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Twitter Weekly Chocolate bits for 2011-12-12
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Published December 9, 2011To round out the “to do” on your holiday shopping list if you want to give what is on everyone’s wishlist – Dove Chocolate Discoveries yummies. For the full catalog, you can click on this link or copy and paste this (http://bit.ly/oZDxeq) into your browser. Remember loved ones far away by gifting them with one of these holiday specials just for 2011!
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Hot Cocoa vs Hot Chocolate
Published December 8, 2011A few days ago, one of my network buddies asked me if I saw the article that touted the benefits of hot cocoa to make a person look younger. Not a claim with which I was familiar. So the fingers flew over the keyboard to learn if this could be verified. The answer? Sort of.
Like many people when I hear the term hot cocoa, it is the same as hot chocolate. They are actually two VERY different things. The “benefits” if any besides pleasing the taste buds could be assigned to hot cocoa which is simply two ingredients: ground cocoa and water. This combo would have a greater percentage of beneficial flavanols.
Like sneaking Mom’s baking chocolate when you were young, combining just those two ingredients produces the same bitter experience. Yuck! Hot Chocolate on the other hand involves some form of a chocolate bar (powdered or chopped) which contains cocoa, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, sugar and maybe milk. Hot cocoa can be jazzed up with sugar, cream and maybe some winter spices to make it more palatable.
While it was hardly an extensive search on the topic of cocoa helps you appear younger, there was no hard and fast research on these benefits, just some anecdotal evidence. So, enjoy your hot cocoa or hot chocolate for its taste benefits!
