NATIONAL CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS DAY - July 8
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National Day Calendar ^
| JULY 08, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS DAY National Chocolate with Almonds Day on July 8th each year offers a combo deal to celebrate. What
a great way to wrap up chocolate and almonds in one package. Celebrate it by giving some to a friend or neighbor. #ChocolateWithAlmondsDay When it comes to adding almonds to chocolate, the options are plentiful. From cakes to chocolate bars, puddings and cookies we can celebrate this National Day with snacks and desserts galore! Whether you pick up a chocolate bar or make something from scratch, this holiday will surely hit the spot. This timeless combination brings smooth...
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE PUDDING DAY | June 26
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National Day Calendar ^
| June 26, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE PUDDING DAY Each year on June 26, National Chocolate Pudding Day gets us all excited for a serving of this creamy dessert. Children
and adults alike love chocolate pudding and have done so for generations. Usually eaten as a snack or dessert, chocolate pudding is also used as a filling for chocolate crème pie. #NationalChocolatePuddingDay Chocolate pudding is usually made with milk and sugar, flavored with chocolate and vanilla then thickened with flour or cornstarch. However, some recipes do use eggs when making the pudding. Historically, chocolate pudding is a variation of chocolate custard, using starch as a...
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NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY | June 11
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National Day Calendar ^
| June 11, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY On June 11 we celebrate the delicious food holiday known as National German Chocolate Cake Day! We can't think of a better way to learn about a cake with American roots and get our chocolate fix for the day at the same time! #GermanChocolateCakeDay
Although the name may sound like the cake originated in Germany, German chocolate cake did not. In fact, the cake's roots can be traced back to 1852 when American Sam German made a type of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker’s Chocolate Company. Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate’s brand was named...
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Scientists Reinvent Chocolate With Secret Ingredient – It's Healthier And Less Wasteful
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Science Alert ^
| June 05, 2024 | MIKE MCRAE
Americans nibble their way through more than 3 million tons of chocolate each year, savoring the aromatic bitterness that only the seeds of the cacao plant can deliver. To
make the signature flavor palatable as a sweet treat, chocolate manufacturers combine a paste made from cacao seeds with sugar. Lots and lots of sugar – often enough to rival all the other ingredients combined, in fact. Together with significant amounts of saturated fatty acids, provided by the addition of cocoa butter from the fruit, the few health benefits provided by the chocolate bean are swamped by ingredients that increase the...
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Warning as researchers find popular chocolate products contain cancer-causing chemical
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Daily Mail ^
| 5/29/24 | Nikki Main
Some store-bought chocolate desserts may contain dangerous chemicals that could damage your DNA and cause cancer, researchers warn. Scientists
found that popular treats like crepes, waffles and cakes contained high levels of carcinogens released during the manufacturing process. These compounds are created when cocoa beans are roasted to help give desserts their chocolatey taste during preparation. The researchers warn they may be evading detection because they are not ingredients intentionally added to the products. The researchers from the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (IBST) in Belgium said that molecules, called α,β-unsaturated carbonyls, form while roasting cocoa beans and...
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY - May 15
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National Day Calendar ^
| May 15, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY On May 15th, we recognize a morsel of a thing on National Chocolate Chip Day! #ChocolateChipDay Have you ever wondered how a single ingredient would change a recipe? If
it weren't for one curious baker, it would be hard to imagine where we would be without the invention of chocolate chips. In 1937, Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman Massachusetts must have been curious about what a little bit of chocolate would add to her cookies. While working at the Toll House Inn, she added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestle chocolate bar to a cookie recipe....
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUSTARD DAY - May 3
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National Day Calendar ^
| May 3, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUSTARD DAY National Chocolate Custard Day on May 3rd each year celebrates a delicious pudding-like dessert enjoyed by many. #ChocolateCustardDay
Pastry chefs and home cooks alike make custards by blending eggs with milk or cream and heating the mixture either on the stove or in the oven. Since custards come in a variety of consistencies, you can choose the one that best fits your dessert preference. For example, they range from a thin liquid-like a crème Anglaise to a firm creme brulee. Custard is also a versatile dessert. When paired with pastries and baked goods, custard can be...
