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A site dedicated to the exploration and ecstasy of chocolate. The Chocolate Priestess will lead "Saturday Sacraments" by taking the reader through the experience of one type of chocolate or one companies offering described in all five senses. Other postings will review other types of chocolate and related products and events, along with thoughts about chocolate in the news and culture under various headings that you can find on the side menu.
Sisters and Brothers, your Chocolate Priestess is sure you've heard the name Cadbury in association with chocolate. I know that if you are in the UK you are very familiar with this brand of chocolate. The Milk Chocolate Acolyte has a "Forgotten E (read full article)
Today is "National S'mores Day" and so to celebrate I wanted to treat my family to s'mores. There are a few problems with my plan however. We don't go camping. Your Chocolate Priestess's allergies are so bad that this is just not possible let a (read full article)
Tomorrow is "National S'mores Day" another fun holiday that uses chocolate and gives us, Sisters and Brothers, a reason to indulge in our Sacred Substance. The "S'more" may go back to the Girl Scouts in the 1920s according to several online sources (read full article)
After an entire month of celebrating ice cream, your Chocolate Priestess has to wonder why "National Ice Cream Sandwich Day" is Monday, August 2nd. There are several newspaper articles cited in this 2004 report from the blog "The Big Apple" that (read full article)
Today is "National Cheesecake Day" and so in honor your Chocolate Priestess decided to try and make a cheesecake. There's a story behind this if you'd care to continue reading. The very first failure I ever had as a wife when it came to cooking wa (read full article)
Today, July 28th, is "National Chocolate Milk Day" and in honor of it, your Chocolate Priestess is going to review "Horizon Organic Chocolate Reduced Fat Milk" which is a shelf stable product, meaning you can simply store it in the pantry until you u (read full article)
Today, Sisters and Brothers, is another "National Ice Cream Day" of which there appear to be several different days associated with. Considering this is "National Ice Cream Month" I'm not sure why we need a particular day to mark this frozen treat (read full article)
As mentioned in yesterday's July listing of fun food holidays, today is one of these. "Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day". Your Chocolate Priestess will celebrate this after dinner tonight with her entire family as well as use this holiday to celebra (read full article)
July is "National Ice Cream Month" in the USA. Beyond that there are oddly several more chocolate holidays in this next month. I saw odd because July is hot and as we know chocolate keeps best under limited temperatures and in moisture controlled (read full article)
Tomorrow, June 26, is "National Chocolate Pudding Day". Since tomorrow is also our Sacred Day and no chocolatier sent me pudding in any form, today will have to be the day we address this fun food holiday, Sisters and Brothers. I grew up with the (read full article)
June 22, today, is "National Chocolate Éclair Day" here on the fun chocolate calendar we are creating over the years drawing upon many, many printed and online sources. This day honoring a French creation with the addition of our Sacred Substance (read full article)
Today, June 7th, is "National Chocolate Ice Cream Day". Your Chocolate Priestess wants to review a store brand ice cream choice that is as good as the more expensive brand names available in our area of the woods -- South Central Indiana. Kroger (read full article)
June has several chocolate "holidays" that we can celebrate here in The Chocolate Cult, Sisters and Brothers. Some are straight forward in their use of our Sacred Substance while others we can use for our own purposes. So you can celebrate all mo (read full article)
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 cookie (read full article)
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 (read full article)
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 (read full article)
A few years ago I started seeing these chocolate crosses appear in stores before Easter. As a trained ancient historian, I was confused. Why would anyone make chocolate in the form of an instrument of execution? As a Christian I was offended. (read full article)
Today, March 26th, is "National Create Your Own Holiday Day" so I have a challenge to all of you, Sisters and Brothers. I've been mentioning chocolate holidays and holidays we can say are related to chocolate now for a year on this blog. Do a se (read full article)
Today is "National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day" if you didn't know, Sisters and Brothers. Your chocolate Priestess may have loved chocolate for as long as she can remember but she certainly has not tried all the varieties. In honor of today, I (read full article)
The fun holiday, American Week of Chocolate, has been going on this week since Sunday, March 14th, and will end tomorrow when we have another Saturday Sacrament. You want to come back for that because I vegan Ester Bunny that actually tastes great! (read full article)
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