Is there any treat more decadent, more luxurious than chocolate? Well, it need not be a guilty pleasure - the chocolate you eat was almost certainly grown on small farms in poor countries. When you buy chocolate, you help poor farmers feed their families. It's a start, at least

*Now the bad news... picked by bingo 11 months ago

Do you love chocolate? Are you in the UK right now? If you answered yes then no you're doing it wrong for from 13th-19th October it is Chocolate Week - a glorious British tradition when eating anything but chocolate is against the law* and all chocolate is free**.



*Might be a lie.
**Y'know, I'm not sure about this one either. It is Chocolate Week though. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Chocolate By The Bald Man is a new chocolate restaurant opening in NY's Union Square. Everything in the restaurant is made of chocolate. The owner will be opening more in the future. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

The 11th Annual Chocolate Show is this weekend, including a chocolate fashion show! This year, former Project Runway designers and celebrity pastry chefs joined forces to create pieces under the theme of Superheroes!

More pics in comments picked by maven 1 year ago

. . . and people get mad. Crazy mad.
Basically, the FDA is considering changing the requiremants for chocolate, allowing vegetable fat substitutes in place of cocoa butter, which will affect the taste of what's considered "real" chocolate. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

The World's Only Life-Size Chocolate Moose! Made of 1,700 pounds of fine milk chocolate, unveiled July 1, 1997. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

Chocoholics can assuage any guilt they may feel after a new process was developed that turns the by-products of making chocolate into a biofuel -- meaning you can eat your chocolate and be eco-friendly. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ingredients –
100 Live Black Ants (avoid red ants, their too spicy)
1 vanilla bean split and seeds scraped out
2 Egg Yolks
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Butter, melted
12 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate picked by sholom22 2 years ago

Scientists from the University of East Anglia are searching for volunteers to eat chocolate every day for a year. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Many of life’s annoyances can be swept away in a sea of calm with a deep intake of breath in and a tasty chocolate pill. It will soon become one of your hand bag essentials. 30 delicious chocolate pills in a blister pack to keep each little pill as fresh as they day they were made, just for you, or a friend you know that may be feeling a little glum. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Canadian women say there are some days they cannot survive without chocolate, while men say the same thing about sex, a survey found. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It's chocolate egg season again, and sales of the pagan and Christian symbols of rebirth are as strong as ever. But the hunt for Easter eggs may truly be on next year, because chocolate trees are in increasing trouble. picked by bingo 7 months ago

A French air hostess will become one of Europe's pioneer space tourists after picking a chocolate wrapper out of the rubbish and finding a winning number in a competition to fly to the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

For those of you tucking into dark chocolate this Christmas using the excuse it is good for you, think again. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Who doesn’t like a rich, delicious chocolate dessert to end a great meal? In fact, a great chocolate dessert recipe can make an otherwise bland meal seem great. picked by Zoock 3 years ago

The rumour going around is that, nowadays, young people just aren't into Christianity. So you'd think that, when someone comes along and throws the Church a bone — kid-friendly Christian confectionary, say — they'd bite. Not so. On Tuesday, churches in Germany criticized a German businessman for his "tasteless" business endeavour: crafting delicious milk chocolate Jesuses. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Developed in a top-secret laboratory, the sweet has 90% fewer calories than regular chocolate and will only melt if exposed to a temperature above 55C (131F). picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Covering various foods with chocolate is a good idea in theory, but somehow, somewhere along the way, we've stumbled off the chocolate path and have gotten lost in the void. It's unclear how this started, or who first planted this evil seed, perhaps the French when they first started eating chocolate covered ants? picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Mental arithmetic became easier after volunteers had been given large amounts of compounds found in chocolate, called flavanols, in a hot cocoa drink. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Surprise your mouth with the smoked salt and sweet milk chocolate combination. picked by suckersklub 2 years ago