Thursday, July 17, 2008

Elton John Featured On A Ben & Jerry's Special Ice Cream







It's flavor is called "Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road" and is a tribute to one of Sir Elton John's greatest hits.

The Associated Press described it as "an outrageous symphony of decadent chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter brickle and white chocolate chunks."

Monday, July 14, 2008

A Cellphone/MP3 Player Named Chocolate

The LG VX8500 (or "Chocolate") is a slider cellphone-MP# player hybrid that is sold as a feature phone. In the United States. it was released by Verizon Wireless in July 2006 and made available online, and later released in Verizon stores in the U.S. on August 7, 2006. In addition to the original black model (dubbed "Dark Chocolate"), the LG Chocolate VX8500 is also available in the U.S. in a light green, white, pink, and red (called "Mint Chocolate," "White Chocolate," "Strawberry Chocolate," and "Cherry Chocolate," respectively).

The LG Chocolate also has another successor now called the LG Chocolate (VX8550) which has: touch buttons with improved accuracy, a scroll wheel, support for 4GB microSDcards, and tactile send and end keys.


Sunday, July 13, 2008

Chewy Chocolate-Cinnamon Cookies

Here is a great recipe from Hershey's.


Chewy Chocolate-Cinnamon Cookies

Ingredients:
  • 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
  • 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons plus 1/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Beat butter until creamy. Add brown sugar and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; beat until blended. Add egg, baking soda, corn syrup and vanilla; beat well.

3. Stir together flour and cocoa; beat into butter mixture. If batter becomes too stiff, use wooden spoon to stir in remaining flour. Cover; refrigerate about 30 minutes, if necessary, until batter is firm enough to shape. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Combine 1/4 cup granulated sugar and cinnamon; roll balls in mixture. Place balls 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.

4. Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies are set and tops are cracked. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. 40 cookies.