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Devilishly delicious, gooey treat for kids and adults alike!

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Today marks another year of World Chocolate Day, commemorating the day when the beloved treat was introduced to Europe in 1550. 

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Trending Dubai Chocolate, but make them into cookies!

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POTATOES, and not just sweet potatoes, can be used to make incredible desserts and other sweet treats.

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Make someone’s birthday sweeter with premium artisanal chocolates from Padova, Italy.

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Villa del Conte, the famous Italian artisanal chocolate, offers boxes of chocolates for the new graduates who have reached another milestone in their lives.

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When you drink hot chocolate or eat a Theo & Philo specialty chocolate bar, do you ever think of how the chocolate came to be? Or ask how a “chocolate” tree can actually exist? My friends from Peace and Equity Foundation and my co-authors of “CACAO: Bean to Bar” did a road trip to an ever inspiring cacao producer cooperative in Subasta, Davao.

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Devilishly delicious, gooey treat for kids and adults alike!

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Today marks another year of World Chocolate Day, commemorating the day when the beloved treat was introduced to Europe in 1550. 

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Trending Dubai Chocolate, but make them into cookies!

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POTATOES, and not just sweet potatoes, can be used to make incredible desserts and other sweet treats.

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Patchi, a premium brand from Lebanon, is well-known for producing hand-made, quality chocolates based on the most refined raw materials and recipes. Patchi chocolates are made of cocoa beans from pods growing on the trunk and lower branches of the theobroma cacao tree, which are organically grown and imported via England, France, the Ivory Coast and the Netherlands.

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Make someone’s birthday sweeter with premium artisanal chocolates from Padova, Italy.

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Villa del Conte, the famous Italian artisanal chocolate, offers boxes of chocolates for the new graduates who have reached another milestone in their lives.

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When you drink hot chocolate or eat a Theo & Philo specialty chocolate bar, do you ever think of how the chocolate came to be? Or ask how a “chocolate” tree can actually exist? My friends from Peace and Equity Foundation and my co-authors of “CACAO: Bean to Bar” did a road trip to an ever inspiring cacao producer cooperative in Subasta, Davao.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1225745 [AuthorName] => Chit U. Juan [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img21/3098/0czf.jpg ) ) )
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