October Chocolate "Holidays"

October has many fun food holidays you could celebrate with chocolate, Sisters and Brothers.  Since we are hosting our annual Halloween Treat Challenge, I wanted to get these out there to you so you can make some decisions about your monthly chocolate consumption.

Of course in the USA and a few other countries, Halloween is the big candy holiday in October. We will be looking at a few chocolate

Cupcake Birthday 2010

Your Chocolate Priestess had a great two day celebration of her 41st birthday this past weekend on both Saturday (her actual birthday) and then with a huge two-part party on Sunday.

I'm fine with cake but usually I don't think that cakes are as chocolaty as I really want them to be.  Brownies tend to taste more chocolaty to me and they can be made two ways: fudge or cake.  I think the fudge

Dark (Chocolate) Rituals

Finally, your Chocolate Priestess has figured out how to give this link to the pdf to all of you so you may read this lovely article.

Please do click the link and leave a comment here letting us and the magazine know what you think about it.

Magazine Article

Attune Your Body with Chocolate

Since today is technically your Chocolate Priestess's birthday and this means she'll be doing a lot and eating some rich but also some healthy food, I wanted to do a small Sacrament.  The people from Attune sent me a coupon for a free sample of their "Probiotic Chocolate Bar" which I found at our nearby co-op Bloomingfoods.

The bar was found in a end display with other small yogurt products. 

Dating, Gifts & Chocolate

Continuing the them from Wednesday, Sisters and Brothers, I want to share a few more gifts I've been given, why they were good or not so choices and a gift we gave ourselves last night.

As I hope you remember, a while back I gave you a little photo tour of a shop in my town which has an entire half aisle of chocolates from around the globe.  It's a great place to find products that are not

More Gifts for a Chocolate Priestess

Yesterday I talked about gift ideas, not just for me but for anyone who has a hobby or a passion.  Let's focus more on Chocolate today and take a closer look at some of the lovely gifts I've been given.

First, note that chocolate doesn't always need to be food or drink.  There are many items that use chocolate as a theme or a decoration.  These can be sheets for a twin bed set, or games, or

What to Give a Chocolate Priestess

A few of the gifts I've received in the past year.
Your Chocolate Priestess's birthday is coming up soon, September 25th to be exact.  As we get older it can be a challenge to choose a gift for someone when they seem to have everything.  Do you go with something they all ready seem to have so much of?  A gift certificate?  Something completely different you hope they'll like?

In my experience

Origin Makes the Difference at Cocoa Dolce

Do you remember Cocoa Dolce, Sisters and Brothers?  We reviewed them first back in July of this year but they sent us an entire mini suitcase of products so it will take four reviews to thoroughly cover them.  This is a side view of that mini suitcase since I showed you the front and back before.  The stickers are starting to come off even though I am storing them in a cool, dry place.  That

Chocolate Cult in Magazine

The issue of Spezzatino is out and the article about us is in it.

This is what the cover of the article looks like: 

I've been trying to figure out how to attach a pdf of the article, which the magazine said I could share here on blogspot as well as on my website.  I can't figure out how to do that right now and I've kept you all waiting for about two weeks all ready.

So this is what I'm

Chocolate Walk 2010

Sisters and Brothers, here is a reminder that if you would like to join The Chocolate Cult for the 3rd Chocolate Walk in Brown County Indiana, you need to get your tickets soon.  I promise these will sell out.  So go HERE and check it out.  Then once you have your tickets, leave a comment and we can start arranging carpools.

For those of you who live a bit further away, one of the hotels in

Halloween Treat Challenge 2010

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The Chocolate Cult is pleased to announce our 2nd annual Halloween Treats Challenge for chocolatiers, confectioners, bakers, and purveyors of cocoa related

International Chocolate Day 2010

If you've been here a year, Sisters and Brothers, you might recall that your Chocolate Priestess went on a search for readily available chocolate products not made in the USA.  This year I decided to focus on two countries in my review for today's fun food holiday.

Actually, this is more a nice convenience that happened when I went to my near by Saharamart (I've reviewed them in the past so look

Riot of Chocolate

The wonderful ladies of sweetriot sent us two types of products and today we're going to review two varieties of their unBar which looks like it is being re-marketed as the yumBar.  On their website we get this promise from sweetriot: "All natural, anti-oxidant-rich, dairy-free, kosher, gluten-free cacao with a mission."  I think that will interest most of you, Sisters and Brothers.

The bars are

Chocolate Fetish Winners

The wonderful folks at Kinky Barcelona have been watching the comments and enjoying them.  Even though we fell 10 entries short, they have been kind enough and told me to give the prizes away.

Our grand prize winner is mavido79 who will get a t-shirt. 






Our two tote bag winners are Sylvarose and J.Denae.









I will contact each of them and arrange for them to talk to the folks at

Aunt Millie's Muffins

Today is "National Muffin Day" Sisters and Brothers.  Here in The Chocolate Cult, you know this means muffins with chocolate or cocoa, something from our Sacred Substance.  Before I reveal two varieties I found from Aunt Millie's, I want to remind you all that this contest which ends Friday morning still needs entries.  Such a generous gift from a company -- three prizes -- deserves a lot of

Triple Delight Chocolate Bar

Don't forget to enter our latest giveaway if you live in the lower 48 United States. 

Today is "World Chocolate" Day, Sisters and Brothers.  I looked through the offerings we've received and found that I had a few treats from Cocoa Nymph, a Vancouver CANADA chocolatier.  To celebrate both this fun food holiday and do a Saturday Sacrament, they seemed just perfect.  I had two types of treats

Chocolate T-Shirt/Tote bag Giveaway

As you've seen, Sisters and Brothers, we've given away chocolates, chocolate vegan syrup, even hot chocolate makers, but this week we are giving away three products from a fairly new company called Kinky Barcelona.  I know the creative force behind this new company who told me that I, your Chocolate Priestess, inspired one of his creation.

This is what I inspired:


See the kitty on top has a

Forthcoming Magazine Article on The Chocolate Priestess

I just wanted to announce, Sisters and Brothers that there will be an article about your Chocolate Priestess and, of course, about us here on The Chocolate Cult in the online food magazine Spezzatino later this month.

I've seen a galley proof of it and it looks respectful and honest.  I hope it draws more readers to our flock and we keep spreading the love of and proper use of our Sacred