1/2 Angelic Chocolate

The wonderful folks from Island Angel Chocolates were exceedingly generous with their Offering to The Chocolate Cult, Sisters and Brothers.  So much so that your Chocolate Priestess has decided to split them into two Saturday Sacraments.  Today we will look at the top half of the box of chocolates they sent her, at the end of June we will reveal the bottom half of that same box to you all.  To do

Amazing Chocolate Brownie #1

A local bakery turned restaurant, cafe and Bed & Breakfast called The Scholar's Inn Bakehouse is located about six block from your Chocolate Priestess's house.  She visits them at least once a month to hang out with some other creative women she knows and over the course of almost a year of these meetings she'd tried a lot of chocolate baked goods.


This Bakehouse Brownie is a triangle of

M&M's Premiums Comparison

M&M put out a premium chocolate piece some time back but to be honest, your Chocolate Priestess had so many other things to try, test, and reveal to you all that she never got around to looking them.  Then one day while in her neighborhood Kroger she found four varieties of these on sale, prices deeply cut.  Oh, no!  Another product about to be canceled or at least no longer sold in this

Crimes of Chocolate

Last year your Chocolate Priestess reported on several crimes connected to chocolate where chocolate either was target of the crime (someone stealing chocolate) or used to help commit a crime (selling candy to get into a house to rob it).  Today I want to highlight another such misuse of our Sacred Substance.

This case, a man accused of using chocolate to smuggle in cocaine to the USA is

83 Years of Chocolate Expertise

Drew's Fork-Dipped Chocolates can be found in the small Iowa community of Dexter, not far from the state capital of Des Moines.  We previously reviewed some of their chocolates, which we purchased during a trip through Iowa, but today we want to reveal the three types of products they gave your Chocolate Priestess so that she could share their expertise with the world.  You can order these

Spice & Vegan Chocolate = Very Nice

Your Chocolate Priestess is never surprised at birthday or major holidays if she is given gifts of chocolate.  Indeed somethings I have to ask my friends and family to not give me chocolate as happened for Valentine's Day 2010 when I have a ton of offerings from chocolatiers around the nation sending me in products especially that last two weeks to reveal to you all.  However I love getting gifts

Silky Chocolate Drink

Your Chocolate Priestess has reviewed chocolate milk products before. Some were excellent and highly recommended while other were not worth your money and time.  Today I'm looking at a chocolate milk that could satisfy those of you who are dairy allergies or intolerances. 

Silk is a brand of soy milk that has several serving sizes and flavors.  I bought this "Light" Chocolate version when it

Fiber before Chocolate?

You as you may recall, Sisters and Brothers, your Chocolate Priestess really likes the cereal bars from Fiber One compared to many other breakfast, cereal and energy bars she's reviewed for you here on The Chocolate Cult.  Today I want to look at another product from Fiber One: "Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins" that you can find on the mass produced bakery shelves in many grocery stores.  I found

Chocolate for Adults & Kids

When your Chocolate Priestess was visiting South Dakota this past spring, she found two chocolate shops in one city after going for hundreds of miles without seeing any candy-dedicated stores that didn't just sell mass produced junk.  One of these chocolate shops, Watertown Confectionary, has treats designed for the entire family and donated some of their products to us, so today I want to

Never Too Hot for Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tomorrow, May 15, is "National Chocolate Chip Day" and one way to celebrate is with chocolate chip cookies.  Recipes for these come in all varieties but what if you think it's just too hot to bake your own but you don't want dry mass produced cookies or bakery bought cookies either?  Is the "Warm Delights" product line from Betty Crocker a good choice if you are looking for a warm chocolate chip

Sinful Brownies Contest

It's time for another contest here on The Chocolate Cult.  This time I'm giving away one of the two bags of "Cindy's Sinfully Chocolate Brownie Mix" that I received when my order was messed up for one bag.  So you may get to benefit from the free bag that came my way.  This mix is part of the Women's Bean Project which helps women break the cycle of poverty and unemployment.  I received two bags,

Cocoa Nymph Tiny Truffles are a Treat

Cocoa Nymph Chocolates & Confections sent us three samples of their products back in February, and after a crazy March and April of multiple pre-written Sacraments and reviews your Chocolate Priestess is finally able to share one of these products with you.  8 samples of truffles came in their signature silver box.  You can also get truffles in boxes of 18 or 32, and the website shows photos of

Mole Made Easy

Back in January, we had our first "Everyday Chocolatier" interview and our featured cook, Bridget, shared her mole recipe with us.  You can find that post HERE.  Yesterday in honor of Cinco de Mayo The Chocolate Priestess's family had mole at home for the first time.  I wasn't fully recovered from my recent surgery so we used a store bought "ready to serve" mole that I found in Kroger.

This is

Cinco de Mayo & Chocolate Gifts

Happy Cinco de Mayo for all our Hispanic chocolate lovers out there!

As most of you know, I hope, Sisters and Brothers, it was in the area of modern day Mexico that cacao took on it's first cultural significance.  I won't give you a history lesson here you can easily learn in most chocolate cookbooks, on a fair number of chocolatiers' websites or even from a quick browsing of the Internet.  But

Chocolate In May, Mark Your Calendars

After an empty month of chocolate related holidays in April, May proves to have several potential cocoa related dates you may want to mark on your calendars, Sisters and Brothers.

First, the entire month is National Chocolate Custard Month.  I want to know how to make chocolate custard so I'm asking for those of you who do know to share your recipes and I'll try a few out this month.

May 1st

Brownie Like Triple Chocolate Mix

A lot of people pride themselves are making everything they eat from scratch.  Your Chocolate Priestess applauds them but frankly she's a busy woman and doesn't always have the time.  I love mixes because I can make them as is, play around with them, and use them in creative ways.   I did just that with this Duncan Hines "Triple Chocolate Chunk" muffin mix that I got on sale with a coupon at my

Fresh Chocolate from Madison

The offerings of chocolate sometimes don't slow down unless your Chocolate Priestess makes the effort to slow them down.  While on our mid-March trip, the White Chocolate Acolyte accepted a dark chocolate assortment from Gail Ambrosius, a chocolatier in Madison, Wisconsin.  I'll have to have the Mocha Acolyte check them out directly, since that's where he lives.

Until he can write a report for