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Chili peppered chocolate… ice cream!

June 18, 2013 / 0 comments

It sounds so simple: Thick, creamy, semi-sweet chocolate ice cream. Add ancho and chipotle peppers. Touch of cinnamon. On paper, it looks easy. This sounds clichéd, I realize, but this may be, finally, some of the best chili chocolate ice cream from Philly I’ve tried so far. Yes, I’ve requested the shake makers at Max…

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Dagoba beaucoup berries

February 22, 2010 / 0 comments

I can’t say that I have ever had a chocolate from Dagoba that I didn’t like. And here I find another flavor of theirs that I have not had tried! Dark chocolate – 74% cocoa – with cherries and cranberries. Simple, elegant mix of sweet, and bitter dark chocolate. Just throw in some pop rocks……

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Café Tasse Noir Poivre de Szechuan

December 16, 2009 / 0 comments

Among the many Belgian chocolates I recently found at Chelsea Market Basket, this was one of the most interesting I tried. Now, it’s important to note that I say interesting – it is not my favorite, but I am glad I got to try this.

Marquesitas, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cheese.

February 27, 2009 / 0 comments

We just finished a really nice dinner at La Habicheula in downtown Cancún. We had decided before dinner to take a short stroll to the restaurant we had reservations for the following night, and preview the menu. I had already quickly scanned a map of the area earlier, from our Fodor’s tour book. On that…

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Gvardeysky Chocolate (Babaevsky)

February 27, 2009 / 0 comments

Well, the wrapper says chocolate, and it tastes like chocolate. So… it is chocolate? (Gosh we’re suckers for awkwardly translated food products.) Here’s a chocolate bar all the way from Russia, ‘produced, packaged’ by Babaevsky Confectionery Concern in Moscow, who appear to have been making chocolate since 1804. Admit it, Russia is probably not in…

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Russell Stover Urban Chocolates

September 9, 2008 / 0 comments

While hunting around our local Wal-Mart, I stumbled across these in a discount endcap. I realize the notion of a discount rack in Wal-Mart should raise some red flags, but given this item’s name, and that was a a buck or two (I can’t remember the price anymore), I decided it was worth investigating. Worth…

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