Archive for November, 2005

Thanks, guest posters!

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

A very special thanks to guest bloggers MNW (wherever you are!), TIGGS, Tracy, Deene, Mouse, Bex, Mark, and Dolly for their contributions to Free-for-All Chocolate Friday. Thanks, everybody, it was the best Chocolate Friday yet! :)
And speaking of free, do you remember what tomorrow is? November 6th. The day [...]

Chocolate Swimmer

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Tomorrow, I compete in my first swim meet ever in the Chiro Games. This is a series of events where students from chiropractic colleges all over the US compete in soccer, softball, flag football, 5k, 25k relay, tennis, basketball, and swimming. Our school is hosting because everyone wanted to come to sunny Florida [...]

rum balls!

Friday, November 4th, 2005

There I said it! Rum balls rum balls rum balls!!! Man oh man those are good. Do I have ANY idea how to make ‘em? NOPE! But I am the best damn rum ball eater you ever saw eat a rum ball.
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Hey, I found recipes…and a picture!
Signed,
The Running Rum Ball Eatin’ Blogfather

Nutella Junkie

Friday, November 4th, 2005

On my desk at work is a half-eaten jar of Nutella, the Italian chocolate hazelnut spread. I smear it on warm croissants, pretzels and toast. I’ve even dipped slices of cantaloupe into it.
It has kept me going on deadline. It buoys my spirits.
This ain’t no-calorie food: 200 calories and 11 grams of fat in [...]

Long Live Chocolate Friday!

Friday, November 4th, 2005

So the other day, as I was eating a snack sized candybar out of the pile of leftover halloween candy, I realized two things:
a) the snack sized version didn’t taste nearly as good as the “real” version, because the stupid ratios of outside chocolatey goodness to inside gooey goodness were just COMPLETELY off,
and
b) [...]

Deene OD’s on chocolate

Friday, November 4th, 2005

I’ve sorted out The Kid’s chocolate candies from her Halloween loot. Talk about being in candy heaven, who knew there was this much chocolate. I may never eat real food again, is there real food?
And this week, one of my bosses brought me a belated birthday gift of a [...]

Google Says “Use Chocolate for”…

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Use chocolate for the purpose for which it was intended
use chocolate for dipping
use chocolate for decorations, like chocolate cigarettes or chocolate curls
use chocolate for “mood management” as a way of controlling those emotions
use chocolate for medicinal purposes
use chocolate for religious ceremonies
use Chocolate for reasons quite separate from nutrition!
use chocolate for painting
use chocolate for even More [...]

Chocolate Runners

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Hi hi all- I don’t have a lot of time today (working ya know) so I would like to post a link to some other Chocolate Runners. The kind you can eat!!
Here we go!
Chocolate Runners
From:
TIGGS

We’ll call these Jon’s DE-troit marathon muffins!

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Good morning-
In honor of Jon’s fantastic finish in the Detroit Marathon I’m posting an easier-than-breathing muffin receipe that is slightly healthy, slightly sweet, and can be used to effectively carbo load!
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
Take 1 box of any chocolate cake mix (we like devil’s food…also works with angel food if you don’t want [...]

Free-for-All Chocolate Friday

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Egads, the mic is open.