn on the heat, insert the molinillo in the mixture, hold the handle with both hands flattened against it, and move your hands in opposing directions back and forth to make the molinillo turn. | | | Also called a chocolate swizzle or chocolate beater. | | | Besides its pleasant sound, you'll also get a wonderfully frothy chocolate drink. |
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| | Amazon.com: Chocolate : A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light: Books: Mort Rosenblum |
| | And like wine, chocolate has inspired an armory of descriptive adjectives, with the earnest taster detecting "notes" of woodsmoke, mushrooms, wild berries, leather and coffee. | | | Real chocolate, however, like fine wine, can be absolutely sublime. | | | Most of the bad things attributed to chocolate are actually due to the sugar in chocolate candy. |
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| | Exploratorium Magazine: Chocolate |
| | There are few foods that people feel as passionate about -- a passion that goes beyond a love for the "sweetness" of most candies or desserts: after all, few people crave caramel, whipped cream, or bubble gum. | | | We'll examine the fascinating -- and often misreported -- history of chocolate, follow the chocolate-making process, and take an online visit to a chocolate factory. | | | A visit to the Amazon, a source for chocolate. |
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| | ChocoLocate : The Chocolate Lovers' Page : Your Web Guide to Chocolate |
| | Chocolate's made from cacao beans, so this is an extremely chocolate idea. | | | The Chocolate Chick rents chocolate dipping fountains in the Washington, DC area. | | | We've got chocolate retailers, suppliers, sellers of gift baskets containing chocolate, chocolate fountain rentals, chocolate recipies, information, fundraising using chocolate, industry associations, personal fan sites, and more. |
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| | Chocolate Reviews |
| | What you will find reviewed here are solid chocolates and chocolate bars. | | | I will review milk chocolate as well as dark chocolates. | | | Click on the name of a particular chocolate in its review for a full size version. |
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| | The Food Timeline: history notes-candy |
| | Put the sugar, butter, chocolate and milk in a saucepan over the fire until thoroughly melted. | | | Dip a plain vanilla cream center, one as small as possible in milk chocolate coating, then before the coating dries, roll each piece in macaroon cocoanut so that the cocoanut sticks to the chocolate. | | | Chocolate candy made its debut in the middle of the 19th century (Cadbury). |
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| | Global Exchange : Chocolate |
| | While chocolate is sweet for us, it can be heartbreaking for the hundreds of thousands of child laborers that pick the cocoa that goes into some of our favorite treats. | | | Unfortunately, this deadline has now passed, and the chocolate industry has failed to comply with the terms of this agreement. | | | In response, the US chocolate industry agreed (via the Harken-Engel Protocol) to voluntarily take steps to end child slavery on cocoa farms by July of 2005. |
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| | Chocolate gifts for chocoholics |
| | Be admired for your culinary skills, try one of our recipes or gain esteem and fame by having one of your recipes selected for publication on our site. | | | Enroll that person in our Chocolate of the Month Club and delight them with monthly chocolate treats. | | | is your connection to the World of Premium Chocolate. |
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| | Chocolate Intro |
| | In the Gallup survey taken in 1998 43% of U. adults said their favorite flavor was chocolate. | | | Americans eat approximately 26 pounds of candy each year. | | | In 1999 Americans consumed 7.1 billion pounds of candy. |
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| | Chocolate & Zucchini |
| | I am about to put it to use making a chocolate torte and some macaroons for Passover. | | | Posted by Eve (the chocolate lady) at April 11, 2006 07:34 AM I love my purple (actually "grape") Kitchen aid! | | | I've been watching your site, hoping that you would have some advice for buying Easter chocolate, but so far nothing! |
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| | Erowid Chocolate Vault |
| | Chilies to Chocolate, by N. Fosier & L.S. Cordell | | | It is an extremely popular food, beverage and candy ingredient. | | | The True History of Chocolate, by Sophie & Michael Coe |
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| | Candy USA! |
| | How to decipher the "chocolate code" in a box of chocolates | | | Discovery more about the story of chocolate, from Aztec rituals to rainforest ecology and modern manufacturing at The Cocoa Tree | | | Read news articles about chocolate and your health |
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| | Virtual Chocolate - Mouthwatering Chocolate Images |
| | We specialize in sinfully decadent, devilish truffles, chocolates and confections. | | | We have over 5000 chocolates in every shape imiginable. | | | We sell candymaking suppies and molds, custom logos or coin with... |
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| | The Chocolate Co-Op |
| | If you only have the budget for a single book about chocolate, this is a good one as it provides a basic grounding in history and technique, with a broad sampling of recipes to try your hand at. | | | The Chocolate Co-Op Where Chocophiles Buy Their Chocolate.™ | | | Quick Links »» chocophile.com »» New World Chocolate Society »» Buy Chocolate and Stuff »» AnswerMeThis! |
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| | ASI 44897 |
| | Chocolate Chocolate can help you create a unique, one-of-a-kind gift for your company or organization. | | | The combination of your unique design and the exquisite flavor of 100% Premium Belgian Chocolate ensure your Custom Collection gift will make a lasting impression. | | | Now through July 4, 2006, when you buy any one case of our STARS AND STRIPES BARS, you'll receive a 2nd case of the same bars FREE! |
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| | GourmetFood, GourmetFood |
| | Leonidas Belgian Chocolates General Assortment - Truffles, Pralinés, Fresh Butter Creams - Signature Ballotin | | | Leonidas Belgian Chocolates: 1 lb Foil Wrapped Mini Chocolate Easter Eggs | | | Somebunny Special Easter Gift Basket Tower of Chocolate and Candy Treats - FREE UPGRADED EXPEDITED SHIPPING! |
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| | The Sweet Science of Chocolate! |
| | - Learn about the early history of chocolate, its importance to early American cultures, and how it spread to Europe. | | | Learn why it may be good for you, and why it makes us feel so good. | | | - Visit the Amazon rain forest and see cacao--the source of chocolate growing on the tree. |
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| | Gourmet chocolate gifts for every occasion - Easter, Valentine's Day, Birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Weddings, ... |
| | Our Chocolate Update newsletter has breaking news about chocolate, chocolate and health, and GIVECHOCOLATE's latest offerings. | | | Pick a gift, any gift, and we will send an email teaser (Gift Email) letting them know something chocolate is coming from you, but they won't know exactly what it is. The chocolate will be delivered later, after their anticipation has peaked. | | | Please Note: We try out best to get your chocolate on it's way, but most items require that we have your order before 11:00 a.m. |
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| | Chocolate Emporium |
| | Copyright © 2001-2005, Chocolate Emporium, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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| | Weebls Stuff - Choccy |
| | With Easter coming up why not celebrate it via the gift of the fancy dance (will also help burn of all that chocolate.) and enter a video. | | | And finally the Weebl's Stuff Fancy Dancer Award 2006 is going great guns with loads more entries this week. | | | Don't forget the winner will get both a trophy AND a copy of Guitar Hero which is one of the best games ever! |
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