Happy New Year! Welcome 2017 Start the New Year with exploration of spices with a spectacular richness of chocolate. Try our Chocolate Mole Sauce with shredded chicken served with black beans and rice. It takes a couple of hours to make, but so worth it. The spice with the American Heritage Chocolate is […]
Hot and Spicy Mexican Chocolate Frosting
It’s difficult to put an exact date when cake making and decorating began, although it is thought that the Babylonian’s taught the Egyptians the art of baking and around 700 BC the Egyptians were baking a sweet confectionery topped with sugar. By the 1600’s frosting consisted of sugar, egg whites and flavoring, which was […]
Chocolate Marshmallow Popcorn
Are you looking for a quick and easy afterschool treat to make with the kids? Try this! Did you know that Native Americans brought a bag of popped corn to the first Thanksgiving? Natives throughout the Americas also made a popcorn beer, some made popcorn soup. After learning about the fluffy food, colonists began enjoying a […]
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
It almost goes without saying that I love chocolate. I also enjoy eating avocados: as guacamole, on top of hamburgers, or with chicken or fish. But I have never tried avocados with chocolate! The other day, American Heritage posted a link to a recipe for Chocolate Avocado Pudding on their Facebook page. I was intrigued; I […]
For the Love of Chocolate
I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day last weekend, though I expect you celebrated it without the salt-filled, hard-boiled egg of colonial times. It’s far more likely that you gifted or received a box of chocolates, or maybe split a bar of chocolate with a special someone. But where did this association between romance and […]