Collecting My Thoughts

  Took a nap; woke up with the munchies. 1 pkg cake mix; 2 eggs, 1/2 cup oil. 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

The misinformation "Baghdad Bob" lady, Nina Jankowicz,  that's going to run the "truth office" of the DHS has really...

I haven't been able to get Hersey Dark Chocolate Nuggets lately where I shop, but did find some dark chocolate Dove red foil wrapped ...

 I noticed in the University of Illinois LAS Newsletter that someone has done research on the effects of cocoa on the brain.   Sweet news fo...

Dark chocolate is good for you. Cacao vs. cocoa Coffee vs. Chocolate Ingredients: 3/4 cup raw almonds 3/4 cup raw pecans 1 cup pepi...

I ran out of Hersey’s 100% cacao yesterday and when I stopped at Marc’s where I usually shop, it didn’t have any, so I picked up Baker’s 100...

I stopped using sugar from the bowl or canister about 2 years ago and changed to local honey. We haven't given up sugar, because we stil...

At first I thought, "How ridiculous!" but then lots of chocolate desserts contain eggs. Chocolate just follows me around. When I ...

Remember when I was blogging about the wonderful benefits of dark chocolate, for brain and body, including weight loss? Check back here , an...

Ah yes, but I now drink decaf. I never thought it could happen, that I would look forward to it, but I'm fine now. And I have my dar...

I have one or two cups of dark chocolate drink in the morning.  I make my own brew. Lately, I’ve been having the chocolate drink before my c...

"Some say that eating chocolate is better than kissing, and scientists have dutifully tested this hypothesis . . . In 2007, a team led ...

I make these in several flavors but today it is chocolate oatmeal. I don’t like to measure, so I use a cake mix for the basic dry ingredie...

Dark chocolate helps with weight loss, and has also been shown to improve memory and cognition. Don’t waste the calories.  But buy the bes...

Flavonoids are a group of plant metabolites thought to provide health benefits through cell signaling pathways and antioxidant effects. Thes...

This is Hershey’s statement about its farmers who grow the products: Hershey’s 21st Century Cocoa Sustain ability Strategy seeks to mod...

“Cocoa products are particularly rich sources of flavonoids, although this is influenced by the processing during manufacture ( 19 ). Due to...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393525/ It’s coded so I can’t copy the highlights, but the manuscript is available online. ...

Woot! “A typical cacao bean contains less than 1/20th of the caffeine present in coffee . . .” Caffeine Content According to Livestrong.co...