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Greek Chocolate Balls Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 pound walnut meats
  • 1/2 pound sweet cooking chocolate
  • 9 pieces zwieback
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons rose water
  • Confectioners sugar

Directions:

  • Put first three ingredients through the fine blade of a food chopper.
  • Add sugar, cinnamon and rosewater.
  • Form into 36 small balls.
  • Roll in confectioners sugar.
  • Store balls airtight.

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Thanksgiving Special Recipe - White Chocolate Almond Torte

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • Filling:
    • 2/3 cup sugar
    • 1/2 cup butter, melted
    • 3 eggs
    • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
    • 1 pkg white chocolate, 6 oz, coarsely chopped
    • 1 cup slivered almonds
    • 1/2 cup slivered almonds
    • Maraschino cherries, for garnish

Directions:

  • Heat oven to 400F.
  • For the crust:
    • Combine flour, brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon almond extract. Mix well.
    • Cut in 1/2 cup butter with a fork or pastry blender. The mixture will be quite dry.
    • Press 1 3/4 to 2 cups in the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 10-inch springform pan.
    • Bake until just light brown, about 10 minutes.
    • Remove from oven and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
  • For the filling:
    • Combine the sugar, 1/2 cup butter, eggs and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract. Blend well.
    • Mix in the white chocolate and 1 cup of slivered almonds. Pour mixture into crust-lined pan.
    • Sprinkle with the remaining crumbs, then sprinkle 1/2 cup of slivered almonds around the outer edges of the torte.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 to 50 minutes or until golden brown and almonds are lightly toasted.
  • Cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around side to loosen and remove pan sides.
  • Garnish with maraschino cherries if desired.

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Chocolate Raisin Snacking Cake

3/4 c Raisins

1 c Water

1 1/4 c Granulated Sugar

2/3 c Vegetable Oil

1 lg Egg, Slightly Beaten

1 3/4 c Unbleached All Purpose Flour

1/3 c Cocoa

1 ts Baking Soda

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 ts Ground Cinnamon

1/2 c Chopped Nuts

————–GARNISH——————– Confectioners’ Sugar Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 X 9 X 2-inch baking pan. In a medium saucepan, bring the raisins and water to a boil and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Stir in the granulated sugar and oil. Add the egg. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, then stir the mixture into the raisin mixture, blending well. Stir in the nuts. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool in the pan. When cool, sprinkle with the confectioners’ sugar. If you like a design, use a paper table doily as a stencil when sprinkling the sugar over the cake.

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Christmas Special: Amy’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup margarine, softened

1/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup packed light brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix

2 eggs

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Set aside. In another large mixing bowl, combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and pudding mix. Beat until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop batter by heaping teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto non greased cookie sheet. Bake for 9 to 9 1/2 minutes, or until they are brown.

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Christmas Special: Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 tablespoon white sugar

48 chocolate-covered caramel candies

DIRECTIONS:

Beat butter until creamy. Gradually beat in white sugar and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, and cocoa. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in 1/2 cup walnuts. Cover and chill at least 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Combine remaining 1/2 cup nuts with the 1 tablespoon sugar. Divide the dough into 4 parts. Work with one part at a time, leaving the remainder in the refrigerator until needed. Divide each part into 12 pieces. Quickly press each piece of dough around a chocolate covered caramel. Roll into a ball. Dip the tops into the sugar mixture. Place sugar side up, 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.

Bake for 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Let cool for 3 to 4 minutes on the baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

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Kohl’s Chocolate Sheath Cake

1/2 ts Cinnamon

2 c Sugar

2 c Flour

1 t Baking soda

1 Stick oleo

1/2 c Crisco shortening

2 tb Cocoa

1 c Water

1/2 c Buttermilk

2 Eggs

1 t Vanilla

NOTE: Requires a 16 x 11 x 1 or 11 x 17 x 1 pan. Sift together: Cinnamon, sugar, flour, and baking soda. Bring to boil: Oleo, Crisco, cocoa, and water. Pour over the flour mixture. Mix well, then add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into a well greased shallow pan (see note). Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven until a toothpick comes out clean. You’ll have to test this according to your oven, then add the time required to this recipe. Frost the hot cake with chocolate frosting & top with nuts. NOTE: Fudge frosting is best on this sheath cake! Taken From: IT NEVER TURNS OUT THE SAME WAY COOKBOOK A Collection of Recipes from the Kitchen of Joyce & Clem Kohl

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Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

For a coffee addict chocoholic, the thought of a double fix through Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans is almost too much. Being able to buy Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans Wholesale online and have them delivered to my door is like a dream come true. I am a frequent flyer when it come to buying online but what if you are not?

