Savor the Moment — Chocolate Tasting and Life
One way to enjoy chocolate to the fullest is to let it stay in your palate for a little bit longer, and savor it as much as you can. Indulge in its richness. Seize its goodness. Observe and notice the mouth-feel of the chocolate that you love.
Enjoying Dark Chocolate
Want something to balance the savory taste of your meal? Go for dark chocolate. Even a little amount can do the trick, that’s why it’s the go-to dessert of a lot of chocoholics who want a healthy lifestyle.
Savor dark chocolate by doing some or all of these:
1. Make it you workday treat!
In the middle of a particularly demanding day, take a break, and much on some dark chocolate. It will melt away stress as it melts in your mouth.
2. Make it a staple in your relaxing ritual.
“Me time” is not complete without your heartwarming comfort food. Cap off the experience with some dark chocolate in hand.
3. Bring it to family dinner and game night.
Sharing some dark chocolate with the ones closest to your heart can work magic. Pass around a few pieces after the home cooked meal you all just devoured.
4. It’s perfect for a wine-tasting party.
Host a wine tasting party and entertain friends in a casual setting. Get a wide array of wine along with different kinds of cheese, fruits and dark chocolates to bring out different notes in each one.
5. Toss in some chocolate on your next brunch with your girl friends.
Catch up with your girls over brunch. Talk about anything and everything under the sun. It’s even better when done in your house, with your homemade dishes to boot. End the meal with a few bites of dark chocolate.
How do you enjoy your dark chocolate?
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How to make Balloon Chocolate Bowls
As a chocolate lover, I’m on the constant lookout for something fun that involves chocolate. I use them to entertain guests, family, friends, and even myself. Here’s a brief tutorial of how to make balloon chocolate bowls. You can use it as a bowl for cold treats, like ice cream, and then devour it after finishing what you put in it!
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The Love Of Milk Chocolate
It’s a common knowledge that some of the most loved chocolate treats are made by the Swiss. Around 1876, a candy maker named Daniel Peter of Vevey, Switzerland, was the one who “invented” milk chocolate. He had a hard time removing the water from the milk at first, since it always caused mildewing.
Thereafter, he thought of collaborating with Henry Nestle, a maker of condensed milk. They then came up with the idea of putting in condensed milk to chocolate liquor which is a nonalcoholic smooth, thick, and liquid form of chocolate. It is the ground or melted form of the cocoa nib which the purest state of chocolate. Milk chocolate became popular and a darling to many by the 1900’s, and it never ceased.
There are several forms of milk chocolate, hot cocoa can be one, and boy is it almost every chocoholic’s favorite drink! It is a cocoa powder mixed with milk and sugar and heated until hot and smooth. This popular beverage just gives you the warmth and comfort that you are rooting for. Also included in the list are liquid milk products, powdered milk products, granule and of course, chocolate bars. One can enjoy them hot or cold, hard or soft, pretty much any way you wish.
Chocolate has everyone enticed and allured for different reasons and it’s not gonna die down, at least not anytime soon. It is so special to consumers that it has become 2011’s number 1 specialty food, so to speak. And milk chocolate is the darling of the crowd when it comes to chocolate preferences as it is preferred by approximately 80% of the consumers.
If you’re creating a chocolate basket as a gift without knowing the personal preferences of the one you’re planning on giving it to, you can never go wrong if it is filled with milk chocolate treats!
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