Chocolate of the Day:
1-2 pieces
Anette's Chocolates
Dark Chocolate Almonds
Very Good - a touch of what tastes like cinnamon is a nice touch
~.4 oz.
~ ? calories
$0 (gift box)
From: Anette's Chocolates, Napa, CA
Thursday, December 13, 2007
ChocolateBet: December 12, 2007
1 serving (3 individually-wrapped squares)
Russell Stover International
French Cafe Vanilla Creme
Very Good
Weight: 1 serving/3 squares (38 g.) / 4.95 oz. (140 g.) total package
$?
Purchased at: Long's Drug store, Mountain View, CA
Today's milk chocolate, individually-wrapped squares from Russell Stover had a very nice vanilla flavor (French Cafe Vanilla Creme) in the center.
ChocolateBet: December 11, 2007
Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving (3 squares)
Russell Stover Private Reserve
Very Good
Weight: 38 g. for 3 pieces/1 serving; total package = 4.5 oz. (128 g.)
Calories: 190 calories for one 3-piece serving
Cost: $ ?
Purchased at: Long's Drugs, Mountain View, CA
These individually-wrapped dark (60% cacao) chocolate squares from Russell Stover (Kansas City, MO), part of the company's Private Reserve, Origin Select product line, were made from "100% Ecuador cacao beans."
ChocolateBet: December 10, 2007
Chocolate of the Day:
Went to Brindles Awesome Ice Creams in a shopping center in (Northwest) San Antonio, TX. Thank you D. for the introduction to this place. This is one of those great ice cream stores that makes their own ice cream.
1 serving - two flavors
Brindles
Azteca (chocolate, cinnamon), and Coffee (Heath Bar?) in a cup
Very Good
? Calories
$?
Brindles
Went to Brindles Awesome Ice Creams in a shopping center in (Northwest) San Antonio, TX. Thank you D. for the introduction to this place. This is one of those great ice cream stores that makes their own ice cream.
1 serving - two flavors
Brindles
Azteca (chocolate, cinnamon), and Coffee (Heath Bar?) in a cup
Very Good
? Calories
$?
Brindles
ChocolateBet: December 9, 2007
Chocolate of the Day:
1 small bar
NewTree
Pleasure Indulgence/Extase
Very Good
Weight: .32 oz. (9 g.) for each little/individual bar in package/small box of 3
Calories: 46.8 calories/bar (Found on NewTree website* under individual chocolates)
Cost: $2.99 for a package of 3 small bars
Purchased from: ?
I like the very small size of these (individually-wrapped) Mini Bars (which come package of 3 in a tiny box); much better than the huge bar size. They are much easier to transport and eat. These bars were made with 73% cocoa dark chocolate.
Health information
*Health information on this "Indulgence" Mini Bar (below) was copied and pasted from the www.newtree.com web site.
1 small bar
NewTree
Pleasure Indulgence/Extase
Very Good
Weight: .32 oz. (9 g.) for each little/individual bar in package/small box of 3
Calories: 46.8 calories/bar (Found on NewTree website* under individual chocolates)
Cost: $2.99 for a package of 3 small bars
Purchased from: ?
I like the very small size of these (individually-wrapped) Mini Bars (which come package of 3 in a tiny box); much better than the huge bar size. They are much easier to transport and eat. These bars were made with 73% cocoa dark chocolate.
Health information
*Health information on this "Indulgence" Mini Bar (below) was copied and pasted from the www.newtree.com web site.
"INDULGENCE
Chocolate is a multifunctional food with health benefits. 73% pure dark chocolate has specifically been selected by NEWTREE for its nutritional richness, because it provides all the nutritional elements necessary for the development and maintenance of a healthy body.
A natural source of proteins, iron and zinc – good for muscle tone and vitality – dark chocolate provides magnesium for muscular balance and alimentary fiber facilitating digestion.
Chocolate also contains numerous antioxidants and polyphenols, which have shown, through independent scientific studies, an incredible variety of positive benefits for the human body, from improving cardiovascular health (lowering LDL oxidation), to relaxation of the blood vessel walls, to diminution of platelet aggregation.
DARK CHOCOLATE
Dark chocolate contains the greatest quantities of cocoa. It is a mixture of cocoa mass, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, sugar and lecithin. Most of its nutritional value is derived from the beneficial properties of cocoa.
Chocolate containing ingredients other than cocoa has a lower fiber content, proportional to the content of cocoa solids. NEWTREE dark chocolates contain around 11g of fiber per 100g."
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I believe one little bar is also supposed to contain about 5% of my daily iron needs, if I've read the text correctly. Good to know. Not that I needed any further justification to eat chocolate, or dark chocolate, but good to know nonetheless.
