Patric Chocolate Nib-Chip Cookies

What is delicious, buttery, chewy and chocolatey all at once?

That's right, Patric Chocolate Nib-Chip Cookies.

Here is the recipe that will become a staple in your home:

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp baking soda
� lb unsalted butter (two sticks)
1 cup dark brown sugar
� cup white sugar
1 tsp real vanilla extract
1 egg
� cup Patric Chocolate�s Roasted Cacao Nibs

Procedure:

1) Preheat oven to 375 F. Adjust oven
rack to middle position.

2) Combine flour, salt and baking
soda in bowl.

3) In a mixer cream the butter and mix in sugars.

4) Add the vanilla and egg to the
butter mixture and beat to combine.

5) Beat the flour mixture into the
butter mixture until just combined.

6) Stir in the Patric Chocolate Cacao
Nibs.

7) Refrigerate dough until cool and
stiff.

8) Drop by rounded teaspoons onto
a good quality baking sheet (thin black baking sheets are not good options).

9) Bake for about 10 minutes and remove from oven. After several
minutes remove to a rack to cool.

Patric Chocolate Takes on the New Web

When Patric Chocolate first started we had a website, and shortly thereafter a blog. At the time, it felt like I was "hip" and "with it," but times soon changed.

Now Facebook, Twitter, and sites such as Flickr allow companies a way to tell their stories with passion and to build a connected community and fan-base. So, with the excellent advice of a couple of good friends, Patric Chocolate has taken the leap into the New Web:

The Patric Chocolate Facebook Page -- If you are on Facebook, please spread the word and become a fan. We have a review system as well so that you can tell everyone what you think about our chocolate and other fine chocolate products. I'll be posting new chocolate-related videos and photo albums from cacao sourcing trips, and giveways will be available for Fans.

The Patric Chocolate Twitter feed -- Follow my daily chocolate-making process, learn about special events, and interact!

Thank you for your support; during these tough economic times, it really does mean a lot!

Very best,

Alan
Patric Chocolate

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P.P.S. By the way, if you've never seen what your mild-mannered chocolate maker looks like, there is a story in the Kansas City Star, just out today, that has quite a few good photos.

Do You Like Chocolate Candies?

Image by incense3131 via Flickr

What do you think of when you hear the word "chocolate candies"?
Chocolate candies are excellent for when you need something to munch on. Come on, you have to admit it. You love chocolate. You like to stare at it, look at it, touch it, feel it... forget all that, you just like to eat it. Sometimes you even like to swallow it whole! Gulp it!

After all... that's why you're here, right? You know, on this page? You were searching for chocolate just a second ago, right? Chocolate candies, to be exact? That's how you landed on this page, right?

Chocolate is great for anyone with a sweet tooth.

What do you want when you wake up in the middle of the night and can't sleep?

What do you want after a long hard day of work?

What do you want after a meal for desert?

Even if you don't like chocolate candies, chances are exceptionally high that you know someone who does. If you're wondering what to get someone, get chocolate candies. They're the perfect diverse gift because you can never have enough and virtually everyone likes them.

If you're going somewhere and you hate to show up empty-handed without a gift, consider getting some chocolate candies. You can get any kind you want because they're the perfect gift-it doesn't matter what kind because everyone loves chocolate.

On a first day in a new job, consider getting some chocolate candies to pass around in the office. This will make you very popular and will help "break the ice", so to speak.

If you can't decide what to get your BFFL on her birthday, consider getting her some chocolate. After all, chances are that nobody else will have thought of that-so it's a unique gift, and one that will make her shriek in delight.

What about for that impossible person to shop for on the list? You know they hate gift cards, right? Try getting chocolate. They'll melt. After all, you can never have too many. And even if that person is getting a ton of chocolate already, there is so much chocolate on the market that yours are almost guaranteed to be different.

By the way, it's perfectly acceptable to get some chocolate candies as a gift to yourself, just for you to eat. You know you like-no-love them.

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How to make home mad chocolate?

The easiest way to make chocolate is to buy cooking chocolate from your local supermarket, melt it down, and pour it into molds. Cooking chocolate usually comes in four different flavours: milk, white, dark, and caramel. You do not, however, have to restrict yourself to these flavours as any store bought chocolate can be melted down and used. Now, we will take a look at the different steps used in making your chocolate.


Break or chop up the chocolate and put it into a bowl; this makes it easier to melt. Next, place the bowl into a microwave oven and put it on high. Another method is to place the broken up chocolate into a ceramic or glass bowl, which is then placed over a pot of boiling water. The aim is to use the steam to melt the chocolate, so never let the bowl touch the boiling water.

If the chocolate retains its original shape - thereby slowing down the melting process - one can stir it, with a wooden spoon, halfway through the process. This will keep it from overcooking. Note: different kinds of chocolate melt at different rates. White chocolate melts the fastest, while dark chocolate takes twice as long. Cooking chocolate, on the other hand, is the slowest melting chocolate of all three.

If the melted chocolate is too thin to use for decorating, add glycerine, as this thickens its consistency.

Once the chocolate is melted, pour it into a mold and leave it to harden. Generally, molds can be brought at your local supermarket; for more variety, you might want to go to a catering supply store. Alternatively, you can make your own molds by using aluminium foil or hygienic non-toxic plastics. If you are on a budget, ice trays can make good mold. You should not, however, use copper as it releases a poisonous residue that can be harmful.

For variety, one can melt two or three different types of chocolate and pour them into the different sections of the same mold. For example, if you have a mold of the Easter bunny, you could pour white chocolate into the mold of his head, milk chocolate into his body, and dark chocolate into his legs. Mixing different kinds of chocolates into the same mold will give you a unique looking chocolates and a variety of tastes. Another idea is to fill the mold almost to the brim with milk chocolate then, while it is still in liquid form, pour white chocolate in a spiral into the same mold, creating a beautiful whirl effect. The possibilities are endless! Bon appetite!



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