Hailing from the Ukraine, Flasty makes the Chocola3D printer. It looks like a typical 3D printer, and extrudes chocolate into all kinds of fun shapes and patterns. At $1,800, the device isn’t cheap, but the company says they’ve already sold of number of them to restaurants across Europe. JER Education plans to launch the JER chocolate 3D printing pen by the end of the year.
According to Professor Alyn Morice, head of cardiovascular and respiratory studies at the University of Hull and founding member of the International Society for the Study of Cough says, “chocolate can calm coughs”. The study of 163 people revealed that the patients taking chocolate-based medicine saw significant improvements in two days. According to Professor Morice, it’s due to chocolate’s “demulcent properties” – in other words, it’s sticky which means it forms a coating on the throat’s nerve endings, suppressing the urge to cough.
The PHD Terrace inside the Dream Hotel Midtown, New York City, NY will be offering up a 20-pound spiked hot chocolate in time for National Hot Chocolate Day on Jan. 31. And the giant chocolatey drink will set you back only $375, or the equivalent of about 94 Starbucks grande hot chocolates. It’s available from January 31 through February 14th.
A tanker carrying 3,500 gallons of liquid chocolate rolled over, causing lane closures on Interstate 40 Monday afternoon as a river of chocolate flowed down the road, officials say. The chocolate weighed around 40,000 pounds. As one official tweeted, “this will be a sweet cleanup”.
Before you say that there’s no “wrong” way to eat chocolate – think again! By considering doing 8 things to help you enjoy chocolate, you’ll be assured of enjoying chocolate in a way you’ve never enjoyed it before.
Would you spend $100 on a martini? How about a martini featuring “perhaps the rarest and most expensive chocolate in the world”? Academia has a cocktail on the menu that is really priced at $100. The reason the martini is so expensive is the aforementioned chocolate. It’s To’ak Chocolate, made from the oldest known variety of cacao and so rare the tree it’s harvested from was once thought to have been extinct.
A young Philly pastry chef has opened her first cafe just off of South Street, specializing in artisanal chocolates. Aurora Grace Wold’s new cafe at 517 South Fifth St. is aptly called Aurora Grace, located in a space that has a history of female entrepreneurs. The main staple of the cafe is Wold’s gourmet bonbons. “People say they look like little marbles or little jewels or gemstones.” The cafe actually first began as an online Etsy chocolate store.
Brothers Ryan and Eric Johnson say there are many benefits to the routine, including boosting your energy and creating a positive feedback loop. Ideally, they say you should eat a third of a bar of high quality dark chocolate 15 minutes before a workout.
There are so many versions of hot-chocolate creations it can make one’s head spin. Instant hot chocolate is one way to go, open the packet and throw it in some water and in less than a few minutes you’re sipping away. But there are many ways to make the perfect chocolaty beverage with little effort. These recipes will take your cup of hot chocolate to a whole other level and offer a specialty drink that will impress.
Depends on which hot beverage you’re drinking! One expert, Alan Hedge, director of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at Cornell University, in frigid Ithaca, N.Y., explains why a cup of joe may not be ideal for freezing days and what the Mongols drank to survive winter invasions. Bottom line…one of the best hot drinks that help on a cold day – hot chocolate!
For the past several years, Friday has been the only day students at any of Mount Vernon School District’s schools, in the state of Washington, has had the option of getting chocolate milk. As of today, chocolate milk is returning to the district’s lunch menu five days a week. Nutrition Services Supervisor David Connors said, “We’re moving to a model where we hope kids will consume more milk at the school instead of just dumping white milk down the trash.”
Easter could be ruined for many as the nation might run short on chocolate due to Brexit, trade experts and campaigners have claimed. The Brexit date, which is now written in law, falls just three weeks before the holiday and some fear shops won’t be ready if the UK leaves the bloc without a deal.
A new study has suggested that a daily dose of chocolate could lower blood pressure more reliably than prescription medication, as cocoa is rich in chemicals called flavanols. But to get the heart benefit you have to eat a lot of chocolate and the amount of sugar will undo the health boost. So instead people should consider taking a cocoa flavonol supplement.
This chocolate bar truly is the triple threat that it claims to be; not only is the outside of this Twix bar chocolate, but the cookie inside is now chocolate cookie, and even the caramel is chocolate caramel. It is basically chocolate-ception, and I imagine that once you eat it, your blood is like 99 percent chocolate for at least a week. They’re selling both in Singles packs and Share Size.
The chocolate chip cookie was actually invented before the chocolate chip — how’s that for a bizarre twist of fate! That’s right, the chocolate chip wasn’t actually invented until 1941, a full four years after Ruth Graves Wakefield decided to add cut-up pieces of a Nestle chocolate bar to her cookie dough and created the original Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie recipe that appears on the back of every bag of semi-sweet chocolate morsels. This fail-safe recipe was created by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1937 and sold to Nestle for one dollar and a lifetime supply of chocolate.
