| 17 Popular Quotes about Chocolate
1. "Chocolate causes certain endocrine glands to secrete hormones that affect your feelings and behavior by making you happy. Therefore, it counteracts depression, in turn reducing the stress of depression. Your stress-free life helps you maintain a youthful disposition, both physically and mentally. So, eat lots of chocolate!" - Elaine Sherman, Book of Divine Indulgences |
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2. "Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar in four pieces with your bare hands--and then just eating one piece" - Judith Viorst 3. "Self-discipline implies some unpleasant things to me, including staying away from chocolate and keeping my hands out of women's pants." - Oleg Kiselev 4. "It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let's face it, far more reliable than a man." - Miranda Ingram 5. "Life is like a box of chocolates...You never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump 6. "The superiority of chocolate, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain." - Thomas Jefferson 7. "Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate." - Sandra Boynton 8. "If one swallows a cup of chocolate only three hours after a copious lunch, everything will be perfectly digested and there will still be room for dinner." - Brillat-Savarin 9. "It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work." - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin 10. "If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?" - Marquise de Sévigné 11. "Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power. It is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits." - Baron Justus von Liebig 12. "Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies." - John Q. Tullius 13. "There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love chocolate, and communists." - Leslie Moak Murray 14. "Forget love... I'd rather fall in chocolate!" - Author Unknown 15. "There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles." - Author Unknown 16. "My favorite thing in the world is a box of fine European chocolates which is, for sure, better than sex." - Alicia Silverstone 17. "After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of that one. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate." - Mel Gibson in What Women Want. 17 Popular Quotes about Chocolate Related articles: |
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Most Popular Christmas Cookie Recipes - Chocolate Mint Dream Cookies
One bite of these yummy cookies and you'll know why they call them dreamy.
3/4 cup butter, softened
Delicious Cookie Recipes
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Cookie Icing
Chocolate Drizzle
Directions
In a large bowl, cream the butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in the chocolate and mint extract. Gradually add in the flour. Stir in the chocolate chips (dough will be soft).
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until firm. Cool completely.
Cookie Icing
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 to 2 drops food coloring
In a bowl, combine all ingredients and spread over the cooled cookies. Let set.
Chocolate Drizzle
In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and the shortening in the microwave; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies.
Makes 54 cookies.
=> Most Popular Christmas Cookie Recipes: Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
A hearty cookie featuring cranberries and white chocolate.
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup raisins
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 pkg. vanilla or white chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Beat in the vanilla.
In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the oats, raisins, cranberries and orange peel. Stir in vanilla chips.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Cool completely.
Makes 72 cookies.
=> Most Popular Christmas Cookie Recipes: Jeweled Thumbprint Cookies
These light cookies feature glistening jam in the middle that resemble jewels.
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup raspberry and/or apricot preserves
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg yolk and extract. Gradually add in the flour. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place 1-inch apart onto prepared baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center of each ball.
Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Cool completely.
Fill with preserves.
Makes 72 cookies.
Most Popular Christmas Cookie Recipes - Chocolate Mint Dream Cookies
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