My Daughter just sent me a box of EL REY CHOCOLATES for Mothers Day. They are made in Venezuela where the Chocolate Trees Grow.
All Woman and crave Chocolate even though we all know it can make us slay up at night, get fat and we may get pimples!
The Box is made of wood and looks like a Cigar Box. On it is written ’’Chocolates El Rey’’ and below that it says the Company has been making Chocolates since 1929.
Inside the Box there is Apamate Dark Chocolate that is make from 73% of dark chocolate, Irapa Milk Chocolate that has 40.5% of chocolate in it and Icoa White Chocolate that has no chocolate in it.
There were some other chocolates sge could have selected: Apamate, Grand Saman, Bucare and Macuro from the dark chocolates. Irapa and Caoba from their milk Chocolates. Icoa is the only white chocolates they make.
After I tasted the chocolates I went and bought the same bars for me that weren’t in a Box to use for baking.
Each of these Bars cost $15.00 but I only bake when I have Company so they will last me a long time. I know there are cheaper cooking chocolates on the market but I like to use the best ingredients in what I am making.
THE COMPANY:
They make a lot of items and if you care to look at what they make the link is:
https://chocolates-elrey.com
DARK CHOCOLATE:
I wonder how many of you knew that Chocolate, (eaten in moderation), can be healthy to eat?
Dark Chocolate may also be called bitter and semi-sweet chocolate.
It is made with cocoa butter, sweeteners and at least 35 per cent chocolate liquor .It is used in chocolate chips, baking and dessert coatings.
It has a high amounts of ’’flavonoids’’, (a plant compound that helps protect the heart), a minimum of 70% cocoa solids, (this is the healthiest Chocolate because of that) and 10- 60 mg of caffeine, (this is not a high level of caffeine).
It has these elements: ’’calcium, iron, magnesium & potassium and it has serotonin, (this is an anti-depressant).’’
MY FINAL THOUGHTS:
I hope you learned some new things about Chocolate and enjoy the recipe.
©LL2003
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