chocolate

Dessert Recipes

Top 13 chocolate chip recipes

This year, celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day (May 15) the right way... WITH TONS OF CHOCOLATE. We've got everything from cakes...

Cooking Tips & Trends

What is tempering chocolate?

If you've ever tried working with chocolate, you know that it can be a bit tricky. These tips for tempering chocolate correctly will...

Eat Organic

The inside scoop on raw chocolate

We all have our chocolate preferences: white, milk or dark are the classic choices. But there's another variety on the market that...

Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

Why chocolate is good for your pregnancy

If you scarf down chocolate during your pregnancy, could you have a happier baby, a lowered risk of preeclampsia or are you just...

Baking

Caramel-stuffed chocolate crinkle cookies

When you bite into these cookies you will be surprised by the sticky and sweet caramel interior.

More Food & Recipes

Chocolate dipped fruit pops!

Looking for a healthy alternative to the ever trendy cake pop? Try a fruit pop! Just as chocolate dipped, but much more healthy!

Cooking Tips & Trends

5 Best artisan chocolate makers

Even when chocolate is bad, it's pretty good. But these five artisan chocolate vendors are making the best must-taste artisan and...

Entertaining Menus & Recipes

How to pair chocolate with beer

Beer pairings are becoming far more popular these days, as are chocolate pairings. Why not combine these two trends with these tips...

Holiday & Seasonal Recipes

Chocolate breakfast in bed Valentine's Day menu

Treat your special someone to a four-course breakfast-in-bed menu featuring luscious chocolate in every dish.

Low Fat Recipes

3 Easy low-fat chocolate desserts

If you've stuck to your New Year's resolutions and are feeling (and looking) better than ever, why blow it all on one dessert on...

Holiday & Seasonal Recipes

5 Gifts under $20 for the chocolate lover

Having chocolate-loving friends doesn’t have to be expensive! These deliciously sweet gifts won't break the bank, but will...

Wellness

The top 5 reasons to eat chocolate on Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is a day of love, but it is also a time for chocolate. Feeling guilty? You shouldn’t. Chocolate is experiencing a...

Dessert Recipes

Exploding white chocolate candy

Impress your guests at any dinner party with this recipe for exploding white chocolate. It's such a showstopper, your friends will...

Dessert Recipes

The ultimate gift guide for chocolate lovers

Fine chocolates to pair with wine, coffee and tea, and other sweet-tooth goodies that will make you swoon top our list of gourmet...

Dessert Recipes

Frozen “hot” chocolate ice cubes

Ice made from water is so 2011! Sweeten up your ice cubes with this recipe for frozen “hot” chocolate ice cubes to put in milk, iced...

Holiday & Seasonal Recipes

Chocolate raisin truffles

These easy truffles are filled with all the goodness of rum-soaked raisins and covered in caramelized walnuts! What better way to...

Cooking Tips & Trends

In a pickle: How to salvage overheated chocolate

Overheated chocolate is thick, lumpy and definitely not ideal for baking (or eating!). Next time this happens, don’t throw it out....

Baking

Homemade Hostess Ding Dong recipe

With Hostess officially closing their doors, the days of being able to run to the store to buy a box of Ding Dongs is sadly behind...

Entertaining

Throw a chocolate themed party

If you’re throwing a party, it can be difficult to find a theme that will please everyone. A chocolate-themed party is guaranteed to...

Entertaining

Tips for pairing chocolates and wine

Chocolate comes in many varieties much like wine. Many people can't imagine pairing chocolate with a fine wine, but the complexity...

Entertaining

5 Dark chocolate after-dinner drinks

Do you want a little dessert after a good meal but don't know if you can eat another bite? Dark chocolate is full of intense flavor...