Milk Chocolate Almonds

[Edwin]

Carol's cousins gave to me a 3 pound container of Milk Chocoate Almonds a couple of years ago for my birthday present. I am usually pretty good at saving chocolate candy, but this I could not save, and they didn't last any time at all. They are roasted almonds covered with milk chocolate. Since they are almonds with just a thin layer of chocolate it makes a nice snack for Carol, and as a diabetic they are mostly nut with just a little of the bad stuff, so it makes good sense for her to eat them when she craves something like that. We have been buying them ever since as they come from the same food ware house that we get many of our groceries, and also Carol's medications. She will ask for 4, 5, or 6 of them, and I will count out that many, bring them to her, and that satisfies her cravings. I recomend them to anyone, as they are very good! I stopped eating them to save them for Carol because she could eat them, and I would rather eat Dark Slightly Sweetened Chocolate bars, one half at a time, but with her only eating just a few now and then they are becoming discolored showing white speckles, looking almost like they have the measles, so I am helping her to eat this one so that they will not get too old and stale! We must not have that!

[lyrehc]

ohhhhhhhhh i love nuts, its christmas time and i love to eat chocolate with almonds its making me go nuts , last year i chocolate gift for christmas from a korean friend hope this year i will have a chocolate present from a friend too..my friend who live in the U.S arrived with her husband and daughter, she brought me a present dress for my daughter and chocolate for me..i was thankful she was thoughtful that she never forget my favorite chocolate with almonds...hmmmm.. yummy...

[crisipicada]

This Christmas, I have not eaten a lot of chocolates, how i wish i would eat. This Christmas, will spend time with my family and have some party for the kids. We are preparing games and giving gifts to children in the barrio as well as here in the station for those who are walking and visiting and some peddlers. May everyone has a great Christmas.

[cheryz]

i wish this christmas to have more chocolate in the table, i love to eat chocolates even i had toothache last week. now i wanted to have more more chocolate to eat because next year i want to diet so i have to eat lot this coming christmas.

[angel]

yes i love chocolates too. cheryz you dont have to eat more chocolate it makes you more chubby just joking cheryz! anyway heres Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Chocolate and Longevity.

Here's what you need to know about how chocolate can enhance your longevity, which type is the healthiest, how much of it to consume, how it's been used as medicine for centuries, and how best to savor it. Enjoy!
1. The Healthiest Chocolate
Chocolate's recent status as a heart-healthy food was launched in the 1990s by Harvard Medical School researchers studying the Kuna Indians, living off the coast of Panama. The Kunas suffer very little hypertension, even with increasing age, despite their high salt intake.

Concluding the major difference in this indigenous population is dietary, the researchers focused their attention on the Kunas' regular consumption of cocoa -- up to 5 cups a day -- for clues about the effects of this largely unprocessed food.

2. Can Chocolate Help You Stay Slim?
Of all the things to love about chocolate, research published in 2012 in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine suggests eating it regularly may actually help you stay slim! Though chocolate lovers are usually cautioned to compensate (that is, cut calories) elsewhere in their diet when they eat this energy-dense food, the University of California study found that subjects who ate chocolate more frequently had a lower Body Mass Index, even when they consumed more calories overall. A BMI between 18 - 25 is considered healthiest for adults.

The findings jive with a 2011 review of seven major studies involving about 114,000 people, which also found a link between frequency of chocolate consumption and health. The conclusion? Eating chocolate and cocoa products more than twice a week led to big drops in the risks of cardiovascular disease (down 37 per cent), diabetes (down 31 per cent), and stroke (29 per cent lower risk.)

3. Chocolate's Healthy History
Chocolate's role in an anti-aging diet may seem like news, but the truth is, cocoa has been used as medicine in many cultures for thousands of years. One of the first written references to chocolate and longevity was recorded in the mid-1600s after Spanish explorers who'd discovered it in the New World took it back home to Europe. Over the centuries, cocoa and chocolate have been credited with improving ailments ranging from digestion, seizures, and rheumatism, to toothaches and insomnia.

4. How Much Chocolate Should I Eat to Live Longer?
Though the evidence that chocolate can benefit heart health is growing, researchers caution that this energy-dense food can contribute to weight gain. A 3.5 oz (100g) bar contains more than 500 calories. There's no point trying to avoid a heart attack or stroke by eating chocolate if eating it leads to obesity and a correspondingly higher risk of cardiovascular and other diseases.

Many studies have looked at the frequency of chocolate consumption -- that is, how often people are consuming it (less than once a week, more than twice a week, daily, and so on). There are clues in the research, however, as to how much chocolate to eat, for the greatest benefit.

5. Other Health Benefits of Chocolate
Chocolate is a complex plant food with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. Unprocessed cocoa contains a large number of flavanols, a form of antioxidant flavonoid that has been linked to a lower risk of heart disease, thanks to its ability to keep blood vessels elastic and platelets from sticking together.

[lyrehc]

how to make chocolate you gotta see this. for chocolate lover

Microwave Homemade Chocolates

Ingredients Needed

Milk powder - 1 cup
Cocoa powder - 3 tsp
Icing sugar - 1/2 cup
Condensed milk - 2 tbsp
Butter - 1 -2 tsp
Cashew Almond powder - 1 tsp
Milk - 1/4 cup

Method to prepare:

Mix all the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl. Micro for 4 minutes. Check after 2 minutes, stir and continue cooking.

Grease a plate with butter, once done, transfer to the plate and allow to cool. Make marks on the top so that it is easy to break into pieces.

[cheryz]

While im scrolling here i read this post again that makes me crave for chocolates my favorite Almonds, Tobleron, Hershey, Dark chocolate, chocolates in a box (i forgot the name), brownies, chocolate cakes. yummy.. im dreaming again. ... i bit you cant resist too hehehe..

[angel]

Thats so good sissy cheryz... cheat day for you? when i see in grocery id rather not to go in that shelf coz i cannot resist myself to buy, the funny thing is im telling myself right there discipline discipline and goes on... some people watching at me maybe telling there self like im a crazy lazy. hahaha

[lyrehc]

One of my favorites chocolate is milk chocolate almonds.. It taste heaven when I think of it.. Chocolate was one of the world delicious dessert.. Eating chocolate can also help us when we have upset stomach or if it happen we our hungry and there's no food buy only chocolate.. It help a lot eating it will ease our stomach.

[lyrehc]

The first recorded evidence of chocolate as a food product goes back to Pre-Columbian Mexico. The Mayans and Aztecs were known to make a drink called "Xocoatll from the beans of the cocoa tree. In 1528, the conquering Spaniards returned to Spain with chocolate still consumed as a beverage. A similar chocolate drink was brought to a royal wedding in France in 1615, and England welcomed chocolate in 1662. To this point "chocolate" as we spell it today, had been spelled variously as "chocalatall, "jocolatte", "jacolatte", and "chockelet.
       In 1847, Fry & Sons in England introduced the first "eating chocolate," but did not attract much attention due to its bitter taste. In 1874, Daniel Peter, a famed Swiss chocolateer, experimented with various mixtures in an effort to balance chocolates rough flavor, and eventually stumbled upon that abundant product -- milk. This changed everything and chocolate's acceptance after that was quick and enthusiastic.
The chocolate was made from cocoa..i remember my aunt who lives in sagay city has a cocoa plant she bring a cocoa powder with here when she go home and we made a very delicious hot chocolate in it.