Archive for August, 2007

Klik Kariot-Pillows

Ok, well this is a little unusual. These Israeli chocolates were sent to us by our newest Sponsor, OhNuts.com.

OhNuts are US based, so these choccies have pretty much traveled around the world to end up in my stomach. Sometimes I’m amazed how much trouble chocolate takes to get to my stomach. It must really like [...]

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Posted by Dom on 31 Aug 2007 at 12:08 PM in Reviews | Comments (0)

New York Chocolate Tours

Now this looks like fun. A company in New York is offering walking tours of some of New York’s finest chocolatiers.

They currently have two tours, a “Luxury Tour” and a “New Cuisine Tour”. The tours last around 2 hours and cost $70. Chocolate included.

Sounds like a great way to discover new chocolates and work off [...]

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Posted by Dom on 29 Aug 2007 at 11:08 AM in Misc | Comments (4)

Nestlé Aero

We might be anticipating the return of Cadbury Wispa at the moment, but it’s only fair we take a look at it’s older, slightly less fashionable cousin, Aero.

Like Wispa, Aero is simply chocolate with bubbles in it. But the bubbles in Aero are much bigger than those in Wispa, which gives it more of a [...]

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Posted by Dom on 28 Aug 2007 at 05:08 PM in Reviews | Comments (1)

“Negative Calorie” Chocolate Cake

Here’s an interesting little “recipe” for a “negative calorie” chocolate cake from Steamy Kitchen.

I use “recipe” in quotes because it involves a pre-packaged cake mix and “negative calorie” in quotes because I can’t help thinking her calorie counting technique has gone awry somehow. I think perhaps she may be in need of a chocolate calculator…

Still, [...]

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Posted by Dom on 26 Aug 2007 at 07:08 PM in Recipes | Comments (2)

Chocolate Calculator

Yes, that really is a calculator. Made of chocolate.

A company going by the name of 5.5 Design made this, although I’m not entirely sure why. But it did get me thinking it’d be kind of cool if Hotel Chocolat actually made chocolate hotels…

More pics here

[Via Engadget]

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Posted by Dom on 24 Aug 2007 at 02:08 PM in News | Comments (3)