You want to buy Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans wholesale. You know that the Internet is probably THE place to get the best deals and quality products. But what you aren’t sure of is how to go about buying Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans wholesale without risking your credit card numbers or your identity. Everybody’s heard of those horror tales about people getting their identities stolen and their bank accounts cleared out. It can and does happen if you don’t know how to shop online.

Buying chocolate covered espresso beans wholesale online, or any product for that matter, is not as frightening or difficult as you might think. You just need to know the precautions when you start entering your credit card numbers online.

First, always know what you’re buying. Although a Web site may say it has the best chocolate covered beans, make sure to study the seller’s item description carefully, including any photographs they may have. Watch out for fine print and any unusual adjectives that might suggest that what you’ll get in the mail won’t exactly be what they offered online. And remember the old saying, “If something sounds too good to be true….” If those high-grade espresso beans seem too cheap, chances are they might not be as high-grade as you first thought.

The second step is to be careful how you buy. Before making a purchase at any Web site, find out what type of payments the site will accept and how they are going to ship their products. A red flag could be any Web site that asks for your Social Security numbers, your driver’s license numbers, or your bank account information. You shouldn’t have to give these things for some candy. Check to on the bottom of your tool bar, there should be a padlock to indicate security. Any reputable website offering chocolate covered espresso beans will probably have a secure online shop and they will tell you that.

There are extra precautions that you can take though. Record every purchase you make online. That means printing hard copies of all transaction information, including the shipping information including when you are expected to receive your espress beans and any e-mails that the Web site sends you. Keep the name of the Web site, the official online description of the beans you bought (what weight of beans you have ordered, for instance), and the exact date, time, and price of your purchase. These will be very handy if a problem occurs and the Web site shortchanges you.

If the worst comes to the worst, and you still don’t feel secure buying your delicious chocolate covered beans online, most Web sites will also offer an 800 number. That way, you can order your chocolatey beans the old-fashioned way over the phone. Or better yet, have them send you their wholesale catalog.

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17 Popular Quotes about Chocolate

1. “Chocolate causes certain endocrine glands to secrete hormones that affect your feelings and behavior by making you happy. Therefore, it counteracts depression, in turn reducing the stress of depression. Your stress-free life helps you maintain a youthful disposition, both physically and mentally. So, eat lots of chocolate!” - Elaine Sherman, Book of Divine Indulgences

2. “Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar in four pieces with your bare hands–and then just eating one piece” - Judith Viorst

3. “Self-discipline implies some unpleasant things to me, including staying away from chocolate and keeping my hands out of women’s pants.” - Oleg Kiselev

4. “It’s not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let’s face it, far more reliable than a man.” - Miranda Ingram

5. “Life is like a box of chocolates…You never know what you’re gonna get.” - Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump

6. “The superiority of chocolate, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain.” - Thomas Jefferson

7. “Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate.” - Sandra Boynton

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Hot Chocolate

hotchocolate.jpgIngredients:

  • 6 tbsp Sugar
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 2½ cup Milk
  • ½ tsp Vanilla
  • Whipped Cream
  • 2½ cup Light Cream
  • Pinch of Cinnamon Powder
  • 6 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa
Method:
  1. Mix cocoa, salt, and sugar.
  2. Add milk. Heat to dissolve.
  3. Add light cream, cinnamon, vanilla. Heat to just under boiling.
  4. Mix very well and pour into warm mug.
  5. Top with whipped cream, and cocoa powder.

Tip: Add a couple of chopped basil leave to your morning cup of tea or milk, for relief from dry or Phlegmatic cough. Regular use is also very good for general well being.

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Hot Chocolate Espresso

chocolateespresso.jpgIngredients:

  • 1 cup Cream
  • Whipped Cream
  • 1 to 3 tsps Sugar
  • 2 Cinnamon sticks
  • 1 cup strong hot Coffee
  • 3 tsps unsweetened Cocoa
  • 2 tbsp Milk Chocolate, grated
Method:
  1. In a large cup or mug, mix the coffee and sugar, if desired.
  2. In a small saucepan over low heat, warm the cream. Add the cocoa and mix well.
  3. Add the cream mixture to the coffee and top with a dollop of whipped cream and the grated chocolate.
  4. Serve with a cinnamon stick.
  5. Make about 2 cups

Tip: While boiling milk, always add a little water at the base of the vessel to avoid the milk from sticking at the bottom.

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