Four classic donuts are being “choco-fied,” as Krispy Kreme calls it. The Chocolate Glaze Collection, in stores from January 14 to January 27, includes these four flavors: Chocolate Glazed Cake Batter Donut, Chocolate Glazed Raspberry Filled Donut, Double Chocolate Glazed Kreme Filled Donut, and Chocolate Glazed Oreo Cookies and Kreme Donut.
Nabisco released the Dark Chocolate Oreos. The company says the new cookie will help fans “embrace these colder, darker days.” And unlike recent Oreo releases, this one won’t be limited edition. It will be available year-round.
73 students from the fourth and fifth grades at Idle Hour Elementary School tasted 7-Eleven, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s hot chocolate. And the winner- Dunkin’ Donuts! Last place went to Starbucks (“…because it was just too dark”).
Say hello to Caramel Chocolate Chip. The new chewy treat, first announced in August, is made with semi-sweet chocolate chips, caramel and a hint of sea salt, according to the Girl Scouts. The last cookie to be introduced was the S’more for the 2017 sales season, though it actually debuted in 2016 on National S’mores Day, Aug. 10.
Russia has added to its list of imports from Ukraine that are banned, claiming it is a retaliatory move against restrictions on certain Russian goods. The ban list, updated by the Russian government Saturday, covers wheat, chocolate, vegetables, fruits, beer, tractors, paper, furniture, children’s and feminine care products, among dozens of other goods and products.
Hershey’s Kisses, particularly the holiday-themed ones, have been turning up with broken tips. Hershey’s Kisses are famous for their pointy tips – a tradition that began in 1907, when the little chocolate candies were still wrapped in foil by hand. But this holiday season, consumers across the country have reported opening bags of Kisses with flattened tops, prompting bakers and others to point fingers at Hershey’s for their less-than-perfect holiday desserts.
Chocolate can be very toxic to our furry friends in short order. Knowing what kind of chocolate, how much they ate and the weight of your pet are all critical facts in gauging how bad the toxicity is and how to go forward with treatment. Chocolate is made from dried cocoa beans from the cocoa plant. Those beans contain a group of substances called methylxanthines. Two substances in methylxanthines are the stimulants caffeine and theobromine. These are dangerous compounds for pets. We don’t worry so much about the caffeine levels because they are low as we do about the theobromine levels.
Cocoa futures returned a whopping 28 percent in 2018. Prices are boosted by the short supply as the dry weather in top producers such as Ivory Coast hurt cocoa production. The higher cost of cocoa has put pressure on candy companies this year.
Chocolate and wine are two of life’s greatest pleasures, but pairing them elicits a challenge. Both offer intense flavors and complexity – a proper pairing leads to nirvana on your palate.
The M&M’s family is growing! The candy company that produces the bite-sized morsels, announced that M&M’s Chocolate Bars are now rolling out in retail stores nationwide. The bars, which consist of smooth milk chocolate with whole M&M’s Minis scattered throughout, come in five tasty flavors – peanut, milk chocolate, crispy, almond and crispy mint.
Kellogg’s has plans to get wild in the new year. Among the bunches of new snacks they’re introducing come January are the Rice Krispie Treats Snap, Crackle, Poppers.
Officially, the company is describing them as “ooey, chewy, bite-sized Rice Krispies Treats coated in a smooth, silky topping.” As far as flavors, they’ll come in “Chocolatey, Vanilla Crème, and Cookies ‘n’ Crème.”
Students in New Brunswick schools will once again be able to sell chocolate milk and fruit juice after the provincial government made changes to its nutrition policy Wednesday. The previous Liberal government updated the decades-old Policy 711 in June with stricter guidelines that prohibited food and beverages with “lower nutritional value that contain few nutrients and are higher in saturated fats, sugar or salt.” The requirements extended beyond the school cafeteria and applied to breakfast programs and fundraisers. The policy was met with backlash from school officials and after-school programs.
The global chocolate market was valued at around $103.28 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach approximately $161.56 billion in revenue by 2024, growing at a CAGR of around 7% between 2018 and 2024, according to a Zion Market report Chocolate Market by Type of Chocolate (Dark, Milk, and White) and by Sales Category (Everyday Chocolate, Premium Chocolate, and Seasonal Chocolate). The huge demand for chocolate on seasonal and festival occasions is driving the expansion of this market. However, the high cost of raw material might hamper the global chocolate market during the forecast period.
Chocolate is prized as a delectable treat. Historically, it was also highly desired for its healthful properties. “For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered valuable enough to use as currency,” wrote Amanda Fiegl for Smithsonian.com. And she reports that anthropologists at the University of Pennsylvania say chocolate was consumed as a beverage as far back as 1400 B.C. Here are six reasons to indulge in healthy chocolate the next time you’re craving sweets.
It’s being called the jar wars. For decades, the Italian spread known as Nutella has sat placidly upon its throne—the undisputed queen of the chocolate (and chocolate-hazelnut) spreads, with 54% of global market share. Now there’s a pretender looming in the wings. Pasta manufacturer Barilla—you know them by their blue boxes—is formulating a rival chocolate spread that aims to knock Nutella from its lofty shelf. The spread is to be called Crema Pan di Stelle—a liquid form of the famous, star-studded chocolate cookies.
