When planning a wedding, garden tea party, bridal shower, birthday party or just a family get together, make any occasion special by including Party Size Apples.
These fresh, large Granny Smith apples are selected by hand for quality. They are smothered in thick creamy caramel and dipped in rich, luscious, premium, fresh white, milk or dark gourmet chocolate. Each apple is then packed with as much and as many goodies as they will hold.
The goodies include but are not limited to crunchy nuts, crispy cereal, candy, peanut butter, and fruit. Each apple will serve 4 to 6 people. Cut the apple into wedges along the edge of the stick. For a fresh and crisp idea for your next party celebration try Party Size Apples.
Yes, a new form of an airborne chocolate, that you inhale instead of eating, and it is virtually calorie free.
Eating chocolate can be sensual, sure bliss, decadent, and even addictive. And this is a new way of “experiencing” chocolate, the La Whif.
La Whif comes in tubes, that look like lipstick or shot gun shells. You open the tube, put it in your mouth and breath in, when done close it up and wait until you need another “whif.” Each tube has about 8 to 10 puffs.
It is stated that La Whif does not replace chocolate, but rather it compliments it. Sort of an addendum to how you normally eat chocolate.
La Whif tubes start at $2.50 online. Available in pure chocolate, raspberry chocolate, mint chocolate.
Lately researchers revealed they created a low-fat chocolate which is 60% water. Their claim is that it tastes just as good as regular chocolate.
This “breakthrough” replaces fat in foods with calorie-free matter; such as air, gel or water! The claims are that the food which undergoes the process would also smell the same and would have the same texture.
For all chocoholics, this sounds to good to be true. But to know that you are eating air or water would not be the same as the scrumptious and decadent reasons why we all indulge in wonderful rich chocolate.
The recession does not matter to a true chocoholic. They simply have got to have their chocolate. The only cure for chocolate craving is chocolate.
Some people are somewhat rigid about the types of chocolate they purchase. In the United States, many are divided in their choice for either milk or dark chocolate. If you are a lover of dark chocolate, trading down to milk chocolate is not an option – you will choose to do without. It is an affordable indulgence!
In the U.S., Americans bought 26% more chocolate than in 2008 and U.K. chocolate lovers purchased 5.9% more chocolate. In China, chocolate sales rose 18%, and in the Ukraine 12%. The Argentineans consumed 1.8% more, and in Belgium, which contends it produces some of the world’s finest, sales gained 3.2%.
Counting by the dollars, Swiss still win – spending about $206.00 per person, each year. Then it is the Brits at $106.00, and Belgians at $90.00. The American chocoholics spend about $55.00 per year, per person on their chocolate cravings.
A study shows the levels of antioxidant activity and flavan-3-ol levels in cocoa and chocolate products are stable for a shelf life of one year. The interest in flavanol levels in food is due to heart health benefits.
The study also showed that 80 year old cocoa powder and 116 year old cocoa beans still show high levels of antioxidant activity and flavan-3-ol content. Other products such as tea leaves and olive oil are only stable for about one year.
That sounds okay if you want 80 year old chocolate!! For decadent chocolate why would you want the shelf life to be 1 year? (even if it is still good) I want my chocolate to be the delectable, gourmet, fresh chocolates like the ones sold at Chocolate Gourmet Candy. Each gourmet chocolate is made when you order, high quality, and natural ingredients – nothing to stretch the shelf life.
If you love chocolate as I do, then “fresh,” gourmet chocolates is your only choice. You want the rich chocolate now, not made and stored for years!!
