Chocolate Quote For The Week

No-one is ever betrayed by love or chocolate! -Jaufre Rudel

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Healthy Chocolate

Did you know that chocolate is actually healthy!

Well, dark chocolate anyway. I was doing research on chocolate and found that it is actually healthy!

Chocolate is made from plants which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids, which acts as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging. Flavonoids also help lower blood pressure, and balances certain hormones in the body.

Other benefits of Dark Chocolate:

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  It tastes good!
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  It stimulates endorphin production, which gives you a feeling of pleasure.
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  It contains serotonin, which acts as an anti-depressant.
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  It contains theobromine, caffeine and other substances which are stimulants.

Doesn’t Chocolate Have a lot of Fat?

Good news!!! Some of the fats in dark chocolate does not impact your cholesterol. Only ⅓ of the fat in dark chocolate is actually bad for you!

 Grandma’s Famous Texas Sheet Cake

 Absolutely wonderful! It’s sure to be a new family favorite!

                                              2 cups Sugar                           ½ Buttermilk
                                              2 cups Flour                            2 Eggs

                                              2 sticks Butter                         1 tsp. Baking Soda

                                              4 Tbsp. Cocoa                        1 tsp. Cinnamon

                                              1 cup Water                            1 tsp. Vanilla

 Combine Butter, Cocoa , and Water in saucepan and bring to a boil. Then add to flour and sugar, which have been mixed together. Beat again, until smooth. Pour into large greased pan. I use an 11X16 inch pan. Bake at 400 , for about 20 minutes. Five minutes before cake is done, prepare the following frosting.

                                             1 stick Butter                            1 lb. Powdered Sugar

                                             4 Tbsp. Cocoa                         1 tsp. Vanilla

                                             6 Tbsp. Buttermilk                    1 cup Chopped Pecans (optional)

 In a small pan, bring to boil, Butter, Cocoa and Buttermilk. Pour over Powdered Sugar. Beat. Then add Vanilla and Nuts. Pour on cake while hot. Let cool. Taste great served with homemade vanilla ice cream!

 ENJOY!!!

Fun Pictures

Chocolate Quote For The Week
"It is chocolate, not reason, that is stronger than death."  -Thomas Mann

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Hidden Kisses

Chocolate can be used as a love token even when you are not around, like in this story!

My mom and sister were in the U.K. and before they left they secretly hid chocolate Kisses all around the house for us to find while they were gone for two weeks. It was a pleasant surprise! We would find a chocolate Kiss almost every day. They were hidden in our dressers, on top of the dishwasher soap, in the coffee filters, in random drawers that we would open often, and other places they knew we would look. It was so fun to find one and it always reaminded us of them when we did. Now if we ever get chocolate Kisses we think of that great experience!

Chocolate Covered Spinach

We thought, since chocolate makes every thing better how about we try it with spinach!

                                                   1/2 cup  chocolate (your favorite kind)

                                                   2 cups  fresh spinach

Melt chocolate in microwavable bowl.

Place spinach on your favorite tray or plate.

Drizzle chocolate on spinach,

and enjoy! 

Eating Chocolate by the Pool!

Friends Forever!

Yuuum...

Is there more Chocolate over there?

Chocolate shoe!

My mom and sister where in the U.K. and saw this and thought it was the perfect mix for a girl, shoes and chocolate in one!

Musings of the Chocoholics

                       "Desserts is stressed spelled backwards."  -Author unknown

   We will be sharing fun stories, interesting recipies, weekly chocolate quotes, fun pictures, and other interesting things about chocolate and sweets. We plan on tasting every single chocolate known to man! As well as sharing all our experiences with you. We hope you enjoy!

  "Did you ever notice how Hershey's is all about girls?"  (HER-SHE-y's)  -Tammy Boriack