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE PARFAIT DAY | May 1
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National Day Calendar ^
| May 1, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE PARFAIT DAY We have a hard time resisting a sweet celebration for National Chocolate Parfait Day on May 1. The
delicious layers of chocolate, cream, and more chocolate sweetly stacked together is enough to make us skip lunch and go straight to dessert. #CHOCOLATEPARFAITDAY Enjoying a delicious chocolate parfait on May 1 would be the perfect way to end your day, or start it. We will leave that up to you to decide. We simply provide you with an opportunity to indulge on the scrumptious food holiday. In French, the word parfait means perfect. French and Americans, however,...
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Wine, Women, & Chocolate
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Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce ^
| 3/6/24 | Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce
Join us for the Ultimate Girls Night Out at Wine, Women & Chocolate!! Entry is $50 and includes admission to the event, 1 drink ticket, 1 raffle ticket, shopping and food (including chocolate)
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Chocolate Prices Are Skyrocketing — and it Has Very Little to Do With Inflation
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Food & Wne ^
| March 19, 2024 | Stacey Leasca
Cocoa prices are at a 47-year high.Your sweet tooth cravings are about to get more expensive. In
2024, the price of cocoa hit an all-time high, reaching a staggering $5,874 on the New York commodities market, according to BBC. This, however, wasn't some one-off event, but rather, the culmination of a more than two-year uphill swing in prices that's already rocking the confectionary industry and is trickling down to consumers like you. “Historic cocoa prices are expected to limit earnings growth this year,” Michele Buck, the president and CEO of the Hershey Company, shared during a Feb. 8 earnings call....
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Elon Musk compares Don Lemon to spoiled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character.
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The NY Post ^
| 03/16/2024 | Jon Levine
Elon Musk escalated his war of words with former CNN host Don Lemon, comparing him to a spoiled child. “Don
“Veruca Salt” Lemon,” Musk posted Friday on X — likening Lemon to the outrageously indulged character in the Roald Dahl classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The jab comes hours after The Post reported Lemon had made extravagant demands on Musk as part of a deal to host a talk show on the platform.
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VIDEO: Chocolate Jesus Adams Makes Earthly Appearance in NYC
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Rumble ^
| February 11, 2024 | DUmmie FUnnies
VIDEOI don't care if it rains or freezes, Just as long as I got my Chocolate Jesus, Up on the dashboard of my car...Hallelujah! Chocolate Jesus has returned in the form of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. You don't believe me? Well
just ask him since he is making the claim of being the Chocolate Jesus as you can see here. Unfortunately for New Yorkers, Chocolate Jesus is unable to feed 5000 people with five loaves and two fish much less feeding well over 50,000 illegals flooding the city. In fact, Chocolate Jesus can't do much of anything except...
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NYC note to Eric Adams: You’re not criticized because you’re ‘chocolate’ or ‘Jesus’
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NY Post ^
| 7 Feb 2024 | Bob McManus
Mayor Adams says nobody likes him, and the polls suggest he’s close to correct. An
African-American, he blames race — but maybe it’s really because nobody likes a whiner. Especially an unfocused whiner. You know, like a mayor who flits like a firefly from one crisis to the next, a fellow who talks a good game but who — after 25 months in office — has yet to demonstrate that he’s truly up to what often is described as the second-toughest job in America. Certainly Adams has yet to establish a core theme for his mayoralty. He reacts — but...
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Eric Adams blames political woes on race, compares himself to Jesus in racially charged video
'Have you ever seen this much chocolate lead in the city of New York?' Adams said to an applauding crowd
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Fox News ^
| February 6, 2024 4:58pm EST | Michael Dorgan
Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pinned his recent political problems on race, saying recent attacks against him are due to his administration being made up of people of color. Adams,
who has struggled to contend with the city’s unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants and is facing an FBI investigation into his mayoral campaign, told a town hall in Brooklyn late last week he is being attacked just like New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins. "We are moving the needle forward," Adams said. "Is there more to do? You’re darn right there is, but this committed...
