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Melting Chocolate Bunnies Is the Best Way to Celebrate Easter

Emerald Catron — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:10:29 +0000

If you haven’t seen this before, now is the time to watch it. It’s a piece of video art by Lernert Engleberts and Sander Plug as part of a preschool art project called “Big Art for Little People.” Watching it is an annual Easter tradition for us. You might find it a bit too creepy [...]

Savvy Chocolate-Maker Creates Deliciously Edible Shoes

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:08:54 +0000

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Well, the way to a woman’s might just be through her feet. In a bolt of Valentine’s Day lightning, Dallas-based chocolatier Andrea Pedraza has carved a name for herself by making women’s shoes — out of chocolate. Pedraza’s trademark confections are pumps that [...]

Quadriplegic Woman Feeds Herself With Robotic Arm

Tom Blunt — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:41:53 +0000

This incredible video shows a woman’s journey from almost total immobility to being able to pick up and move objects, thanks to surgical brain implants connected to a robotic arm named ‘Hector.’ The goal that Jan Scheuerman set for herself before her surgery? To be able to feed herself a piece a chocolate. You may [...]

Thieves Make Off With 18 Tons of Chocolate

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:30:49 +0000

Call it the great chocolate caper… A tractor trailer from Slovakia rolled up to a chocolate factory in Bludenz, Austria and picked up eighteen tons of chocolate that were to be delivered to the Czech Republic. When the order never arrived the factory contacted the authorities, who were able to determine that the license and papers [...]

Pringles Adds Pumpkin, White Chocolate Peppermint and More Festive Flavors

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:19:03 +0000

When one thinks of the flavors Pumpkin Pie Spice, White Chocolate Peppermint and Cinnamon & Sugar one thinks of coffee, or perhaps a slightly misguided line of breakfast cereal. But, actually, these three taste combination make up Pringles new holiday line. Yes, they are potato chips. The festive flavors will be sold for $1.79 exclusively at Walmart [...]

New Chocolate Twinkies Pass or Fail

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:24:00 +0000

Twinkies, one of my favorite tasty treats, I was wondering how can you possibly make a Twinkie any better? Add chocolate that's how. The "New Chocolate Twinkies" are out and obeying all speed limits, I drove as fast as I could to my local grocer to get a box of the heavenly delights. With all ten Twinkies in a box, present and accounted for I systematically started handing them out to everyone I knew was a fan of the little golden sponge cake delicacies. To my surprise, all but two of whom I shared my treats with did not care for them.

'National Chocolate Covered Anything Day' Is the Best Excuse to Pig Out [VIDEOS]

Kathy Landin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:01:59 +0000

Anel Fernandez, Getty Images Get out your fondue pot and anything you can impale on a toothpick, because this is a random national day of celebration worth getting into. Friday, December 16 is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day. Here are 10 ways to celebrate this holiday. 1 Chocolate-Drizzled Strawberries For the sake [...]

Bad Habits Can Be Good For You

Shay Hill — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:36:44 +0000

There are some things we have been told are bad for us that turn out are really the opposite. Thank goodness I don’t have to give up my friends or chocolate!Some things that were once thought bad for us do actually have some health benefits. Things like drinking wine, sleeping in, chocolate and coffee all [...]