Chocolate For Breakfast

Creme egg cravings

getjohnny — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:43:29 +0000

I’ve got almost a fetish for creme eggs right now…but they’re selling out fast due to easter being over.

It always amazes me how the ‘yolk’ stays in the middle…even through transportation.

Oh well, till next year….

Demise of Maxwell & Kennedy chocolatiers

getjohnny — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:36:45 +0000

Since the hand-made chocolate shop went out of business, it’s all mass produces nonsense we’re forced to buy.

I’m really disappointed Maxwell & Kennedy stopped making chocolates….from their large upstairs store in Princes Square, Glasgow…they then moved to the anals of the Square where no one could find them. Furthermore, they opened a chocolate outlet at the bottom of the shopping centre in Buchanan st which also went of business.

Chocolates from Maxwell & Kennedy were excellent. I’ve been over the world and still haven’t found anything to compete. Fortunately, Maxwell & Kennedy are still available in London for some lucky punters…but no online store.

To me it’s a good product which has been badly marketed, and a business model that hasn’t moved with the times.

Jenners chocolate truffles.

getjohnny — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:19:12 +0000

I just got Jenners chocolate truffles recently for my birthday.

They were OK but lacked the consistency of a proper chocolate truffle. Instead they melted in your mouth a bit quick.

Nice though they were, they did not compare to handmade chocolates.

I still say Heaven is the best chocolate bar available.

Today I had for breakfast…

getjohnny — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:38:45 +0000

…potatoe scone and eggs. Mmmm…friend in olive oil. Yum.

Had some amazing chocolate (homemade) at a friends at the weekend and a superb tiramusu…wow that was amazing.

Otherwise, being trying to stay off the hard stuff (chocolate) lol.

Chocolate brownies from GU

getjohnny — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:49:20 +0000

Got the GU chocolate brownies from Tescos the other day.

Kinda half-way house between the long life shelf type stuff (e.g.Mr Kipling) and a fresh baked cake.

The brownies need refridgerated but keep for some weeks.

Anyway I loved them, nice when a tad cold although you can heat them up. No transfat and no overdose of gum-numbing sugar.

Yum!

Chocolate is good for you

getjohnny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:27:16 +0000

Chocolate is in fact good for you (as well as bad).

The type is probably the one with large amount of cocoa solids like dark chocolate, made in Europe (not UK).

Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants which fight the free radicals in your body.

It also lowers blood pressure and has an ingredients responsible for energy supplementation. I once had to work 24 hours and during the night I had small pieces of chocolate every hour to keep myself going – it worked!