Thu Jul 23, 10:55 am ET

LONDON (AFP) – Scientists are looking for women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year -- all in the name of medical science.

Most of the women will have to eat two bars of "super-strength chocolate specially formulated by Belgian chocolatiers" daily for one year and undergo several tests to measure how healthy their hearts are.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainhealthoffbeat;_ylt=Arkav57rhXi1HS37HiT7GYQjr7sF

I might have to make it into an icon.

Be on the lookout!!

I've heard that Hershey intends to manufacture Hershey Kisses in Camouflage wrappers.

Please let me know if you find them.

For Administrative Assistants Day, my boss took us to the University Club of Nashville for lunch today. They have a buffet and in the middle of the room was a dessert table.

I had a wonderful piece of chocolate cake and of course you know I had to take a pic for this community!

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It was HEAVEN!! Dark chocolate frosting and I guess the cake itself was plain chocolate and there was cream cheese in the middle. It was so moist and delicious!

Hi, came across a very cool website for chocolate lovers - it's called The Chocolate Life and it's run by Clay Gordon. Just wanted to share with everyone =)

I posted something recently about Raspberry M&Ms. I think I was thinking about Raspberry Hersheys Kisses. Anyway the other day at Dollar Tree, I saw "Wildly Cherry" M&Ms. I'm never sure what to expect from Cherry flavored stuff because alot of times, it tastes like cough medicine.

However these are AWESOME! They are dark chocolate. I think. Kind of taste like Cherry Cordial (like the Cherry Cordial Hersheys Kisses, but better.

Chocolate flavored Skittles!



The caramel, vanilla & s'mores taste the best sadly. The two actual chocolate chocolate ones are not that great. Chocolate pudding & brownie batter

Guinness Stout Chocolate Layer Cake

If someone makes this, PLEASE post and tell us how it tasted! :)

http://www.relishmag.com/recipes/view/35608/guinness-stout-chocolate-layer.html

Kells, the legendary Irish pub in Portland, OR, serves a single-layer version of this cake with whipped cream. Be sure to use Guinness or a similar strong beer as light beer won't impart the same flavor.

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I found an interesting new treat. The Lindt Chocolate Bunny. If you like your chocolate a little odd, unusual, creative, and innovative, then this is for you. At the low, low price of only $12,000.

So cocoajava recommended I come share this over here... I can't believe I hadn't gotten around to joining this heavenly community before now! ;D

This is a super easy candy to make, and it's super decadent, too... very rich and good for the upcoming holidays. People tend to think that if you've made candy, you spent lots of time fiddling with thermometers and double boilers and such, but with this, you don't even have to measure anything precisely.

The ingredients: chocolate chips (dark or semisweet preferred, but you can use milk chocolate if you must :), peanut butter (the crunchier the better), marshmallows (mini or regular size!).

All you do is melt the chips in a nonstick saucepan over very low heat--you want them to be melty and stirrable, but you don't want them to burn. When they're mostly melted (some melty lumps are okay), stir in heaping spoonfuls of peanut butter to taste. Remove from heat about halfway through stirring in said peanut butter, then take a moment or two to let it cool while you clear out space in your freezer for the candy to chill and set. When it's still hot and goopy but not so hot that your marshmallows will insta-melt, you can either add a whole bunch of mini-marshmallows and spoon pats of the goo onto wax paper OR do what I did this time around--stick a regular-size marshmallow on the end of a fork, drag it through the mix, set it on the wax paper and spoon a little more goop on top of it.

If you want some of it to be vegan friendly or you just don't like marshmallows, you can freeze the mixture into bars or discs or use a candy mold or whatever. It's great re-melted or just chipped and served over ice cream, too!

The chocolate mixture is very melty (how many times am I going to use that word?), so be sure to keep the candy frozen or refrigerated prior to serving. I am told that this is also a fun recipe for kids to do or help with (depending upon age and such). So... enjoy!