Chocolate Lover's Paradise

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A Tasty Hobby!

OK, raise your hand if you like chocolate. Now, keep it up if you LOVE chocolate. C'mon, admit it-for many of us, there's absolutely no better treat. It's smooth and rich and yummy and sweet, and we can't get enough of it.

Here at Chocolate Lover's Paradise, I'm gathering up everything I can find about chocolate. You'll find chocolate-covered offers, reading material, trivia, and fun facts. You'll even find some great chocolate information. Stop back often, because you can never get enough chocolate!

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Chocolate, Chocolate, and More Chocolate! 

Chocolate

Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 07/12/2009) Buy Now

Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner

Amazon Price: $40.95 (as of 07/12/2009) Buy Now

I'm Only Here for the Chocolate! 

Free Chocolate Offers

Lots of Free Chocolate Links!
It's the best of all finds-a FREE CHOCOLATE NEWSLETTER!! You've got to check this out....
Free Sample of Hot Chocolate
Take a moment and fill out the survey, and as a thank you, the company promises to send a sample of hot chocolate. If you try this one, let us know how it is.
Find Chocolate Grocery Coupons
Grocery stores have chocolate, right? And coupons make for great deals. Give this a try!
Free Sugar-Free Sample
While some of us may think chocolate isn't chocolate without the sugar, others need sugar-free alternatives. Here's an offer for a sugar-free chocolate treat.

Chocolate-Themed Holidays 

As if you needed an excuse!

Everyone knows that chocolate makes a great gift at Valentine's Day or perhaps Easter, but here are some other days that you may not be so familiar with. What would life be without a good excuse to give or get chocolate!

July 7 is Chocolate Day!
Now, let me think....what would be a good way to celebrate??

July 18 is National Ice Cream Day.
What's your favorite flavor? CHOCOLATE!

November 7 is National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

Chocolate Recipes Galore 

Got a craving for something chocolate? Looking for a new sweet to tempt your sweet? Here are some ideas....
Just Chocolate Recipes
Recipes for literally everything chocolate that you can imagine-right here!
Gourmet Chocolate Recipes
The best of the best, gathered from around the internet. You'll LOVE it!
Easy Chocolate Recipes
Only got a minute? Not too into the process of cooking, just results? Check this out!

Plan a Chocolate Party! 

How about a party themed around chocolate? It's the perfect idea for your friend's surprise celebration or for a child's party. And it doesn't have to be all that expensive or fattening....

DECORATIONS:
Use brown and silver crepe paper, table cloths, napkins, paper dinnerware and so forth. Add some candy bouquets to the tables and around the party area-you know, the ones where candies are done up like flowers in a vase. Try hanging the fronts of case boxes of candies on the walls to add some color-many stores will be willing to give you empty cartons to work with. Create bar or candy-shaped invitations to give to party guests, too.

GAMES FOR YOUNG ONES:
Try a chocolate hunt (like an Easter egg hung) for chocolate coins. These are often wrapped in shiny gold paper and are wonderfully fun for the kids.

Have a pinata filled with small chocolate treats.

Make a treasure trail with written clues that lead to the next clue on the trail. At the end, be sure to provide a yummy chocolate treat for the party guests.

Serve do-it-yourself chocolate sundaes or cookies to decorate with chocolate sprinkles as part of the party treats.

Cut out several large colored circles to look like colored round candies and do relay races with them: step on one and move the other forward to step on next, pass them using knees or chins, and so forth.

Play Chocolate Tag: runners are safe for a count of five if they squat and yell out the name of a chocolate bar. Make the game harder by not allowing repeats.

FOR OLDER GUESTS:
Play Poker or other gambling game using small chocolates as chips.

Choose the name of a chocolate candy with lots of letters and see who can make the most new words from it.

Go on a chocolate scavenger hunt by finding at least one item that begins with the letters needed to spell 'chocolate.'

Make letter cards that each have a letter needed to spell 'chocolate' and tape one card to each player's back. Have teams race to line up in the correct order without telling each other what letter is on their back. If you have a smaller group, break the word up into pairs of letters, such as 'ch' and 'oc.'

FOR ADULT GUESTS:
Try solving chocolate riddles.

Play chocolate charades or pictionary.

Make up a chocolate trivia game and see who is the most knowledgeable about the treat.

Plan door prizes for the person who has most recently (before the party) eaten particular types of chocolate, chocolate from other countries, and so forth.

Have fun!

Best News of the Day...

This lens is completely calorie-free!

Satisfy Your Chocolate Curiousity.... 

(without the calories!)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 07/12/2009) Buy Now

Chocolate Fever

Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 07/12/2009) Buy Now

The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)

Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 07/12/2009) Buy Now

The Chocolate Touch

Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 07/12/2009) Buy Now

Where in the World? 

Some countries make out-of-this-world chocolate....

Where does the best chocolate come from? Vote for your choice below....

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Leave a Note! 

Got a suggestion for the best chocolate poll above? How about an idea or a recipe site? I'd love to hear from you! Please leave a note, and don't forget to rate or favorite this lens above....

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Lalajusto Po wrote

Belgium! Godiva for example

Reply Posted February 16, 2009

Stazjia wrote...

How about adding the UK?

Great 5* lens.

ReplyPosted June 23, 2008

ChocolateGuru wrote...

Hey, a lens after my own heart! I love chocolate and appreciate the resource list!

ReplyPosted June 17, 2008

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