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0 - Delicious Chocolate Candy Recipes, From Fudge To Truffles
Learn about chocolate, techniques and equipment for making chocolate candy, find chocolate candy recipes from simple to advanced, find solutions for chocolate allergies, and where to buy quality chocolate and equipment for candy making.


1 - Chocolate Bits: Facts About Chocolate
All about chocolate, chocolate in the movies, how it's grown and made, and what not to buy.


2 - How To Melt Chocolate For Making Candy
Melting chocolate when making candy is not difficult, but there are easier and even wrong ways to do it, so best if you start by reading this short article.


3 - Peanut Butter Balls
The easiest chocolate candy to make, making it a great project to share with children. There are numerous variations, limited only by your imagination and taste.


4 - Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge
Chocolate fudge is a favorite in my family. I call it an "intermediate" recipe because squares don't require delicate handling, the chocolate doesn't need to be tempered, but the cooking process requires a bit of patience.


5 - Chocolate Truffles
You're making two candy recipes here, the ganache is the centers of your truffles, then there's the dip. Worth the effort. This is the chocolate candy that I would die for.


6 - Setup, Tempering And Dipping Chocolate Candy
A well-planned candy making setup makes tempering and dipping much more efficient and easy. I'll describe the setup and technique for right-handers, reverse it if you're left-handed.


7 - Chocobanana Circles
Not exactly candy, as you use a bit of pastry of some sort, but the recipe calls for chocolate and is easy to make, bite-sized and delicious.


8 - Strawberry Tuxedos
Perhaps the easiest chocolate candy is strawberries dipped in chocolate, but they also become the most elegant when they take the form of strawberry tuxedos.


9 - Mocha Truffles
A variation on the basic truffle, using powdered espresso and Kahlua. Once you have made plain truffles and then tried added different ingredients such as in this recipe, you'll get more courageous with trying other variations.


10 - Chocolate Rain
Another example of the power of viral video - this YouTube video has been all over the net, spreading the word about chocolate...well, not really...spreading the word "chocolate". I've included the Chocolate Rain lyrics so you can sing along.


11 - Are You Allergic To Chocolate? The Answer Is Surprising
Chances are, you are allergic to one or more of the ingredients of cocoa that is used in chocolate. Getting to the bottom of your allergy means finding out what's in the chocolate you eat.


12 - Chocolate May Boost Brain Power
Researchers in the U.S. have uncovered more facts linking chocolate, alertness and attention - more brain power has to be a good thing!


13 - Easy No-Cook Chocolate Cream Candy
This chocolate candy recipe is easy enough for kids to help - no cooking required, and just two bowls and a platter or cookie sheet to wash when you're done.


14 - Chocolate Fountains: Let's Party!
A chocolate fountain can be a unique, entertaining and aromatic centerpiece for your holiday party.


15 - Chocolate-Filled Dates
This chocolate candy recipe combines all my favorite tastes: chocolate, dates, nuts and coconut, plus it is easy to make.


16 - Mint Chocolate Candy Layers
Lately I've been hitting the mint chocolate chip ice cream pretty heavy. I thought I'd create a chocolate candy recipe combining these flavors. Just in time for Christmas, these candies are red and green (and chocolate).


17 - Gourmet Chocolate Covered Cherries
I love using the darkest, most luxurious chocolate for this chocolate candy recipe, but you can substitute semi-sweet or bittersweet, even chocolate chips, whatever suits your taste, whatever is available to you.


18 - Grand Marnier Liqueur Chocolates
This recipe requires a bit of equipment - candy molds, sugar thermometer, one air tight jar per liqueur used, a piping bag with a fine nozzle, and a palette knife make this advanced chocolate candy recipe a snap to follow.


19 - Chocolate Halvah
Two chocolate halvah recipes, one using raw sesame seeds, one using tahini. Both are delicious but the textures vary, your choice which you prefer. If you are still feeling "guilty" about eating chocolate, halvah is full of calcium and protein.