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NATIONAL BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE DAY - January 10
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National Day Calendar ^
| January 10, 2024 | Staff
NATIONAL BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE DAY Chocolate lovers, rejoice! National
Bittersweet Chocolate Day on January 10th gives you the excuse to indulge in some chocolate satisfaction. (National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day is celebrated on November 7th.) #BittersweetChocolateDay Chocolate comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao, which has been cultivated for at least three millennia, is grown in Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America. The earliest known documentation of the use of cacao seeds is around 1100 BC. The cacao tree seed has an intensely bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor. Once the...
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CANDY DAY - December 28
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National Day Calendar ^
| December 28, 2023 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CANDY DAY National Chocolate Candy Day offers an opportunity for us to polish off the last of the specialty candies we received as gifts. Celebrated
on December 28th, the day points us to the truffles and chocolate oranges tucked into stockings. Check those boxes of candy that may or may not have guides to help us choose cream-filled or ganache. #ChocolateCandyDay The word "chocolate" comes from the word "xocoatl" or "chocolatl." Mayan "school" means hot or bitter, and the Aztec "atl" means water. Chocolate comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated...
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NATIONAL BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS DAY - November 7
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National Day Calendar ^
| November 07, 2023 | Staff
NATIONAL BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS DAY On November 7th, National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day ushers in one of the more healthful ways to enjoy chocolate. #BittersweetChocolateWithAlmondsDay
Bittersweet chocolate is chocolate liquor to which sugar, cocoa butter, and vanilla have been added. It has less sugar and more liquor than semisweet chocolate. However, the two of them may be interchangeable when baking. Recent studies reveal health benefits from eating small quantities of bittersweet chocolate. The addition of almonds increases health benefits as well. Pairing the two of them gives us a delicious and healthy snack. Make them a part of...
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY - October 18
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National Day Calendar ^
| October 18, 2023 | Staff
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY | OCTOBER 18 National Chocolate Cupcake Day on October 18th annually celebrates the sweetness of small chocolate cakes. With
a dollop of frosting, one sweet serving satisfies chocolate and cake lovers! #ChocolateCupcakeDay Cupcakes have also been called: Fairy Cakes Patty Cakes Cup Cakes (different from Cupcakes (one-word)) Cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of "a cake to be baked in small cups" was written in American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons. The earliest known documentation of the term cupcake was in 1828 in Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats in Eliza...
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE DAY – September 12
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National Day Calendar ^
| September 12, 2023 | Staff
(Last Updated On: August 30, 2023) NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE DAY | SEPTEMBER 12 National Chocolate Milkshake Day on September 12th brings chocolate and ice cream lovers together. Forget
the calories for just this one day and enjoy a sweet tall, thick and delicious, chocolate milkshake! #ChocolateMilkshakeDay The term milkshake first appeared in print in 1885. During this period, a milkshake is referred to an alcoholic beverage described as a “sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink” blended with eggs, whiskey, and other ingredients. Pharmacies served the drink as a tonic and a treat to customers. By 1900, pharmacies offered this “wholesome...
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Luxury Hotel Apologizes for Serving Chocolate-Covered Woman for Dessert in Front of Kids
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New York Post ^
| August 25, 2023 | Yaron Steinbuch
A luxury Italian hotel has been forced to apologize after it covered a bikini-clad woman in chocolate as part of a dessert buffet — with a teenage girl among the guests left with a sour taste from the “disgusting” display. Federico
Mazzieri said he and his 14-year-old daughter were staying at the Voi Colonna Village in Sardinia when a female employee was slathered in chocolate syrup and made to lie on a table of dessert offerings for at least 30 minutes. The HR manager shared a photo to his LinkedIn, writing of his and his daughter’s disgust at the hotel...
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