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April 14, 2009

I want to start baking desserts but I have never cooked. Does anyone have any ideas, suggestions or recipes?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Advice, Baking Desserts, Tasty Recipes — admin @ 3:58 pm

Alexia P asked:

I have never baked of cooked anything in my entire life but I really want to learn and get started. I will take all the advice I can get, and any tasty recipes, of course!

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April 13, 2009

What kind of Chocolate treats should my boyfriend and I make?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Chocolate Fanatics, Recipes, Something Fun — admin @ 5:52 pm

Kathy K asked:

My boyfriend and I don’t celebrate valentines day because our anniversary is the next day. We were planning on just staying in and doing something fun, so I suggested we make own own chocolate treats since we are both chocolate fanatics!
Any ideas or recipes for EASY chocolate treats?
**when I say EASY I mean as easy as possible because we both don’t have patients!

Thanks!

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What kind of chocolate do you put on chocolate covered cherries or strawberries?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Chocolate Strawberries, Dessert, Dipped In Chocolate — admin @ 4:57 pm

Kristen asked:

I am making a dessert that needs to be dipped in chocolate & I wondering what kind of chocolate to use.

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How to get a rich chocolate colour in baking?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Baking Chocolate, Chocolate Cake, Dark Chocolate — admin @ 6:06 am

Izzya_77 asked:

I make a mean chocolate cake, but although it tastes great, it isn’t the dark rich chocolate colour that I love. Also, whenever I make chocolate icing, I never get the dark chocolate colour that I love just a pale cafe au lait colour. What am I doing wrong?

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How much is a chocolate square when I am baking?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Baking Recipes, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate Squares — admin @ 4:07 am

Trix_R_not_4_kids asked:

Some recipes say to use semi-sweet chocolate squares, but I usually buy chocolate chips because they are cheaper.

What amount of chocolate chips is equivalent to 1 chocolate square?

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Chocolate :)?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — admin @ 12:44 am

lax4life<3 asked:

OK. Im having a craving for chocolate. What is your favorite kind of chocolate and what kind of chocolately things can you make with it?

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April 12, 2009

Can I mix different kinds of chocolate together for molding?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Chocolates, Christmas, Intensity — admin @ 6:56 pm

scrabblenut79 asked:

I want to use chocolate molds to make some small chocolate candies in a variety of shapes for Christmas. I bought a large bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 2 large bars of milk chocolate to tone down the intensity of the chocolate and make it creamier. Will this work? I am concerned that the two chocolates might separate when they cool. I want a better quality chocolate than the typical easter candy kind, but I don’t want to spend the money on gourmet chocolate.

Also, how long can I store the finished candies at room temperature?

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Does anyone know any good recipes with chocolate?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Cake Frosting, Death By Chocolate, Whip — admin @ 6:09 pm

CeCi asked:

My favorite right now is one called death by chocolate. This is how you make it. You get a bowl, and you put in a layer of chocolate pudding. Then a layer of chocolate cake. (No frosting!) Then another layer of chocolate pudding. Then another layer of chocolate cake. (Again no frosting!) Then you put on a layer of whip topping. Then you sprinkle it with chocolate sprinkles. Mmmmmmm very good. But does anyone have any other good chocolate recipes?

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Is there a difference between the chocolate in a chocolate fountain and chocolate fondue?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Chocolate Fondue, Chocolate Fountain, Melted Chocolate — admin @ 3:10 pm

cookies! asked:

i was wondering if the chocolate in a chocolate fountain is just chocolate fondue. or is there a difference?

this would really help 10 pts to best answer. again is the chocolate on the fountain just chocolate fondue or is it different? thanks!
thanks

now is there a difference between melted chocolate and chocolate fondue?

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How do you make chocolate stick to brittle?

Filed under: Cooking & Recipes — Tags: Break, Candy Bars, Holidays — admin @ 9:33 am

Bluejacket asked:

I having been making a cashew brittle over the holidays and decided to add a chocolate base. I melted milk and dark chocolate together and spread it out on the flat side of the brittle after it had cooled. Once the chocolate hardened and I went to break up the brittle, some pieces of the chocolate stuck, and some didnt. I dont know what made it stick on some and not on other pieces, so im just wondering if there’s anything that I need to do to make more of it stick, or if thats just how it is. I slowly micorwave melted the chocolate and I had it outside cooling (so it may have still been cool, but had been inside for a little while)

Also, what can you use in the chocolate, so that its doesnt melt so quickly when touched (similiar to candy bars and such), i’ve heard paraffin mentioned before.

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