One does not need to be an expert to fully enjoy fine chocolates, or know how to distinguish single-plantation from single-origin chocolates. Chocolate-tasting is a far more informal affair, guided by one’s own personal preference and palate. Some may prefer the strong bitter taste of pure dark chocolate while others might lean towards creamier, lower-percentage chocolate confections.
Good chocolate, when savored properly, allows you to appreciate subtleties of flavor and tones that you would not want to miss out on. The key thing to remember is to engage all your senses to make it truly an ultimate sensorial experience. The following are a few guidelines.
A ton of chocolate hardened on a German street, leaving 25 firefighters to clean it up using hot water, shovels and blow torches. German newspaper, Soester Anzeiger, reported that a “small technical defect” involving a storage tank caused the liquid chocolate leak from a DreiMeister chocolate factory in Westoennen on Monday night. It apparently overflowed. Quite a bit. Onto nearly four miles of a nearby street.
Parenting is tough – so a mum has developed a chocolate-based reward system for herself. Lots of mums and dads like to encourage their kids’ good behavior by rewarding them with sweets or gold stars. One mum has totally flipped this on its head and created a system to treat herself for her patient parenting – and it’s brilliant. Maralee Bradley, a blogger from Nebraska, has created a chart where she gets a different kind of chocolate snack for being a good mum.
Eating chocolate and drinking coffee and tea may help you live longer, according to a new study. To reap the benefits of the treats, however, they must be consumed with zinc supplements – which together activate a compound that slows down aging. According to the researchers from the University of Erlangen in Nuremberg and Auburn University in Alabama, the combination can lengthen life by protecting against naturally-occurring “oxidative stress” – a gas that leads to aging and other illnesses such as cancer, inflammation or degenerative diseases.
For all those chocoholics who have been wondering if there is any truth to what the naysayers have to say, it turns out that chocolate can benefit your health more than it can harm it. Eating up to three bars of dark chocolate a month can lower the risk of heart failure, claims a recent comprehensive study. However, indulging in such treats on a daily basis may increase the risk of heart failure by 17%, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the U.S. They also found that people who ate up to three bars a month had a 13% lower risk of heart failure compared to those who ate none.
The long awaited USU Aggie Chocolate Factory has its grand opening! Although the factory will serve many purposes, first and foremost will be a laboratory in the food science program. This is the only university that has a bean-to-bar processing facility that can be used for teaching and research. The chocolate factory will introduce Aggies to high cacao content chocolate bars, as well as dark, frozen hot chocolate and pastries at the factory’s cafe.
An Italian sweets shop claiming to have the “largest chocolate waterfall in North America” recently opened. Venchi, an Italian chocolate store has a 45-foot long, 10-foot high, chocolate waterfall within the store. Other than gourmet chocolates, Venchi also sells gelato, crepes, and coffee.
Pink isn’t a color that comes to mind when we think of chocolate. But a new, smoky rose-colored variety called “ruby chocolate” made its U.S. debut in Dallas, this summer, selling a ruby chocolate line from Prestat, the London chocolatier favored by Britain’s royal family. As described in THE DAILY MEAL, Chicago-based Vosges haut-Chocolat will start shipping orders this month. Also check out DAME CACAO for what ruby chocolate is and where to buy it.
Chocolate maker Hershey says price increases, ‘hot cocoa’ Kisses and a thinner Reese’s peanut butter cup will help boost sales next year.
As archaeologists have generally understood it, chocolate goes back to the Aztec and Mayan people, who first domesticated cacao in what’s now Central America about 3,900 years ago. But new research suggests it’s older than that — about 1,500 years older. And it didn’t originate in Central America, either.
Good news, English chocolate fans: Cadbury CEO is looking ahead to the future in advance of possible food shortages associated with Brexit.
The company says the M&M’s White Chocolate Peanut will feature peanuts surrounded by rich white chocolate and wrapped in the brand’s signature colorful shells.
Consuming food and drink with anti-inflammatory properties could lower a person’s risk of dying, according to a study. Anti-inflammatory food and drink highlighted by researchers included vegetables, fruit, whole-grain bread, breakfast cereal, low-fat cheese, olive and canola oil, nuts, chocolate, tea and coffee.
At Expo East, founders at organic chocolate companies said their better-for-you treats are beginning to take a bite out of the traditional industry.
LONG GROVE, Iowa — Bob Williams has spent the last 10 years connecting to strangers, one chocolate bar at a time. To date, Williams has given out almost 6,000 Hershey’s bars to people in his community. His reason is simple – to bring the people around him closer together.
A new study is showing there’s a reason to indulge in some chocolate.
Each cacao pod usually encases about 40 beans—the source of cocoa powder and chocolate. But these pods, on Gildardo Ramirez’s farm in Columbia, will never make chocolate. The healthy white, sweet pulp that normally encases the beans are diseased and infected. It’s just one of many threats that plague the region’s chocolate farms – and chocolate.
