Chocolate Banana Peanut Cookies Recipe
April 1, 2015
To this day, one of my favorite breakfasts is toast slathered with peanut butter and topped with banana slices. It's a perfect little meal or snack, and the flavors combine perfectly.
The ingredients in these cookies - the banana, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and peanuts - also combine perfectly. If you ask me, they're an excellent choice for sack lunches, because they're sweet, savory and will fill you up. And they're so easy, you could whip them up on a school night!
Q&A: Definition of Raw Chocolate?
March 30, 2015
Here's a question I recently received from a reader, "The marketing trend in Australia is RAW chocolate. Does CUO have a definition for RAW Chocolate?"
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Beautiful Giant Chocolate Easter Egg
March 27, 2015
Easter is just around the corner! Cadbury eggs may be most people's chocolate treat of choice, but have you ever seen a giant chocolate egg? Betty’s Chocolate creates 11 pounds of beautifully decorated chocolate eggs that stand almost two feet high.
Chocolate Raspberry Marbled Cake Recipe
March 25, 2015
I dream of summer - flip flops, big straw hats, and green grass. The downtown farmer's market is one of my favorite summer activities.
I enjoy walking the streets on a nice summer day, looking at all the fresh fruits and veggies displayed in a rainbow of colors. That's exactly what this fresh chocolate raspberry marbled cake recipe reminds me of.
Martha’s Gardens Chocolate Covered Dates
March 23, 2015
Improve the Date Eating Experience – Cover Them with Chocolate!
I recently had the pleasure of taking a tour of Martha’s Gardens Date Farm in Yuma, Arizona. The farm overlooks the beautiful Gila Valley and is home to over 8,000 date palms.
The majority of dates grown there are the Medjool variety, 2½ times the size of a common date but with the same small pit.
Mars Inc – Chocolate Factory Coming to India
March 20, 2015
Current U.S.-based chocolate manufacturer Mars Inc, the third largest confectionery business globally, says plans for the company to add another global manufacturing plant are underway.
Mars Inc just recently announced their intention to open a new plant in India.
Chocolate Orange Cake Recipe
March 18, 2015
Celebrate the grass getting greener with some delicious chocolate orange cake as we enter the season of delicious ripe fruits and veggies. The orange zest will perk up your dusty winter senses and bring your mind to backyard, barefoot fun.
Eat Chocolate for Younger Skin
March 13, 2015
10 years of research has finally brought us "Esthechoc", the anti-aging chocolate bar developed by Cambridge-based company Lycotec, and also referred to as "Cambridge Beauty Chocolate."
The small 7.5g bars are supposedly able to be consumed for improved skin conditions. And by "improved skin conditions", they mean wrinkle reduction. How exciting is that!
Chocolate Chip Butter Cake Recipe
March 11, 2015
Yellow. It's the color of baby chicks, fluffy young ducklings, sunshine, and altogether Spring. It's also the color of butter. Yum. And what is baking without butter?
Chocolate Football Raises $20k for Charity
March 6, 2015
Who says the mistakes (in question) of others can't also be beneficial to the masses? In Pittsburgh, PA what started out as a joke, amounted to $20,000 that will go toward utility assistance for 65 local families.