Chocolate Pizza
We all know how the rest of the world swears by chocolate. It’s no secret that a lot of us even claim to be die hard chocoholics. Let’s kick our love of chocolate up a notch and put some little twist. Here’s a chocolate pizza recipe you will all love.
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10 Sweet Facts About Chocolate
Chocolate is indeed God’s gift to mankind. It should be a crime not to pay more attention to the little facts about this beloved treat that has been making humans incredibly happy and satisfied for centuries now.
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Chocolate As Comfort Food
We all go through tough times, we get sick, we get sad and all that. And usually, at those moments in our lives, we tend to look for comfort. Comfort food always comes in handy. They just magically make us feel all the better. What is it with these foods, really? Why do they bring such magic?
Chocolates are known to be the universal comfort food. And chocolate’s reputation as a mood-lifter makes it a frequent and cherished gift, especially to people who are particularly rolling with the punches. It gives a lift to their spirits that most of us can relate to.
The term “comfort food”, which was added to the Webster’s Dictionary in 1972, is defined as “food that gives a sense of emotional well-being,” or “any food or drink that one turns to for temporary relief, security or reward.”
Research shows that when we eat chocolate, the brain elicits feel-good hormones into the body to make up for the bad vibes that overwhelm us in our everyday life like stress and fatigue. These particular hormones are also released when we feel happy such as when we hug someone. Interesting, I know.
One’s comfort food is another’s dieting archenemy. We all know how figure-conscious people muster everything they can just to avoid a bar of chocolate. Just so you know, completely depriving yourself of the things you love will just cause you to yearn for them even more intensely. The trick to this is to not totally rid yourself of them, but just have them in moderation.
People who are very uptight with what they eat often crumble down when they just can’t take it anymore, and the result? They go overboard with eating what they have been craving. So not ideal. So yes, it still boils down to having the things you want in moderation.
These comfort foods don’t essentially have reasons why they give us comfort and boost our moods, but they do make our lives a little better and get us back to our sense of self.
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Not-So-Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Not all people like to take the healthy route!
Watch this video and see these guys whip up breakfast, the chocolaty and very unhealthy way! LOL
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Making Chocolate in the Dominican Republic
Cocoa is known to grow only in hot tropical climates and for many years the Dominican Republic has been home to quality organic cocoa, and is now massively used by many chocolate companies across the globe.
The international cocoa market has always been impacted by remarkable price fluctuations, these price fluctuations ultimately make an impact on the price the cocoa farmers receive here, in the Dominican Republic.
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How To Make Homemade Chocolate Syrup
Among the basic ingredients involved in making chocolate syrups include unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, and water. Other ingredients are corn syrup and malt. Flavorings such as vanilla extract could be used, too.
In black-and-white movies of the past, chocolate syrup was usually used to simulate blood. The reason for this is because it was safe to swallow, and it’s easy to get rid of when it gets to the clothing and also very affordable. Besides The Wasp Woman and Psycho, this chocolate syrup was used in many movies.
I can help you make chocolate syrup you can use over ice cream or use in baking chocolate syrup brownies. Very easy and you need not drain your pocket! You can even use Splenda in replacement of sugar to lessen the caloric content. If you use Splenda, you can use it as a drink mix or topping and do not bake with it. Additionally, considering it does not store very well when made with Splenda, make sure to consume within a couple days of making.
Ingredients required are 1 cup unsweetened cocoa, 2 cups sugar, or Splenda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 cups cold water, 1 tablespoon vanilla that will give a perfect chocolate syrup.
To make lindt-ish chocolate at home, you can do the following:
• Whisk together cocoa, sugar and salt.
• Whisk in cold water.
• Cook over medium-low heat, whisking to combine, until thickened.
• Let cool.
• Add vanilla.
• Store in the refrigerator
You can now make the perfect chocolate syrup and make use of it in of dishes to make them even more interesting.
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Chocolate Tree
Assumingly, you know that chocolate comes from the cacao. Here are some interesting infos about the “tree of life” of all the chocophiles out there.
Cacao trees are small evergreen trees measuring around 6 meters tall. Such trees are producing fruit and flowers all throughout the year and are farmed in countries within 10 degrees North and 10 degrees South of the Equator in which the climate is best for the growth of these cacao trees given that they need a warm and humid environment. More to these, cacao trees require soil that is fertile and well-irrigated, plus regular rainfall, for their optimum growth.
Cacao trees normally grow in rainforests. Shades of heavy canopy fall on them and they use it to their benefit since they grow best when covered with some sort of shade.
In the wild, these trees grow underneath the larger evergreen trees and are often seed along rivers.
Just so you know, cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia now in Mexico, Central America and South America. The leading suppliers of cacao are Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Indonesia.
It takes around five years for a cacao tree to yield its first crop. It becomes an adult plant come year ten. It yields between 300 and 1000 pounds of cocoa per acre for approximately 50 years.
The seed pods grow directly off the trunk of the tree, instead of the ends of the branches. Every pod is the size of a pineapple measuring between 5 and 12 inches long and between 3 and 5 inches wide. It usually has about thirty to fifty seeds inside. It takes around 400 to 500 seeds to come up with a pound of chocolate. Cocoa beans, which are used in making chocolate, are the dried and fully fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree.
Actually, cacao flowers are not pollinated by bees or butterflies like most flowers, but by forcipomyia midges which are like tiny flies. And just a fun fact, these midges have the fastest wing-beats of any creature on earth, about 1000 times per second!
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