Free Chocolate for Valentine’s! Green & Black’s treats Foodie-file subscribers all month long!
Ok this giveaway is an easy one, nothing much required of my readers accept a couple of clicks and lots of entertaining blog posts to savour! I have five Green and Black Chocolate Fondue gift sets, each valued at $70, that features a gorgeous, ceramic chocolate fondue set, decadent 100g Green & Black’s Organic chocolate bars and six unique chocolate fondue recipes. Every week for the next five weeks Foodie-file subscribers will have the chance to receive one of these Green & Black’s Fondue packages. One subscribers will be picked at random to receive Green & Blacks yummy, first quality, organic chocolate each week for the next five weeks.
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To get you in the mood for chocolate, here is Green & Black’s recipe for:
Maya Marmalade Fondue
Ingredients:
1 100 gr (3.5 oz) Green & Black’s Maya bar
1/8 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
1 tbsp orange marmalade
Directions:
Conventional method
Break up the chocolate and put in a saucepan with the water.
Over low heat stir with a small wire whisk until ingredients are smooth and combined.
Add orange marmalade and stir.
If the resulting sauce is too thick, add a few drops of water and whisk to blend.
Serve in a small bowl with desired fruit and nuts.
If fondue becomes cool and thick microwave for 10 seconds and stir, repeat if necessary.
Microwave
Break up the chocolate and put in a plastic bowl with the water.
Give the mixture of ingredients 10-20 second bursts in the microwave, whisking in between.
Do this until blended and warm.
Tips for extra flavour:
• Add a splash of Grand Marnier, triple sec or Cointreau.
Suggested dipables: Pretzels, salty popcorn, apple slices, pear slices, shortbread and marshmallows.
Serves 2-3
Recipe courtesy of Green & Black’s Organic
Valentine’s Day 2009
mmmmm, I love chocolate!
…and since Valentine’s day is coming up, what better way to enjoy it?
There would be nothing better than combinig the two. Spending time with the one you love and chocolate……..would be heaven!!!
…just think: melted chocolate AND the one you love!!!
Hey Christine, I love this Canadian Living scene you are providing; I bet you love it too. There is no better way to have a casual evening than fondue and chocolate has so many options. I must admit I don’t know much about “Green & Black” but would love to be taught something new. Are they saying this chocolate is organic? I imagine cocoa bens always have been.
Thanks and keep up the good work. I would love to have a job like yours.
First and foremost: congratulations Lorne on the Steak dinner. Trust me Lorne, Green & Black chocolate is quite rich and decadent. (English chocolate usually is)
Now Christine you have a chance to make it up to the runners-up! What better way to console them…with chocolate! Mmmmmmmm.
Chocolate is so versatile. Medicinal for PMS. Curbs your appetite. Hey, I even heard it’s good for the cholesterol. It makes the perfect gift for any occasion.
Chocolate is every woman’s best friend.
So, not only am I green like the chocolate (lol), but the chocolate is good for the heart as is love good for the heart. I love chocolate and I love love.
Lorne, all choclate is not organic. Daniela writes about “green” choclate choices today’s Valentine blog, here’s the link
http://www.canadianliving.com/blogs/green/2009/02/12/have-a-green-and-happy-valentines-day/
The best combination for Valentine’s day my love one plus a Black Chocolate fondue set.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you!!
Make it a special day.
The above recipe sounds absolutely decadent !!! My husband of 48 & 1/2 years loves a chocolate orange combination so we will enjoy that treat on Sat. Feb. 14. YUMMY !!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the recipe. Marie
Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone! The best way to celebrate is with chocolate, wine and of course the one you love!!!
CHOCOLATE….a sure way to a Woman’s Heart!!
I made a triple chocolate devils food cake for dessert on valentines day. Just take a chocolate devils food cake mix and add two blocks of melted semi sweet chococlate and coco to the mix. When icing with deep chocolate icing add more of the melted semi sweet blocks and coco…aaahhh holy smoking chocolate !!! delicious!!
The only real chocolate – the only good Chocolate is organic chocolate!! I just discovered the awesome-ness of it at Christmas when a friend let me taste her organic dark chocolate – I’m a converted dark organic chocolate lover now!!!
Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. Who needs a man when you can have chocolate. Just kidding of course. The recipe sounds absolutely scrumptious… will definitely be checking it out.
On Thursday, I made a chocolate cake with icing so that my daughter could take it to her ECO club at school and sell it in the bake sale. All funds raised are to save animals in extinction.
OOH la la du chocolat. I love it. I need it and my family would also love indulging into chocolat.
oh my goodness!!! don’t go near the stores what ever you do …all the good quality valentines chocolate is reduced to “giveaway” prices!!!
I lost all control and bought waaay too much and ate half of it….then gave the rest to the family….I am not a bad girl …I am not a bad girl…I am not…..
just sign me anonymous<<>>
Mmmmmmmm. I could not stay away from the chocolate section , rushed home and practically hid away to eat it all. Big rush and big guilt!
Love the recipe- it tasted yummy.
My son-in-laws birthday on tuesday. My daughter is so lucky to have such a marvelous husband!!
They have been married over 20 years now. Good years I might add!!
I am making him one of my famous chocolate cakes…(grin) much the same as the one at valentines…but choco chips instead of the cubes.
Oh so simple…devils chcolate food cake mix…add a good handful of semi sweet chocolate chips…two table spoons of Coco. Follow the package directions for the rest of it.
Then for the chocolate icing — add more coco again and melt choco chips in the M/W and mix in with the icing. IF you want more chcoclate in this…aftr icing the cake you can either drizzle some melted chips over it or just drop a few chips whole on the top.
oh yes this is chocolate!!
I am sure it is not as good quality as the Blacks and Green organic…but definetely a chcocolate fix.
I tried the recipe. I really recommend adding the Grand Marnier. It gave it a nice little “kick”.
Chocolat…., creamy, velvety, rich, thick, and melt in you mouth….how could you not want to have it every day!
Hey – cool everyone is trying the recipe!
I love anything with chocolate….It just puts a smile on my face!