Chocolate

50 Quotes About Chocolate

50 quotes about chocolate made by writers, philosophers and comedians over the centuries.

Chocolate Cravings May Be All in Your Stomach

New research suggests that people who crave chocolate may have different intestinal flora and metabolisms than people who don't crave chocolate.

CocoaVia Chocolate Bars

The new CocoaVia chocolate bars from Mars, Inc. are a healthy snack alternative, but should we believe the marketing hype?

Dagoba Chocolate Recall Expanded

Dagoba Chocolate has expanded its recall of chocolate bars contaminated with lead. Commentary and links to the official site and blogger comments.

Dagoba Chocolate Lead Update

The reactions of people who unknowingly ingested lead in certain batches of the Dagoba Eclipse chocolate bar and two other types of Dagoba chocolate bars.

Dagoba Chocolate Recalled for Unsafe Levels of Lead

Information about the recall of certain batches of Dagoba Chocolate. Affected bars include the Dagoba Eclipse 87%, Los Rios 68% and Prima Materia 100%.

Dagoba Chocolate

This weekend I tried some of the Dagoba chocolate that some of my friends have been raving about. I was in a health food store and saw a Dagoba bar called Xocolatl that contains 74% dark chocolate as well as...

Gourmet Chocolate - Rich and Healthy

Gourmet chocolate or "premium" chocolate is more popular than ever this holiday season, with many companies offering luxe options: Like coffee before it, chocolate is going complex and upscale. This holiday season, look for Tasmanian honey wrapped in dark chocolate...

Study: The Smell of Chocolate

There's an article about the smell of chocolate in today's New York Times: They got 11 volunteers to lie inside magnetic brain scanners with separate straws leading to the fronts of their noses (the part above the lip) and the...

Raw Cacao Nibs

If you read Rachel's post on the history of chocolate, then you know that chocolate is very bitter in its raw state before sugar is added. However, there are those who feel raw cacao is a "super food" that can...

The History of Chocolate

In honor of the new movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I thought I'd write about the history of chocolate. Truth be told, I'll come up with any excuse to write about chocolate. It's hard for us to imagine a...