Hot Chocolate Enhancements
Hot chocolate is always good, but have you thought about enhancing it? Jonathan Bender at The Pitch, Kansas City’s Food Blog, recently wrote a post about taking your typical hot chocolate and gussying it up a bit!
Keep in mind that Jonathan is the booze writer, so his tips revolve around alchohol. But since chocolate pairs well with just about anything, why not turn it into a cocktail of your dreams?
Check out these ideas:
http://blogs.pitch.com/fatcity/2010/01/gussy_up_your_hot_chocolate.php
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate recipes Tags: cocktails, hot chocolate
Chocolate and Beet Cupcakes?
18 cupcakes, each a chance to taste a cocoa and beet combination! The claim is that these cupcakes are “light, moist, and delicious.”
Personally, I’m opposed to hiding vegetables in a chocolate cake base, yet zucchini cake seems to be a favorite. So it might be worth giving this recipe a try too…
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/recipe?id=9536109
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate recipes Tags: baking with chocolate, chocolate and vegetables, cupcakes
Baked Chocolate Doughnuts
It’s January, the time of the year when everyone seems to be concerned about reducing that holiday weight gain. There’s no reason to give up on your chocolate fix though.
If you love chocolate doughnuts, but can’t justify the deep frying right now, how about a baked doughnut instead?
Here’s the full story along with the recipe…
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9513341
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate recipes Tags: baking with chocolate, chocolate doughnuts
