Chocolate lover's thread!

[kathycf]

*disclaimer* humor intended, not meaning to ruffle any feathers.

Tired of eating your veggies? Sick of meat? Feeling out of sorts with bread, and ready to give pasta the heave-ho? Then this is the thread to come to. The only requirements are a love of chocolate, and ...well, I guess that is it. So, on with the chocolate love, people. Here are some recipes to get the ball rolling.

Brownie Bites with Magic Frosting

Ingredients:

* . 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
* . 2/3 cup vegetable oil
* . 2 cups sugar
* . 4 eggs
* . 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* . 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* . 1 teaspoon baking powder
* . 1/2 teaspoon salt
* . 1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips or 1-2/3 cups HERSHEY'S Premier White Chips, divided


Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Place about 40 foil baking cups (2-inches in diameter) on cookie sheets.

2. Stir together cocoa and oil in large bowl until smooth; stir in sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in 1 cup peanut butter chips, reserving remaining 2/3 cup for frosting. Drop mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls into baking cups.

3. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or just until set and small cracks appear on surface. Remove from oven; immediately place about 6 reserved peanut butter chips on center of each brownie. Let stand several minutes to soften; swirl melted chips with knife or spatula. Garnish with pecan half, if desired. About 3 dozen brownies.




Chocolate Filled Walnut-Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients:

* . 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
* . 2 cups packed light brown sugar
* . 2 eggs
* . 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* . 1/2 teaspoon powdered instant coffee(optional)
* . 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
* . 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* . 1 teaspoon baking soda
* . 1/2 teaspoon salt
* . 1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts, divided
* . CHOCOLATE FILLING(recipe follows)


Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F.

2. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs, vanilla and instant coffee, if desired; beat until fluffy. Stir together oats, flour, baking soda, salt and 1 cup walnuts; gradually stir into butter mixture with spoon. (Dough will be thick.) Set aside 2 cups dough.

3. Press remaining dough evenly onto bottom of ungreased 15-1/2x10-1/2x1-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare CHOCOLATE FILLING; spread evenly over dough. Crumble reserved dough evenly over filling. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts.

4. Bake 25 minutes or until top is golden brown (chocolate will be soft). Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars. About 4 dozen bars.


CHOCOLATE FILLING

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/4 cup sugar
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in cocoa and sugar. Add sweetened condensed milk; cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and thick. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.

[dramasnot6]

YAY! Chocolate! thanks for making the delicious thread kathy! I am a big chocoholic myself.

Some of my fav vegan/sugarless choco recipes!

Dessert: Vegan Brownies
12 oz. silken tofu, pureed
1/2 cup flour
1 cup water
2 1/4 cups sucanat
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/8 cup cocoa
3/4 cup oil
2 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1. Cook tofu, 1/2 cup flour and water together over low heat for about 3 minutes until thickened. Allow to cool.
2. Add sucanat, salt and vanilla to the mixture.
3. Add cocoa and oil to the mixture.
4. Stir in remaining 2 1/4 cup flour and baking powder until blended.
5. Bake in 9x13 pan for around 35 minutes at 350 degrees. Set pan on wire rack to cool, then cut into bars.


Dessert: Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 1/2 cups white flour or whole wheat pastry flour
1 heaping TB arrowroot or cornstarch
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup flaked coconut
approx 1/4-1/3 cup semisweet choc chips
1/2 cup oil
2/3 cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp orange extract

1. Mix dry ingredients together.
2. Stir wet ingredients together well and add to the dry. (Optional: 1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts)
3. Form balls of dough ~2" in diameter, place on parchment lined sheets and flatten.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-16 minutes until lightly browned.
This recipe can be doubled.

[Nightshade]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...diet diet diet

[Koa]

I LOOOOOVE CHOCOLATE!

What about a hot chocolate done the right way, that is THICK like we do it in Italy, not plain milk and chocolate powder like here...or in many places... I brought here with me the little packets to make it myself, because when I was in italy I had it at any occasions in bar because I was missing it...

[Nightshade]

Oooo how much milk does it have in int Koa?

[Koa]

uh..not much I guess...the packets I have, have powder to put in 125 ml of milk on the fire and keep stirring (the more you stir, especially after it boils, the thicker it gets...and of course if you don't stir it sticks to the pan which is never nice )

[Nightshade]

oh I can come and share a cup then . Stupid lactese enzyme defficency my hot choclate is almost complety made of water.....)

[Koa]

uh? you can't have milk? sure you can come for a cup, i was going to invite you actually, but I have only 3 packets left and next week I'm away... today I'm busy and maybe tomorrow too...hm I'll text you tomorrow if my plans don't work out

[Nightshade]

hehe no tommorow I have a meeting with a lecture to find out why I only got 55% ( well the highest mark was 68 but thats not the point if Im going to get areally good degree is it?)

get your mum to send more !! And when we do it Ill bake somthing andnot have any dairy for 3 days before so itll be ok

[Koa]

yes i should get more... my mum will visit here but only at the end of feb/early march, dunno if I can wait that long... and hot chocolate is better when it's reaaaally cold, although by that time it's probably still cold here anyway

[AimusSage]

No one started an antithetical thread yet?

[dramasnot6]

i always use lots of cinnamon in hot chocolate

[Nightshade]

soory?? anti ethical??

Koa do you put marshmellos in your hot choclate? and cinimmon?

[Nightshade]

JINX!! yay actually Im not sure there is anything I dont use cinimon in , spinach is especially fine with iit

[Niamh]

yum chocolate! Just reading this thread makes me want to eat it. I wonder if there is any hot chocolate in the press? no mallows though!