Chocolate Story

I loooooove fine chocolate. On my birthday more than a week ago, my husband made Beast’s flourless chocolate cake. He made this before for my grandson – see the recipe here. This rich, dense and somewhat salty, chocolaty treat is definitely near the top spot on my best chocolate chart. My husband and I are very fortunate to have fine chocolate experience and we know one or two things about really good chocolate. This is one of our affordable luxuries.

Oregon’s own Moonstruck chocolate. I love their Mexican Hot Chocolate.

This was one of the pieces in the box above. Just adorable. I don’t know about you but I eat head first.

My husband brought this Royce raw chocolate back from Japan in a special insulated pouch. This is the finest chocolate that I’ve ever tasted. And most expensive.

 Royce’s not raw chocolate, but still good.

Famous Godiva chocolate. I can never pass by their shop without stopping. Actually my favorite from their store is the cookies.

My friend brought these from Hawaii. I am sad that I wasn’t the one doing the bringing.

We use these for the chocolate sauce in the crepes and lots of other things. Best chips ever. It used to be $1.59 a bag and now is over $3.00. Wish I had stocked up.

Bernard unsweetened cocoa powder. Makes a great cup of hot chocolateLotte Crunky. This is not one of my favorites but the name cracks me up.

For my birthday my friend brought me flowers. Color is gorgeous!

I signed up at a local shopping center and this is some of the things I got on my birthday from them. The cup cake from Sweetest Thing Cupcakes and it’s gluten free. Mrs.Fields chocolate and macadamia nuts cookie. A movie ticket and free valet parking ticket.

I took half portion cake to October Birthday luncheon at friend's house and it disappeared quickly. I’m grateful for friends who organized that event and thank you darling for your hard work. Beside eating, decorating the cake was fun too. Being old is not so bad after all.