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Best Recipes: Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Chocolate fudge cake cookies stuffed with macadamia nuts and white chocolate morsels. Mmm mmm ? it doesn't get any better than this. 2/3 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped1 pkg chocolate fudge or devil's food cake mix1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted? cup sour cream1 egg1 cup white chocolate, coarsely choppedDirectionsPreheat oven to 350 degrees.Place nuts onto ungreased 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted.Combine cake mix, butter, sour cream, and egg in large bowl. Beat at low speed for 1 minute, scraping bowl often.

Increase speed to medium; beat 1 minute (dough will be thick). Stir in white chocolate and toasted macadamia nuts by hand.Drop dough by level tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until set. Let stand 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets..

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LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES ALL NATURAL HOT CHOCOLATE NOW AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS

(Burlington, VT) Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced the All Natural Hot Chocolate line.
The new line is arriving on retail shelves now, and is also available at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com.
Patrons of LCC's chocolate caf?s in Vermont have been enjoying the special taste of LCC's hot chocolate for years. Now everyone can enjoy this all-natural, epicurean chocolate drink made in the Old World tradition.
Flavors ? for everyone from children to chocolate connoisseurs ? include Old World, Aztec, Organic, Traditional, Mocha, Raspberry, and Unsweetened."This is hot chocolate the way it should be," explained Jim Lampman, founder and president of LCC.

"Rich, aromatic, full-bodied, and deeply satisfying ? it's the closest thing we mortals have to ambrosia."
LCC's hot chocolates are prepared with...

LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES ALL NATURAL HOT CHOCOLATE NOW AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS

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Chocolate as Medicine

Which would you rather take to help prevent heart attacks and strokes? Chocolate or aspirin?

Amazingly, researchers in California have found that taking a flavonol rich cacao drink, equates almost exactly to taking a low dose aspirin, when it comes to blood thinning properties.
It seems that the cacao drink acts in a similar way to low dose aspirin in ensuring your blood flows freely -- and the platelets do not stick together, thus reducing the risk of stroke or heart disease.

But as usual with these studies, the boffins urge caution, they stress they are not advocating a couple of candy bars in place of your daily physician prescribed aspirin.
There are a substantial number of people who cannot tolerate aspirin, and possibly for those people, eating flavonol rich cacao may be useful to them.
You may also be interested to know that there are bioactive compounds in chocolate that promote well being, lessen the pain response...

Chocolate as Medicine

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Is Your Valentine a Chocolate Connoisseur or Chocolate Phobe?

"Momma Chocolate" has advice for all the gentlemen about to embark on a chocolate purchase this Valentine's Day.
After the cardinal rule -- "Don't ever buy a Valentine's gift at a gas station" -- the decision of what and where to buy a chocolate gift gets complicated.
"Men rarely understand women's love affair with chocolate," says Momma Chocolate, editor of OhSoChocolate.com, "and when they love a Chocolate Connoisseur, their 'grocery store chocolate' gift may not be appreciated."The "What Type of Chocolate Should I Buy?" quiz is designed to relieve the man in a chocolate quandary. After answering a brief series of questions about the lady to receive the chocolate gift, quiz takers are shown a range of appropriate chocolate and non-chocolate gifts."And it's not just the Chocolate Phobe who might prefer a non-chocolate gift," claims Momma Chocolate. "If you're with a Chocolate Connoisseur and simply can't afford fine Belgian chocolates, your lady love just might be...

Is Your Valentine a Chocolate Connoisseur or Chocolate Phobe?

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