Green And Blacks Gives Up a Special Recipe

The folks at Green and Black's have been posting all kinds romantic recipies on their website to help people celebrate Valentines Day the sweetest way possible.  They've even sent me one of their favorite recipies that they tell me will guarantee a kiss from my Valentine... Well they didn't guarantee me anything, but I sure hope it works.

Green & Black’s Organic Amaretto-Almond Fondue

Ingredients:

1 100g Green & Black’s Milk Chocolate and Almond bar
1/8 cup plus 1 tablespoon Water
2 tablespoons Amaretto
Directions:

Conventional method
Break the chocolate into small pieces and blend in a food processor to break up the whole almonds. The chocolate should resemble breadcrumbs. Put in a saucepan with the water.
Over low heat, stir with a small wire whisk until ingredients are smooth and combined.
Add the Amaretto and stir.
If the resulting sauce is too thick, add a few drops of water and whisk to blend.
Serve with desired fruit and nuts.
If fondue becomes cool and thick, microwave for 10 seconds and stir. Repeat if necessary.

Microwave
Break the chocolate into small pieces and blend in a food processor to break up the whole almonds. Place in a heat-safe bowl with the water.
In a microwave, melt chocolate in 10-20 second intervals, whisking in between.
Do this until blended and warm.
Suggested dippables: Strawberries, peach slices, grapes and almonds.
Makes: 2-3 servings

Recipe courtesy of Green & Black’s Organic
Valentine’s Day 2012

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Valentines Links... Part 1?

Green and Blacks chocolate sent me an e-mail with some suggestions for using chocolate to make a great valentines meal for your loved one. I checked out their site, and low and behold they have some great recipes to help you out.

Anne of Green Gables chocolates from Prince Edward Island in Canada has a great list of treats to give your mate, including chocolate covered potato chips (Allison if you're reading this the chips... yum.)

M&M's is once again offering a great way to leave cute messages for that special someone.  Best of all they offer special Valentines colours and you can even include pictures as well.

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Green and Black's New Eggs

The folks at Green and Black's have some new stuff this Easter and they sent me this note:

"Green & Black’s Organic Makes Easter Deliciously Unforgettable with Premium Organic Fair Trade Certified Chocolate Easter Eggs

Just in time for this Easter, the entire collection of Green & Blacks Organic Easter Eggs has been Fair Trade Certified.

“We are passionate about making the best tasting organic chocolate possible, contributing    to positive change and improving the lives of others,” says Emma Crabtree, International Development Manager for Green & Black’s.  “Whether you are entertaining family and friends or looking for the perfect hostess gift, Green & Black’s offers delicious, premium, organic chocolate to satisfy your Easter chocolate indulgences!”

Green & Black’s makes it easy to put all your eggs in one basket!  Known for its high-quality, premium organic chocolate bars, Green & Black’s — the world’s leader in organic and Fair Trade chocolate — offers a mouth-watering, indulgent Easter range made with fine, ethically sourced ingredients.  With Green & Black’s large Dark 70% and Milk Chocolate Easter Eggs and organic Mini Eggs, Easter will be more delicious than ever!

Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate Egg celebrates the intense flavor of 70% dark organic chocolate spun into a 110g egg, creating a rich and satisfying taste experience.

Green & Black’s Organic delicious premium Milk Chocolate Egg is a 110g shell of cocoa rich milk chocolate containing 37% cocoa solids.

Green & Black’s Organic Mini Eggs are perfect for hiding or personal enjoyment:
·         Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs are made of 34% cocoa rich solids of milk chocolate and have a smooth milk chocolate soft centre.

·         Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate Mini Eggs have a delicious bittersweet 70% dark chocolate shell and a smooth hazelnut and milk chocolate centre.

·         Green & Black’s Organic Butterscotch Mini Eggs are created with delicious milk chocolate blended with crisp, crunchy toffee – a decadent combination."

Now if you run a candy company and you want me to mention your treats, or even review them, say hello, and drop me a line here.  I don't like publishing comments that promote treats as much as giving them a full on post, that way I know they're legit.  You don't have to be a big company like Green and Black's, Hershey, or Cadbury to get my attention, in fact I really like small home start up companies.  Also I'll be keeping a particular eye open for Easter treats because I love to see what's new for every holiday.

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Greatest Rejection Letter Ever

A while back I posted about Green and Black's Chocolate looking for a new chocolate taster.  I gloated about the fact that I knew I was going to get it and I was going to be the worlds most famous chocolate tester ever... or something to that effect.  Well as it turns out I didn't make it.  I just got this letter in the mail.

Normally I'd be sad about not getting what might be one of the greatest jobs in the world, however they included a couple of bars of Green and Black's chocolate with the letter.  If I knew that all rejection letters would be this good I'd apply for jobs more often.

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Green and Black's New Ad Campaign

I have to say it's not what I would normally expect from them, but it looks pretty good.  I just hope they keep the chocolate quality they have going up, and don't rest on the new hype.

Click here to read about Green and Blacks new advertising campaign.

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New Review

This weeks review is a fine bar from the folks at Green and Black.  They make what I consider to be one of the best chocolates to dip into a jar of peanut butter.  Some might say that it's a put down to say something like that about a chocolate bar but frankly in my house that's a coveted spot.  Only the best chocolate bars with nice texture and nice flavour get dipped here.  It's one of the few ways we enjoy chocolate in this house without doing a review.  Having said all of that, this particular bar isn't really one for dipping in peanut butter, the flavour is a little too strong.

Click here to read the review.

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Green And Black Find Cheapest Labor of All

Cunning I say.  The folks at Green and Black have started a contest that will allow 10 winners to go to Africa and help work on a cocoa farm.  So here's what I think, right now a popular trend in the cocoa world is to have fair trade chocolate, and fair trade chocolate is expensive.  So Green and Black pay a price for fair trade that includes 10 free laborers from North America and the UK.  They label this call for free labor inside a contest and people will now work hard to try and impress, just to go to Africa and work for free.  Clever job Green and Black, very clever;)

Click here to read more about the contest.

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