How to Make Chocolate Covered Popcorn
Chocolate and popcorn: who can resist the temptation of enjoying either of these great treats? When you combine chocolate and popcorn, you really can experience heaven on earth. Who needs those expensive pre-made chocolate covered popcorn baskets or tins when you can make your own at home? Here’s how:
Step 1: Pop the bag of popcorn in the microwave. Remove the popcorn from its bag and put in a large bowl.
Step2: Add salt to the bowl of popcorn. Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave. Once the chocolate chips are fully melted, pour the chocolate over the popcorn in the bowl.
Step3: Toss the popcorn in the bowl with two large wooden spoons to evenly distribute the chocolate and the salt.
Step4: Lay a sheet of wax paper over a baking sheet–or two baking sheets if you need! Use the spoons to place the popcorn on the wax paper.
Step5: Once all of the popcorn is on the baking sheet(s), place the baking sheet(s) into the refrigerator to let the chocolate set over the popcorn. When the chocolate looks hard enough, remove the baking sheet(s) from the refrigerator and serve.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
This cake is super moist and chocolaty and you can pretend its healthy with all the zucchini in it. This is another recipe from my mom, a cook who used what she had and always made it great.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 whole eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sour milk (you can sour your own milk by adding 1/2 tsp. of vinegar to 1/2 of milk)
2 1/4 cup unsifted flour
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1/2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves (powdered, not whole)
2 cups of finely diced zucchini (or shredded)
1/4 cup chocolate chips
Cream the margarine, oil and sugar together. Add the eggs, vanilla and the sour milk and beat it all with a mixer. Next, mix together all of the dry ingredients and add it to the creamed mixture and beat well with a mixer. Stir in the zucchini. Spoon the batter into a greased and floured 9x12x2 inch pan. Sprinkle the top with chocolate chips (You don’t have to do this, but it really does taste good and looks good too). Bake the cake at 325F degrees for forty to forty-five minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean and dry. You do not need to frost this cake as it is moist and very tender, but you can if you wish once it has cooled. It tastes good with chocolate or fudge frosting, but it is also good with cream cheese frosting. Usually, I don’t frost it. I just sprinkle the chocolate chips on the top.
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Q&A: i need a really good tasting chocolate cake recipe read details below please?
Question by bball_plyr_11: i need a really good tasting chocolate cake recipe read details below please?
i don’t want dark chocolate though just regular and have it easy to make so in the end its very moist and good tasting
also would like a good chocolate frosting on top
please and thank you :]
Best answer:
Answer by TIGGA
Easy Chocolate Cake
(Scandinavian, medium dark)
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
1+¼ cup (170 g) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (dutched/dark)
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 pinches salt
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
½ cup (1.2 dl) milk or water
½ cup (1.2 dl) vegetable oil (flavorless)
2 eggs
Ingredients for frosting
2/3 cup (1.6 dl) heavy cream or whipping cream
9 oz (260 g) semisweet chocolate (40-50% cocoa)
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C)
2. Grease a 9 inch (23 cm) cake tin.
3. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl.
4. Add milk/water, vegetable oil and eggs.
5. Mix everything together until smooth, either by hand or by using an electric mixer at slow speed.
6. Transfer to bake tin and bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 35 to 45 minutes.
7. After the cake has cooled, slice the cake through the middle to make two layers (easier if the cake has been in the fridge).
Frosting
1. Heat 2/3 cup (1.6 dl) of heavy cream or whipping cream in a sauce pan.
2. Remove from heat, add 9 oz (260 g) of finely chopped dark semisweet chocolate, stir until smooth, and let it cool until in thickens, if needed in the fridge.
3. Use one 1/3 of the frosting between the two layers, 1/3 on top, and the rest around the cake. Put the cake into the fridge for one hour or more to harden the frosting.
4. This cake should have room temperature when served.
Variations
1. You may substitute 1-2 tablespoons of cream with rum for the frosting.
2. You may cut the top of the cake to make a flat surface before adding the frosting.
3. If you are making it for someone’s birthday I would suggest doubling the recipe because this recipe makes for a short, thin cake (suggested by Cyrus, August 2008)
4. If you prefer a slightly sweeter frosting you may add a couple of teaspoons of honey to the frosting (suggested by Debbie Evans, August 2008)
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Q&A: whos got a recipe to make reeeaally good tasting chocolate chip cookies?
Question by Caitleen R: whos got a recipe to make reeeaally good tasting chocolate chip cookies?
i have never been able to bake chocolate chip cookies as good as stop nd shop…lol….any one know how?
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Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies~ 108 ratings makes 36 cookies
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup sugar
1 (4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Combine flour and baking soda.
In a large bowl beat brown sugar, sugar, butter, shortening, pudding mix, vanilla, and almond extract.
Mix until well blended.
Add eggs and mix well.
Beat in the flour mixture.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded teasponful and bake 10-12 minutes.
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How do you make chocolate candy without milk?
Question by Charlie: How do you make chocolate candy without milk?
My daughter and some of my relatives are allergic (not lactose intolerant but fully allergic) to milk. There are chocolate candies from specialty shops that don’t use milk in their chocolate but the cost an arm and a leg. I was hoping to make some “safe” chocolate candies for them for Christmas as they love chocolate but can’t eat anything with milk in it. I’d love to find a way to make candy bars, etc. WITHOUT the use of milk (soy, rice milk, margarine, etc would be okay). Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by mellieh
Rocky Road Candy
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
* 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
* 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened baking chocolate
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 2 eggs
* 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups salted peanuts
* 2 cups miniature marshmallows
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DIRECTIONS
1. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt chocolate chips, unsweetened chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Beat in sugar, salt and vanilla until smooth and thick. Beat in chocolate mixture. Fold in peanuts and marshmallows.
3. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper lined trays. Chill in refrigerator 2 hours, until firm. Keep refrigerated until serving.
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Fudge Crackles
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
* 7 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
* 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
* 3 tablespoons butter, softened
* 1 cup white sugar
* 3 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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DIRECTIONS
1. Chop chocolate and melt with 3 tablespoons butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir until melted. Remove from hot water and cool slightly.
2. Mix together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
3. Beat together sugar and eggs until thick and creamy. Mix in vanilla and melted chocolate. Add flour mixture until well blended. Add chocolate chips and nuts.
4. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 1-1/2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 8 minutes or until tops are cracked and shiny. Cool on sheet 3-5 minutes. Remove to racks to cool completely.
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How to Make Chocolate Ice Cream
Do you love eating ice cream? Are you a chocolate lover? Do you want to have a chocolate ice cream without visiting any store at all? The video you are about to see is all about making ice cream!
Yes, you’ve read right. Now you can have all the ice cream you want even if you don’t go out to buy some. You will be guided with the steps on how you can do it. The video will have all the information you need to know.
A demonstration with our expert on how to do it will be shown to you in this very detailed video. You will enjoy this wonderful learning experience on how to make your own chocolate ice cream.
After watching this video, you can eat your creamy chocolate ice cream anytime!
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How do you make chocolate cream icing, for chocolate cake?
Question by Anony Mouse: How do you make chocolate cream icing, for chocolate cake?
I LOVE chocolate cream, and tried to make it once, in order to put it on a chocolate cake, but it came out all buttery and no joy, and tasted rather horrible.
Does anyone have a surefire way or recipe to make proper, tasty, rich chocolate cream/soft icing?
Best answer:
Answer by ♥Ms.Suz E.HomeBAKER♥
If you’re referring to chocolate ganache icing, here’s a tried and true recipe. http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/366/Recipe.cfm
If it’s buttercream, here’s another recipe.
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http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/201/Recipe.cfm
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