V Chocolates New Retail Location – Utah

“Oh Gosh I LOVE that stuff”, I just found myself saying outloud, jumping up from the computer and grabbing another big hunk of V Chocolate’s Almond Toffee. It’s addicting stuff, that’s for sure, I even have to hide it from myself.

I recently visited V Chocolates newest retail location in the former Norwalk furniture store just [...]

HC Hot Cocoa – Fortified for Energy or Immunity

I attended the Utah Chocolate Show last weekend as planned, and had a great time visiting with some of those who had booths at the show. I purchased several things, one of which was Hot Chocolate from HC Hot Cocoa.

I purchased one of each of their products: HC Hot Cocoa Immunity, and HC Hot [...]

Almond Roca – It’s Not Just for Old People

A good friend of mine gave me Almond Roca the other day, you know the familiar Toffee candies in the pink container?

I remember as a kid, I always thought this was an “old person” candy for some reason, but now I love the stuff. Does that mean I’M getting old? It must be the mix [...]

Chocolate Cosmetics?

Paris, France is hosting its annual Salon du Chocolat for five days from Saturday Oct 28, gathering nearly 130 French and foreign chocolate specialists, and stocking up with about six tonnes of chocolate, not least for the catwalk shows of dresses made out of chocolate. This is the French version of the New York Chocolate [...]

New Fair Food – Fried Coke Balls?

So I’ve been hearing about Fried Coke quite a bit, as a break-out fair food for those who love their sweet fried treats.

Abel Gonzales, 36, a computer analyst from Dallas, tried about 15 different varieties before coming up with his perfect recipe — a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, [...]

Chocolate Makers Begin Labeling Products With Cacao Content

Have you started to see numbers and percentages appear on some of your chocolates and don’t know what they mean? Yup, American chocolate makers have begun labeling their bars according to cacao (pronounced KA-cow) content, a blend of cocoa solids and cocoa butter that combine to make chocolate, according to The St. Paul Pioneer Press [...]

Chocolate Boyfriend – If He Gets Hotter, He Melts

Chocolate Boyfriend

Originally uploaded by GreenThorns.

Here’s something interesting for you ladies. Your own chocolate boyfriend. This was a great picture that I ran across on Flickr and had to blog about it.

The packaging reads “My boyfriend really makes me drool. He’s a hotty! Super cool! But [...]

Gardens of Sweet Smelling Chocolate – Cocoa Shell Mulch

So I was reading the site for the Bloomer Chocolate Company, and ran across a link on their contact us page that sent me to the National Cocoa Shell’s website.

Cocoa shell mulch, also called cocoa mulch, cocoa bean mulch, cocoa bean shell mulch, or cocoa bean hull mulch is made from the shells that come [...]

Delight Your Guests with the Sweet Aroma of Warm Chocolate

So I was walking through Costco the other day. Awe, Costco… I really do try to stay away from that place as much as possible as there seems to be so many fun things to buy, a toy store for us big kids. I happen to be passing one of the isles and noticed a [...]