While chocolate cake may always be a crowd pleaser at dinner parties or other celebrations, it can also feel like a cop-out to a creative host or hostess. If you’re tired of presenting the same old chocolate cakes, puddings, or ice creams to your guests for dessert, try these suggestions for some unexpected chocolate dessert recipes. Don’t be afraid to be adventurous. Dessert is all about having fun!

Revamp Other Dessert Recipes with Chocolate

An easy way to make a fun, new dessert is to incorporate chocolate into other familiar dessert recipes. Try putting dark chocolate chips and walnuts into a berry cobbler, or spruce up after dinner coffee with some chocolate liqueur then top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings. If you’re going light, add some extra life to an angel food cake with some natural unsweetened cocoa powder and serve with fresh raspberries on top.

Leave the Chocolate to The Whim Guests

A really simple chocolate dessert recipe is chocolate fondue. Let your guests go to town dipping an assortment of fruits, cakes, cookies, and nuts into a nice fondue. Spread out a few different fondue pots and play with flavors. Try a spicy chocolate fondue by adding just a touch of chili powder, or some peanut butter for a heavenly treat. Don’t limit your dippings to fruit. Cut up an assortment of bite-sized bits of cakes, brownies, candies, marshmallows, even cheesecakes.

Spicing Up Some Favorites

If you do like the idea of a cake, but want to get away from traditional recipes, spice things up a little with a modern chocolate cake dessert recipe. Add some fruit or berries to the bottom of your bake pan and create a chocolate-upside-down cake with a nice coffee or caramel glaze. Create a layered chocolate cake, alternating layers of caramel sauce and homemade whipped peanut butter topping, served with vanilla ice cream.

Frozen Chocolate Dessert Recipes

Plan ahead and whip up a frozen chocolate dessert recipe. Try a banana split with frozen chocolate covered bananas. If you have an ice cream maker, try a nice chocolate and fruit sorbet. If you’re a fan of Smores, don’t worry about the fire, try a frozen version instead. Spread some melted chocolate and marshmallow cream between two graham crackers, wrap each smore in foil, and stick in the freezer. This is an easy chocolate dessert recipe that is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

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Guide - It is widely believed that chocolate consumption releases a chemical into your body very similar to what is produced when you are in love.

It is always a good time to make something with chocolate. When the mood seizes you, discovering you haven’t got a crucial ingredient can ruin the mood. Knowing its equivalent or substitution can save the day. Today, Mom helps cooks and chocoholics with tips on chocolate and includes the world’s easiest dipped strawberry recipe.

Chocolate is made from the bean of the tropical cacao tree. In its purest baking form chocolate comes powdered, is usually sold in tins and is called cocoa. There are two types of cocoa in this world; regular cocoa and Dutch cocoa. Dutch cocoa, or alkalized cocoa has reduced the natural acidity of the cocoa bean resulting in a darker, mellower, more chocolaty cocoa powder. For the most part, these can be used interchangeably. Cocoa powder is not to be confused with those packaged hot cocoa drink mixes, which don’t work well in recipes.

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Sugar and fat are usually added to cocoa powder for sweetening and consistency - and cake! In our kitchens, fat can be in the form of cocoa butter, margarine, butter, vegetable shortening or vegetable oil. Sugars, either powdered or granulated add sweetness and also add to consistency. Powdered sugar will be smoother. Once we understand the basics of chocolate it makes substituting ingredients much easier. Here are some more definitions and equivalents.

Cocoa: Powdered, chocolate in its most basic form (beyond the bean).

Baking Chocolate: Generally sold in bars and measured in squares of 1 ounce each. Normally has some fat but no sugar content.

Guide - Strawberrys dipped in chocolate can be a delectable treat. Let the excess chocolate drip off. Place the strawberry upside down with the point in the air.

Semi-Sweet Chocolate: Sold in chips or bars. Normally has some fat plus a small amount of sugar.

1 square (1oz) of baking chocolate = 3 tablespoons cocoa + 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

1 cup (one 6 oz package) of semisweet chocolate = 6 tablespoons cocoa + 7 tablespoons granulated sugar + 1/4 cup shortening

1 cup (one 6 oz package) of semisweet chocolate = 6 oz or (6 squares) of semi-sweet chocolate

Classic Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Guide - Make your own chocolates. It’s easy to make many chocolate delights yourself, with the exact ingredients you want.

This will also work with cherries or any other fruit with a skin. Use about 18 large fresh strawberries, room temperature and patted dry plus 1 pound semi sweet (or any type) chocolate pieces, coarsely chopped.

1. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth. Or heat the chocolate at 50% power in 30 second intervals in the microwave, carefully checking temperature until it is smooth.

2. Using the berry stem or a toothpick, dip the strawberries into the chocolate.

3. Cool the berries on wax paper, or put the toothpicks into styrofoam (or a potato).

More Chocolate Tips: Make sure the strawberries are completely dry. Even a drop of water in the melted chocolate can cause it to “seize” and make the chocolate grainy. This recipe will produce tempered chocolate, or chocolate that dries to a hard shine. If the chocolate becomes too thick to work with, add drops of vegetable oil, small amounts of vegetable shortening or cocoa butter (butter and margarine contain water) stirring until it becomes the right consistency. For more of Mom’s kitchen tips and apron humor visit her on the web at http://www.MomsRetro.com. Happy cooking!

Guide - The largest chocolate bar ever made weighed over 5,000 pounds and was made in Italy in 2000. The largest slab of fudge was over 2,000 pounds and was made in Canada.

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Guide - The largest chocolate bar ever made weighed over 5,000 pounds and was made in Italy in 2000. The largest slab of fudge was over 2,000 pounds and was made in Canada.

Delicious peanut butter chocolate chip cookies recipe

This is a very good recipe for all you peanut butter people! This will surely leave a lasting impression on everyone once it’s inside your mouth. Give it a try!

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Here are the ingredients that you will need to make this Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.

Ingredients:

* 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

* 1 tsp baking soda

* 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

* 1/2 cup softened butter

* 1 egg

* 1/2 cup peanut butter

* 1/4 tsp salt

* 1 cup (6 oz. package) semisweet chocolate chips

* 1/2 cup sugar plus 1 tbsp for making tine marks

* 1 tsp vanilla

Here’s how you prepare the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Preparations:

* Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

* Combine sugar, brown sugar and margarine in a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer until fluffy.

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* Add peanut butter, vanilla and egg. Blend well.

* Add flour, baking soda and salt to dough mixture and mix well.

* Stir in chocolate chips.

* Take small dollops of dough and shape, with your hands, into 1-inch balls.

* Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. (Cookies will spread.)

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* Dip a fork into sugar and flatten the balls lightly with the fork in a crisscross pattern.

* Bake cookies for 6 to 9 minutes, or until golden brown.

* Remove cookies from sheets immediately and place on wire racks to cool thoroughly.

Well I hope the first has already made your day, but for a change you can always try this alternative recipe which you may find is a better peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

* 1/2 cup chunky or smooth peanut butter

* 1/2 cup granulated sugar

* 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

* 1 egg

* 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

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* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

* 1/4 teaspoon salt

* 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Preheat oven to 375

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