Whats the difference between soy chocolate milk and regular chocolate milk?
April 22, 2009 by Chocolate Gift Ideas
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I hate reagular chocolate milk but I love chocolate soy milk and it’s the other way around with white milk. I just want to know whats in soy chocolate milk thats different than regular chocolate milk.
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A Great Way to Make Your Christmas Chocolate Gift Something Special
April 16, 2009 by Chocolate Gift Ideas
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Chocolate is something everyone loves and to give someone a unique designed truffle box with your greeting on it or your own picture really makes it something out of the ordinary.
This is the times when we are wanting to treat ourselves with all sorts of delicacies and not save in on anything. Chocolate definitely is the number one treat for the holidays. One could say that Christmas without chocolate is not completely Christmas.
As a special holiday gift to either a dear friend or to a business partner or customer, why not create a basket with different types of gourmet food and include some bars that have your greeting on the wrapper?
Take a basket and fill it with some nice crackers, a bottle of wine and some gourmet chocolate and you will definitely make someone happy. It has the quality to be everyone’s favorite and to add this to a delicious gourmet food basket really makes a difference.
For company owners it’s a great idea to give your employees and partners a chocolate gift with your logo on and a greeting for the holidays.
Chocolate has the great benefit to be gender neutral and it is well received by almost everyone; a given winner if you want to create a harmonious and happy work environment.
To people that you are closer to you have the ability to make your gift as personal as you would like to. Think about whether the person prefers dark or milk chocolate; maybe it’s a real chocoholic and you want to give a mixture of many different types.
As a Christmas gift for a grandmother, a bar or box with her grandchildren on the wrapper will most certainly be dearly received and appreciated. You can have the wrapper designed exactly the way you want it and combine it with your own personal greeting. This is a great way to ensure that the person receiving the gift are aware of how much you care about them.
The combination of getting a delicious, smooth and flavorful chocolate together with the first impression of a personalized wrapper makes this the perfect gift to almost everyone; young and old, man and woman, makes no difference, chocolate makes everyone happy.
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Spread good wishes with chocolate gifts
April 7, 2009 by Chocolate Gift Ideas
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Chocolates are available in different shapes and sizes it’s up to you to decide which can serve your friends wishes better.
Unsweetened chocolate: Unsweetened chocolate are also called as baking chocolate. They are bitter to taste and are made up of pure chocolate liquor. You can find unsweetened chocolates as base of cakes, brownies, confections and cookies. Dark Chocolate: Dark chocolate is best known as plain chocolate. It is called so as it is made without milk as an additive. Semisweet chocolate: Semisweet chocolates are often used for cooking purposes. They are dark chocolate with high sugar content. Milk Chocolate: Milk chocolate is quite popular among kids and teens. Milk chocolate is made up of milk powder or condensed milk. Bitter sweet chocolate: Bitter sweet chocolates are made up of pure liquor with added sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin and vanilla. They are quite similar to semisweet chocolates the only difference being that they have less sugar and more liquor. White Chocolate: White chocolate is a confection based on cocoa butter without the cocoa solids.
Gifts make a person feel special and so it is important that you select the right type of gift. Chocolate gift can make a perfect choice for any occasion be it your friend’s birthday party, victory celebration party, get well soon wishes, good wishes and so on.
Now days you can also find different types of chocolate gift basket. Chocolate gift basket is prepared with ample amount of chocolate for all the well wishes. They are designed to give a feeling of personal touch.
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Using Chocolate as a Cooking Ingredient
April 5, 2009 by Chocolate Gift Ideas
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Storing Chocolate Properly
Chocolate should be stored in a cool, dry place where there are relatively insignificant temperature fluctuations and in an area that is far from direct sunlight. Chocolate should be contained in its original wrapping or tightly wrapped in foil, so that it does not absorb moisture. As much as possible, do not store chocolate in the refrigerator because its sugar rises up and crystallizes. Dark chocolate has a longer shelf life than milk or white chocolate, usually can retain its flavor for several years. White and milk chocolate should only be kept in storage for a year or less. If your place can get very hot and melt the chocolate wherever you put it, the best alternative is to put it in the refrigerator. Doing so will not really tamper with the chocolate’s taste but will only ruin its color because of the sugar crystallizing on the surface. Once you melt, the chocolate, it will all mix in together.
Melting Chocolate
Melting chocolate requires your full attention because it can produce too much grain or can easily burn. Milk chocolate is more likely to end up in a grainy mess than darker varieties. The best way to melt chocolate is to heat it at low temperatures, taking care that you do not go above 115° F. Expert chocolatiers use a candy thermometer for better precision. Also, it is best to use a double boiler-a pot that actually consists of two pots, one on top of the other. The pot that holds the chocolate is the one on top and the pot at the bottom holds an inch of simmering water. An alternative to double boilers is a heat proof bowl that is large enough to suspend over a pot without its bottom having to touch the simmering water. The water should be simmered over low heat and the chocolate stirred often. As soon as the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat and stir it until it becomes evenly smooth. It is very important not to get any water into the chocolate, not even a small drop as it can turn the chocolate lumpy and grainy. If this should happen, however, you can add a little vegetable oil to make the mixture smooth again, but you will have compromised the flavor. If the recipe calls for chocolate mixed in with water or other forms of liquid, then make sure that you mix in the liquid with the chocolate right from the beginning of the melting procedure. You can also melt chocolate in a dry oven that is set at 110° F. Some ovens may not be able to go that low a temperature. If yours doesn’t you can set the heat at the lowest possible and then just keep the door ajar. Grate the chocolate and put it in a metal bowl and place inside the oven. The chocolate should melt in an hour’s time.
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What type of chocolate should I use to make a ganache?
March 13, 2009 by Chocolate Gift Ideas
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I heard it’s bittersweet chocolate but will it make the ganache sweet? Is it okay to use milk chocolate? What if you mix milk chocolate and bittersweet chocolate together? I have a bar of chocolate that’s 70% cocoa.
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