A Chocolate Outlet

We have all heard of outlet stores. These are wonderful stores where you can get all sorts of products, stuff or things at low or discounted prices. Not because there is anything wrong with them....they are just not "perfect" or up to "premium quality."

I heard that a chocolatier is now offering chocolate this way. The chocolate is fine to eat, but it is not up to premium grade. It is being sold by weight at a cost of about $10.00 a pound.

Chocolates included are truffles, caramels, chocolate bark and many others. It would be like having champagne at beer prices. Imagine premium chocolate by the bucket – everyday would be a chocolate lovers delight.

More Proof Chocolate is Good for You

Chocolate in small amounts is good for you. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a 18 week study.

Which basically confirmed that a small serving of commercially made chocolate provides health benefits. In the study it was concluded that rich dark chocolate; being part of a regular diet, would lower blood pressure.

A Chocolate Slice for Health

Large, fresh hand chosen apples covered with rich, creamy caramel and then dipped in wonderful, sweet, satisfying chocolate.

Forget the Cake

Summertime BBQ’s, weddings, bridal showers, birthday parties or a quite romantic dinner...what do all of these have in common?(besides a lot of chocolate lovers)

An undeniably, scrumptiously wonderful, old fashioned sweet treat!!! A fresh made, luxurious sweet; that is made with the richest of ingredients and in some cases a generous amount of stir ins.

The commonality to these activities is that they all are time for decadent fudge. Serve up this fantastic sweet, by cutting it into bite size nibbles. Have an assortment of smooth and crunchy chocolate as well as the ever famous peanut butter fudge, penuche fudge, maple fudge and vanilla fudge.

All guests and family will love this rich, creamy, buttery confectionery. Your party, or gathering will be remembered for bringing the thoughts of home, and happy childhood times to everyone. Enjoy!

Chocolate

Forget about crude oil; he or she who controls the chocolate controls the whole world.

Maybe or maybe not.....think about it!

The retail chocolate industry in the United States is growing. This is due to the United States 11-pound per person annual consumption (but trailing behind the Swiss at 22 pounds per person).

Chocolate candy comes in three basic forms. There is milk chocolate which has the least cocoa and most sugar; semisweet, with some added sugar; and bittersweet (88 percent) which has added sweetener. The higher the cocoa, the healthier the chocolate is for you.

Desirable Chocolate

Chocolate contains tryptophan which produces the chemical in the brain used to produce serotonin. In this chain of events it produces feelings of elation.

There is henylethylamine, which leads to warm fuzzy feelings of excitement, giddiness and attraction of others.

Also phenylethylamin which stimulates the brains pleasure center.

More chocolate for all....Enjoy!!

A Chocolate Budget

Some chocolatiers use 30,000 to 50,000 pounds of quality raw chocolate a year. Around 15,000 to 30,000 pounds of cane sugar, and between 5,000 and 10,000 pounds of butter.

Try making a budget for that amount of sweetness and goodness. They make a few hundreds to many thousands of wonderful chocolate confections.

And we all can enjoy wonderful chocolates on our tight budgets! Chocolate is affordable and healthy. And of course remember the endorphins!!

Cocoa Beans

Cocoa beans are grown all over the world. The type of beans and the soil add undertones to the end product.

Madagascar chocolate - floral tones
Venezuelan chocolate - earthy tones
French chocolate - a robust and earthy or fruity undertone

If you let a premium chocolate melt slowly in your mouth the flavors and secrets of the blend will be revealed.