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Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookie Lollipops

Lollipops are one of the best sweet treats, well loved by adults and children alike across the globe. They come in an array of colors and flavors, usually fruit flavors, but chocolate-flavored ones are also very famous.

Ir’s no secret that many of us swear by Oreo. So roll them into one and you get a perfect confection!

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Unique Gift Basket Ideas : Chocolate Themed Gift Baskets

Finding the perfect gift to give to a client can be quite a challenge. There are many options out there, though. Gift baskets are oh-so-famous. Food-related gifts have become commonplace as a way to show your appreciation or gratitude. That said, majority of people don’t want the usual generic food themed gift basket.

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Posted by Nikita Gould - December 20, 2013 at 10:49 am

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Chocolate Gift Baskets

Finding the perfect gift to give to a client can be quite a challenge. There are many options out there, though. Gift baskets are oh-so-famous. Food-related gifts have become commonplace as a way to show your appreciation or gratitude. That said, majority of people don’t want the usual generic food themed gift basket.

Thus, a good alternative to the generic gift basket would be something special, something the recipient will think has gotten a lot of effort. A chocolate gift basket is a perfect choice when looking for this kind of gift. Chocolate gift baskets are available in different sizes. There are also a long list of choices when selecting that perfect basket to let someone know that you truly care.

The most famous chocolate gift baskets are those that have many different types of chocolate treats. Many of us prefer milk chocolate, or is it a thing of the past now considering dark chocolate items are becoming increasingly popular? It is best to choose a gift basket that has a mix of chocolate items and of course, white chocolate has many fans also.

The chocolate treats that you typically see in these gift baskets are always very delish. Chocolate covered pretzels, truffles, and specialty nuts are the most common ones. A lot of companies include a good mix of items in the chocolate gift baskets so that the recipient has many choices. You know what they say, variety is the spice of life.

Another plus factor about chocolate gift baskets is that you can always find a size that will be good for everyone’s budget. You can opt for small baskets that cost less than $ 40 or you can go for large ones that will make you spend over $ 100. All these choices make it an easy item to pick when on the hunt for a gift to satisfy the chocolate lover in your client.

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Posted by Nikita Gould - May 29, 2013 at 12:45 pm

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How did the Swiss become famous for making chocolate?

Question by Zloar: How did the Swiss become famous for making chocolate?
Considering the beans are grown in tropical countries and Switzerland is landlocked, how did the Swiss become famous historically for making chocolate?

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Answer by staisil
In 1502, chocolate was first introduced to Spain from Christopher Columbus who returned from his forth voyage to the New World. The Spaniards learned chocolate from the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish invasion in 1519. Spanish explorers learned to convert the bitter cocoa into a beverage and its origin and preparation method was a secret for 100 years. The ancient Aztecs and Mayan cultures discovered the value of the cocoa plant. They believed that power and wisdom came from eating the fruit of the cacao tree.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, chocolate was very much a successor in Europe and produced in Switzerland. By the half of the nineteenth century Swiss chocolate started to spread aboard. The Swiss first started making chocolate in the 1800’s, at the time there was no abundant commodities of chocolate and sugar. In 1876, M. Daniel Peter added milk to chocolate to produce a smoother chocolate. However, adding water to chocolate made the chocolate shrink and separate into small pieces. The experimentation took 8 years to perfect before he took his product to Henry Nestle the maker of evaporated milk. Nestle had perfected the manufacture of condensed milk, he and Peter hit upon the idea of mixing sweetened condensed milk with chocolate. In the second half of the eighteenth century, natives of Yal Blenio in the Tessin were responsible for the popularity of chocolate in their country. However, just a few decades later the Swiss made a successful reputation and foreign manufactures spread throughout the world using their technical geniuses effort to efficient the development for the manufacture of chocolate.

Lindt & Sprungli a popular chocolate on the market demand. It began in 1845 that Sprungil and his family took an Italian recipe and impressed the elite of Zurich. It became so popular a new shop was opened and more employees were hired. Then in 1879, Rodolphe Lindt a famous chocolatier perfected a melting chocolate process. Sprungli purchased the Lindt Company and had combined two companies that became very successful and today Lindt produces in six different countries and the greatest premier of chocolate.

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Posted by Chocoholic - October 21, 2011 at 12:56 pm

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