20 - Mint Chocolate Marbled Truffles
Buying gourmet chocolate rather than just whatever is on the shelf in your local supermarket is worth it when making any chocolate candy, but especially truffles. Chocolate is available with varying darkness as well as interesting aftertastes.


21 - Chocolate And Dogs Don't Mix
Just because he's a chocolate Labrador retriever doesn't mean it's ok to feed your dog chocolate as a treat. Don't! It can be lethal.


22 - Melting Chocolate In A Double Boiler
Three simple rules for successful melting chocolate for candy in a double boiler.


23 - What Wines Go With Chocolate?
Ask wine expert Natalie MacLean - here's her Top 10 list of wines and chocolate delights, just in time for Valentine's Day...or today...


24 - Valentine's Day - Why Chocolate?
Chocolate, saints, sexy lingerie, red wine: pleasure, then guilt. So what exactly started this mixed-up holiday, and why chocolate?


26 - Chocolate Can Actually Be Good For Your Heart?
Why chocolate is good for you, by Gregg Hall


27 - What Is A Chocolate Fountain?
How a chocolate fountain is made, and how to use one in your own home, by Joseph Then


28 - Some Cool Chocolate Trivia
Napoleon and chocolate, and other trivia, by Gregg Hall


29 - Fast, Easy Gourmet Chocolate Desserts
Go to school at your own pace, in your own home, to learn how to make gourmet chocolates easily and inexpensively.


30 - Chocolate Candy Ingredients And Equipment
Where to find quality chocolate and confectionery supplies and kitchenware products, shipped anywhere.


31 - Chocolate As A Sunscreen?
Researchers have come up with some very interesting results exposing women to ultraviolet light after ingesting chocolate over time.


32 - Chocolate Covered Strawberries, The Movie
Sometimes seeing someone make something, such as chocolate covered strawberries, makes all the difference.


33 - Why Hershey's Chocolate Is So Popular
In the U.S., Hershey's chocolate is what most people think of when they think chocolate. I researched why, since there are so many wonderful chocolate candies out there.


34 - Chocolate Toffee Candy
I call this an intermediate chocolate candy recipe because it takes some patience to slowly stir, melt and temper the ingredients. And then you have to let them cool in between steps.


35 - Mother's Day Chocolate Roses
Chocolate clay is a perfect edible art medium for children. The instructions for making roses for Mom are easy and of course you can experiment with any kind of chocolate flower or sculpture.


36 - Chocolate Candy Dipping Made Easy
Anyone can dip chocolate candy, the art is highly overrated. Actually, there isn't much art to it at all.


37 - Chocolate Lovers Indulge In Healthy Dark Chocolate
Abbott Industries announced on May 19 that they have a new nutritional dark chocolate bar.


38 - The Appearance Of Fine Chocolate
Help! I need a chocolate dictionary!


39 - Homemade Hot Chocolate
Homemade hot chocolate can leave you feeling happy and energized, much more so than supermarket mixes. Get ready to enjoy some smooth, creamy chocolate with this recipe.


40 - Chocolate Nostalgia
Chocolate memories from my childhood in the 1950's, back when so much chocolate was available for a dime!


41 - The Smell Of Homemade Chocolate Candy
I'm not arguing the point that chocolate can smell fruity, smoky, flowery, etc., I'm just wrestling a bit with the "how".


42 - Effects Of Eating Chocolate: What's The Truth?
By making your own homemade chocolate candy, you can ensure the positive effects of your ingredients. Minimizing or eliminating unhealthy ingredients will maximize the positive effects of your chocolate eating experience.


43 - There's Always Room For Nutella
What?! You haven't heard of Nutella? Just the tastiest hazelnut, chocolate and skim milk spread EVER.


44 - Nutella Truffles
I suppose a delightful variation on this Nutella hazelnut truffle would be to add a dash of peanut butter.


45 - 5 Inexpensive Chocolate Candy Making Tools
Five tools to make your chocolate candy making easier, more fun, and easy on the budget too.