Chocolate is a multifunctional food with health benefits. 73% pure dark chocolate has specifically been selected by NEWTREE for its nutritional richness, because it provides all the nutritional elements necessary for the development and maintenance of a healthy body.
A natural source of proteins, iron and zinc – good for muscle tone and vitality – dark chocolate provides magnesium for muscular balance and alimentary fiber facilitating digestion.
Chocolate also contains numerous antioxidants and polyphenols, which have shown, through independent scientific studies, an incredible variety of positive benefits for the human body, from improving cardiovascular health (lowering LDL oxidation), to relaxation of the blood vessel walls, to diminution of platelet aggregation.
DARK CHOCOLATE
Dark chocolate contains the greatest quantities of cocoa. It is a mixture of cocoa mass, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, sugar and lecithin. Most of its nutritional value is derived from the beneficial properties of cocoa.
Chocolate containing ingredients other than cocoa has a lower fiber content, proportional to the content of cocoa solids. NEWTREE dark chocolates contain around 11g of fiber per 100g."
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I believe one little bar is also supposed to contain about 5% of my daily iron needs, if I've read the text correctly. Good to know. Not that I needed any further justification to eat chocolate, or dark chocolate, but good to know nonetheless.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
ChocolateBet: December 8, 2007
Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving, 3 pieces
Russell Stover (Private Reserve)
Origin Select chocolate; 100% Belgian Milk Chocolate; 41% cacao
Very Good
Net Wt. 38 grams for 1 serving; 4.5 oz (128 g) total
Calories: 230 calories for 1 serving
$2.99/pkg.
Purchased at: Longs Drugs, Mountain View, CA
This was not bad for milk chocolate; but, does "Belgian" count as single origin?
1 serving, 3 pieces
Russell Stover (Private Reserve)
Origin Select chocolate; 100% Belgian Milk Chocolate; 41% cacao
Very Good
Net Wt. 38 grams for 1 serving; 4.5 oz (128 g) total
Calories: 230 calories for 1 serving
$2.99/pkg.
Purchased at: Longs Drugs, Mountain View, CA
This was not bad for milk chocolate; but, does "Belgian" count as single origin?
Friday, December 7, 2007
ChocolateBet: December 7, 2007
Russell Sifers Candy Co.
Valomilk (The Original "Flowing Center" Candy Cups
Very Good
Weight: 1 oz. (1 cup) / 2 oz. total package (2 cups)
Calories: 140 calories in 1 cup
Cost: $1.59
Purchased at Powell's Sweet Shoppe, in Los Gatos, CA
Additional Notes: Even though this was very sweet, sugar seems tastes so much better than corn syrup to me. This candy has marshmallowy goodness; I ate only one cup as the other cup had already "flowed" away. Inside the wrapper it was very sticky, much like the stickiest fly paper you can imagine. I had to wash my hands twice to extricate the 1 cup from the wrapper. Valomilk is the winner of the messiest candy so far!
Change of Subject...
Magic Eight Balls and Chocolate and Silliness
What, you may be asking yourself, do magic eight balls have to do with chocolate? Well, one of the beautiful things about today's search engines is that you can find a web site with a magic eight ball. I found one. I typed in queries and received answers to the following important questions:
1) Should I eat another piece of chocolate today? (Answer: Outlook not so good)
My analysis: Yes, I had already decided I'd had enough. How did it know? :-)
2) Can I request that I die from eating too much chocolate? (Answer: No way!)
My analysis: OK, I'm a little disappointed to hear this; but I still might try.
3) Do I like chocolate? (Answer: Maybe)
My analysis: Hmmm. Maybe? (See #4 and #7 for possible "explanation", i.e. it "knows" i don't just "like" chocolate....)
4) Do I love chocolate? (Answer: No way!)
My analysis: Ah, I get it. It thinks I meant "love" romantically...(See #7 below)
5) Do I eat too much chocolate? (Answer: Definitely)
My analysis: Well, this answer is spot on.
6) Will I have a successful chocolate blog? (Answer: Maybe)
My analysis: I better work harder at this blog; it still might be possible!
7) Do I love eating chocolate? (Answer: Absolutely!)
My analysis: Re: #4 above...See, I just had to re-phrase the question to get the right answer!
It's as if it's reading my mind! Amazing. I would have flipped a coin to get answers to these questions, but a coin is just so...binary (e.g. heads - yes; tails - no). OK, enough fun for now.
For test the magic eight ball I used, go to:
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ssanty/cgi-bin/eightball.cgi
Thank you to Steven Santy.
Have you ever used outside help to make a chocolate-related decision? (I feel another short story writing itself...)
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