Archive for March, 2007

NYC cancels chocolate nude Jesus show

Yes, you read the headline right. I’m not making this up.

The Lab Gallery in Manhattan has had to cancel plans to exhibit a life-size, nude sculpture of Jesus made entirely out of dark chocolate after complaints from the local catholic community.

Cardinal Edward Egan called the scultpure “a sickening display”, but the gallery’s artistic director Matt [...]

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Posted by Dom on 31 Mar 2007 at 07:03 PM in News | Comments (1)

Blue Peter make a Dalek Cake

This week, the long-running children’s TV show Blue Peter made a Chocolate Dalek Cake, not unlike our own, and we thought you might like to see their version in full.

The Blue Peter cake is much smaller than the one we made back in August - and a little too refined if you ask me. If [...]

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Posted by Dom on 30 Mar 2007 at 10:03 AM in Recipes | Comments (2)

Cadbury Lite vs. Cadbury Dairy Milk

Several years ago, a few ‘lower fat’ chocolate bars were let loose in Australia, but most of them (i.e. ‘Flyte’) never really took off (pun intended). However, two types are still around, but remain very low key: Mars Lite (which essentially turns a 60g bar into 40g – hey presto, it’s lower in fat) [...]

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Posted by Kath on 29 Mar 2007 at 01:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (12)

Reese’s Nutrageous

Oh how I love my little local convenience shop. It may be small, but it sells absolutely everything I could ever need - and often has little unexpected surprises on the shelves.

Take this for instance. We don’t often get Hershey’s in the UK - this bar was apparently made in Canada - but when we [...]

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Posted by Dom on 26 Mar 2007 at 02:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (7)

Hotel Chocolat Signature Easter Egg

You can tell this is something a little special from the moment you pick up the box.

It has the perfect balance of minimalist style and a touch of the ‘home made’ look that lets anyone who receives one know a lot of thought has gone into it. It’s made from a thick matt black craft [...]

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Posted by Dom on 24 Mar 2007 at 07:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (7)