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There are lots of extremely friendly chocolatiers around the world, who make tasty chocolate . A minority of them put that extra bit of tender love and care in, and only make handmade chocolates. Others go even further and refuse to put any artificial preservatives in.       Unless you've treated yourself to fresh, handmade chocolate, you won't quite believe the difference. chocolates made by hand mean they've had that extra bit of tender love and care put in. They are not processed buy a machine the size of a lorry, but slowly made by a trained Hand Made Chocolate...

Chocolate. The number one most addicting, the most tempting, the most irresistible and most delicious type of sweets in the entire world. it is that one type of edible substance that you could not just say no. it's always yes when you're in front of a mouth-watering gourmet chocolate, no doubt about that. Anyone would easily fall for its chocolaty goodness and the sweet and satisfying taste. This is only normal. People of all ages love sweets. Do you ever get to ask yourself why you simply love this? Have you asked yourself like it was a mystery left unsolved?...

The art of making chocolate has dramatically changed for the past several years. Making handmade chocolate was an art way before the 70's. However, this was lost when the westerner entered the scene. The secret of making Handmaid Chocolate is very simple. With handmade you are assured that someone is putting great care into the chocolate coupled with skill and experience, creating the perfect chocolate to die for. Whereas, now a day's modern chocolate cannot compete with a perfectly crafted and handmade chocolate when it comes to style and taste. Aside from the skill and craftsmanship of handmade chocolates the other...

Yes, chocolate is a high calorie food when it is in the form of a candy bar, especially when it is mixed with milk. Chocolate mixed with milk products is bad for your health because it will bind the amazing good qualities of the cocoa bean in the chocolate. The Internet is flooded with information about the new 'Superfood' called the Acai berry which contains plenty of flavonoids which are group that are referred to as antioxidants. Other foods that are no classified as Superfoods are flaxseeds, colostrums, blue-green Algae, Chlorella supplements, ginger, Royal jelly, Gobi berries, and Salmon roe....

For a food that seems so familiar, most of us know surprisingly little about the real origins and history of Real Chocolate. I counted myself in this group until very recently when I picked up a copy of a book titled ‘The True History of Chocolate”, Published in 1996, it’s 268 pages of meticulously researched, fascinating facts and “speculation” about the origin and development of the food we call chocolate. I wonder how many of us would even recognize a cacao pod if one happened to fall on our head? Of course, such an event is highly unlikely unless one happens to be in a very small...