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Caramel, fudge, and cherry crème are hardly unusual chocolate flavors. In fact, you find them in every box of Christmas candies, right alongside other standbys like mint, coconut, and orange crème. If you're dealing with a really adventurous company, you might find something like chilies or cereal crunch hidden in your chocolate delight. But that's not the end of the story when it comes to chocolate flavors!
Fusion cuisine, the newest trend in cooking, means blending flavors that don't traditionally go together and, well, seeing what happens. In the world of chocolate, that means some pretty interesting ideas, ranging from pop rocks buried in chocolate truffles to olive and balsamic vinegar laced treats.
Godiva Chocolatier is known for its outrageous Valentine's chocolates, but they've never made a chocolate room before -- until now! Godiva's 2008 chocolate promotion involves not only a chocolate room but a chocolate suite!
The way it works: Godiva has constructed a lavish suite made entirely of chocolate. The walls are chocolate, the color schemes are chocolate, the chandelier is chocolate, the candelabras are chocolate, and... well, you get the idea!
Chocolate and bacon? Now, those are two words you rarely see in the same sentence, even on the Internet. But as it turns out, a boutique confectioner called Vosges Haut-Chocolat recently introduced a chocolate bacon bar to the world, and chocoholics everywhere are abuzz.
You have to admit that the idea's intriguing. In these virtual pages we've recommended chocolate-covered chicken, chocolate sauerkraut cake, and xocolatl, the spicy drink of Aztec kings. We've even offered up a tasty chocolate martini. After all that, what’s a little pork with your chocolate bar?
Chocolates, gourmet chocolate bars named for how they might change your personality, or at least affect your mood, with a simple bite.
Keep in mind that chocolate alone -- even without New Tree’s holistic infusion of natural extracts and chic flavors -- contains phenylethylamine, which secretes so-called “happiness hormones” into the chocolate-lover’s unsuspecting body and psyche. These hormones -- serotonin, endorphins and dopamine -- can improve your overall well-being.
Besides, chocolate tastes good, which makes me very happy.
Can a chocolate bar make you feel tranquil? Renewed? Sexy? Beautifully packaged little chocolate bars from New Tree Chocolates promise just that, so I recently conducted an unscientific taste test to determine if these chocolates could transport me into biologically-ignited moods, after a few delicious bites.
Delicious is the operative word here, because New Tree Chocolates are delicious. All of their dark chocolate bars boast 73 percent cocoa, so that could explain the high you feel after eating New Tree. The milk chocolate bars contain 33 percent cocoa.
When the ghosts and goblins come knocking at your door on Halloween, don't forget to stock up on the traditional chocolate treats everyone loves in their trick or treating loot.
In case you're wondering, chocolate remains a favorite of most trick-or-treaters, according to a number of web surveys already appearing on sites like yelp.com and Yahoo! Answers. In an unscientific survey of websites I recently conducted, here are the top 7 Halloween chocolate treats mentioned over and over again by respondents:
Countless writers have tried their best to do justice to the luscious virtues of Mallomars. Even The New York Times devoted a story to Mallomars – “The Cookie That Comes Out in the Cold” -- in December 2005.
But perhaps the best homage to Mallomars was paid by Salon.com writer King Kaufman, who wrote, in Mallomar Memories: “Mallomars. Say it with me: Mallomars. They sound exactly like they taste. Sweet, soft in the middle Mallomars, rolling on the Mallomars tongue Mallomars. All rounded corners and smooth glass brown chocolate Mallomars. Yes I said yes I will Yes Mallomars. Mmmm. Allomars.”
