Prompt: Chocolate

[runpunkrun]

Let's talk about chocolate! Cocoa, cacao, white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, unsweetened baker's chocolate, chocolate liqueur, cocoa butter—or if you don't do chocolate, the closest you can get, say carob or recipes that used to have chocolate in them but you took it out.

For the next month we're celebrating chocolate and also the absence of chocolate. Because, as we all know, you can't have everything.

To fill this prompt, you can:

1. Slide into the comments of this post and share a link to a recipe and why you like it.
2. Write up a favorite recipe and post it to the comm.
3. Post a review of a related product or cookbook to the comm.
4. Try someone's recipe and reply to their post (or comment) with any changes you made and how it turned out.

This prompt lasts all month, but it's only for inspiration and not a requirement. You can still post to the comm if it isn't related to the prompt.

Here's what's going on in the comments:

• Chocolate Mousse with Zabaglione sauce from sonia
• Flourless chocolate torte from rosefox
• Fudgy 5-Ingredient Chocolate Cake from j00j
• Mini Vegan Brownie Bites with Date-Sweetened Vegan Chocolate Frosting from runpunkrun

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

I was delighted to discover -- through extensive trial and error -- that I can eat modest amounts of chocolate without getting migraines.

Right now, my go-tos are
1. Dark chocolate in the bar, either Equal Exchange or Divine
2. A heaping Tablespoon of dutched cocoa stirred in to my morning Greek yogurt
3. STASH brand decaf chocolate hazlenut black tea with a splash of Oh Yeah! Oat Creamer.

I had a delicious oatmilk cocoa at a local cafe. Anyone have experience cooking with oat milk?

Two chocolates, free of soy- and milk-ingredients

[runpunkrun]

I, too, have to be modest in my chocolate eating, but some is better than none! My favorite bar chocolate is Pascha 55%, which is organic and free of virtually everything but chocolate and cane sugar, and they even make some zero sugar Keto-friendly bars.

For baking I love Guittard, which last I looked was certified GF as well as made in a peanut-free facility, but their allergen statement is now a PDF and I don't feel like opening it right now.