Chocolate manufacturers have invested millions in advertising that dark chocolate is good for you for quite a while now. However a UK medical journal now claims that many manufacturers are removing the flavanols, which is the healthy element.
The flavanols help neutralise free radicals that could damage the body’s cells by producing oxidative stress. Oxidative stress [...]
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How healthy is Dark Chocolate?
by Chocoholic | January 16th, 2008
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Valentine’s Chocolate Hamper
by Chocoholic | January 15th, 2008
The Valentine’s Chocolate Hamper is beautifully presented with red rose design and finished with satin ribbon and gift tag.
Filled with a box of the Superior Selection Valentine’s 12 assorted chocolate box, Champagne truffles, milk chocolate salted butter caramels and a gift bag of red foil wrapped, milk chocolate hearts.
Finally a gift card is already included [...]
The History of Chocolate
by Chocoholic | January 14th, 2008
Chocolate was first identified between 2000-500BC when it grew wild in Central America and was used purely as a drink. The Cacao bean was also used as money with 100 beans the payment for a slave.
When Hernan Cortes met Montezuma in 1549, the Spanish explorer was mistaken for their god Quetzalcoatl who had returned from [...]
Chocolate Dinner Table Collection
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by Chocoholic | January 13th, 2008
The Chocolate Dinner Table Collection is twelve of Green and Black’s favours to grace your table.
These little parcels of Green and Black’s miniature collection are beautifully tied with gold ribbons and presented in a desirable gift box. The miniature bar collection gives you a taste of our intensely flavoured bars.
Contents:
12 sets of 2 x 15g [...]
Chocolate Coins
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by Chocoholic | January 12th, 2008
Chocolate coins have always been a favourite with the young children.
There are generally about 6 coins of different sizes in each net in mixed currencies including Francs (how retro!), Euros, Dollars (both Canadian and US). The chocolate inside is milk chocolate… that delicious type of chocolate that you only seem to get in coins.
They are [...]
Beer & Bars from Green & Black’s
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by Chocoholic | January 10th, 2008
A perfect gift for indulgence. Green and Black’s organic collection of signature chocolate bars with British organic beer, presented in a desirable gift box.
Five 100g bars, Dark, Milk, White, Almond and our new Dark 85% with extra cocoa solids for an even more intense chocolate hit. Alongside are two bottles of Suffolk-brewed St Peter’s Organic [...]
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