Chocolate News
This Chocolate-Themed Cruise Is Setting Sail In 2020
DELISH Calling all chocoholics! Your dreams are about to become a reality. Costa Cruises will be have a chocolate-themed European cruise set sail in 2020. The Eurochocolate cruise will offer a unique on-the-water experience that takes travelers all around Europe and features chocolate-related events both on and off the boat. The cruise experience is a partnership between Costa Cruises and the Eurochocolate International Chocolate Exhibition.Guinness World Records recognizes world’s most expensive chocolate
The world’s most expensive chocolate was launched on Tuesday in Mumbai. Priced at 400,000 rupees ($6, 221) per kilogram, the limited-edition trio of truffle chocolates has made its way into the Guinness Book of World Records. “Trinity – Truffles Extraordinaire” was created by luxury chocolate brand Fabelle Exquisite Chocolates, who are part of the conglomerate ITC limited.
Always Craving Chocolate? Here’s What It Means
You started the day with a bowl of oatmeal topped with fresh fruit and then grabbed a veggie-packed salad for lunch. And for dinner, you’re planning on whipping up a chicken and broccoli stir-fry with a side of brown rice. Not to be smug about it or anything, but you’re basically the epitome of good health. Except that it’s almost three o’clock and you’re starving. Not only that, but you’re hankering after something specific. Yep, you’re craving chocolate real bad. What gives? Here, some possible explanations for why all you can think about is that Snickers that’s lying at the bottom of your purse.
New York’s City Bakery, Known For Hot Chocolate And Croissants, Is Gone
For nearly three decades, City Bakery in New York City enjoyed cult status. Its founder, Maury Rubin, was everywhere, from introducing a hot chocolate with the Rockettes, to profiles in The New Yorker, New York and Smithsonian magazines. People lined up for the bakery’s famous hot chocolate, salads, sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies, October 20th, and multiple varieties of croissants, including one made from pretzel dough. But on Sunday, City Bakery shut down, becoming the latest gourmet name to leave the Manhattan scene.
Research suggests chocolate chip cookies equivalent to drug addiction in the brain
A 2013 paper published by researchers from the University of Bordeaux suggests the ingredients in a chocolate chip cookie triggers the same addictive response in the brain as cocaine and marijuana. A traditional chocolate chip cookie contains 2.5 teaspoons of sugar, which the study says induces some of the same responses as cocaine. As for chocolate, it contains small amounts of a compound that trigger the same part of your brain as the addictive ingredient marijuana, THC, the study says. The two ingredients together create a harmonious flavor that can double the addiction.