Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. You can never have enough chocolate in your life really. It is one of the foods that gives life its flavor and makes living wonderful. When people think of chocolate, a lot of them simply imagine their favorite chocolate candy bar. But that doesn’t have to be the case – chocolate is just so much more versatile than that. There are so many things you can do with chocolate with just a little bit of imagination. Bake it into cookies, melt it and dip it into fruit, transform it into a cake, change it into a cigar, etc. Just get creative with it no matter what you decide to do. Chocolate deserves that; you deserve that; the world deserves that. Below are 4 fantastic chocolate recipes just to get your imagination flowing, and to help you begin flexing your chocolate muscles.
There is probably no singular more iconic use of chocolate than chocolate chip cookies. For many people, chocolate chip cookies are the first chocolate eating experience outside of a chocolate bar. They’re what you grow up eating in your grandmother’s kitchen; the entryway into your foray with baking. There’s almost no better way to learn how to work with chocolate than making a hot batch of chocolate chip cookies.
2. Flourless Chocolate Cake
Sometimes we want to eat chocolate cake, but we can’t handle the gluten. That’s where this recipe comes into play. It is gluten free so you won’t have to worry about the cake bothering your gluten intolerance. You can have your cake and eat it too; no one should have to go without chocolate cake.
3. Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate covered strawberries is one of the most romantic chocolate things you can eat. Dipping juicy delicious strawberries in chocolate may not seem natural to some, but it is without a doubt one of the most perfect combinations in nature. Serve these to your significant other with a couple glasses of champagne, and you will have a wonderful date in the making.
4. Mole Sauce
Mole is a famous dish in Mexico. This dark chocolate sauce is the definition of delectable and dangerous because it is one of the few savory chocolate dishes out there. That’s right, chocolate doesn’t have to always be a dessert; sometimes it needs to just be the main course. You can put mole sauce on just about anything; chicken, rice, pork, chili, whatever you desire really.
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Chocolate Fudge Brownies
Chocolate brownies are another of the most iconic chocolate dishes that you absolutely have to try making at least once. In a real way, it is almost a right of passage. They are one of the easiest introductions to baking, as its very hard to mess them up. They also just taste hands down delicious. They are also pretty easy to modify and make even more spectacular. Just master this recipe first, and you will be able to alter your future brownies to suit your taste.