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Here are the chocolate recipes I've developed. My chocolate recipes are a "labor of love". I share them freely with you, as I do the chocolates that I create and give to friends and family. Because I don't temper my chocolate, the truffles may not be shiny or professional looking, but because I don't use hardeners like wax, nor any preservatives, they are both scrumptious and healthful.
I'd like to start by presenting my views on chocolate itself. Cooking with chocolate is a great joy for me, and I hope that you enjoy my creations. There are many varieties available for cooking now, both in regular supermarkets and at fancy cooking stores. But the very best for baking are the bittersweet varieties from El Rey, Callebaut, Ghiradelli, and Guittard. I've found that it is usually better to blend the chocolates from several different companies, because the result is more balanced, flavorful, and well-rounded. Valrona, Sharfenburger, and Cocoa Barry chocolates blend very well with other chocolates, and are better (for recipes) this way.
A while ago, I was showing a friend how to make truffles, and realized that using a couverture chocolate (i.e. a type designed for melting to cover truffles) made the process of creating truffles much, much easier than just using ordinary bars as a covering. May I also point out that you can find a 1.25 inch scoop for creating truffle centers by clicking here.
You might also like my "The Best Chocolate" Review Page: To see what I consider to be the best, click here -- updated January 2012.
Important note on using a microwave to melt chocolate. I use a powerful microwave (1300 watts). With a unit that heats quickly, I only heat the chocolate for one minute, stir well to melt what I can, and heat 1/2 a minute more. You have to break blocks and bars into small pieces before melting in a microwave or it can burn internally.
Finally, a quote from one of the readers of this page, "Hank, You are a chocolate magician. Thanks for sharing your alchemy! many blessings ~ Giza"
Two restaurants on Solano Avenue in Albany, CA have chosen to use my recipes for special occasions on their menus. 6 Degrees on Solano used my Tiramousse recipe, adding ground nuts and cinnamon on top (great additions!), and The Solano Grill's pastry chef created a variation of my recent Chocolate Polenta Cake. (And lucky me, both restaurants gave me a free portion to enjoy).
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A great way to start with chocolate making is to read my article:
and my newest article:
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The Best Teas in the World: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, and Five
Updated February 2014
In the past few years, I have started exploring the world of tea, and have discovered both the best tea resources and some of the best teas available anywhere. These teas are both delicious and "high" -- in that they create a feeling of spiritual openness and vastness. You can read about them by clicking here.
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And my newest adventure:
Aromatherapy
I have started a series of articles as I start my journey with essential oils. You can read the first one here, and it has links to the rest. Enjoy!
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Please also click here to read my Postscript at the bottom of this page.
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And now on to the recipes By Category or Chronologically by Most Recent
Chocolate Recipes by Category:
Chocolate Truffles:
Chocolate Blueberry Cheesecake Truffles
Hall of Fame: Phenomenal Strawberry Truffles
Exquisite Caramel-Vanilla Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate Truffles Supreme
A Wonderful Bunch of Organically-Flavored Truffles
Amazing Lemon Almond Butter Truffles
Delicious Black CherryTruffles
Scrumptious Candied Ginger Truffles
Transcendental Pecan Truffles
Two Raw Truffle Recipes
Lovely Dried Apricot and Raspberry Puree Truffles
Two Great Chocolate Passionfruit Truffle Recipes
Wonderful Dried Apricot Truffles
Great new Gianduja and Apricot Truffles
Almond Honey Truffles
Exquisite Chocolate Pistachio Truffles
Sweet-Tart Pomegranate Chocolate Truffles
Framboise Rose Chocolate Truffles
Black Raspberry Jam Chocolate Truffles
Apricot Jam Truffles
Raspberry Jam Truffles
Coconut Truffles
Macadamia Nut Truffles
Hazelnut Truffles
Buttercream Walnut Truffles
Halvah Truffles
Tiramisu Truffles
Raspberry Liqueur Truffles, Improved!
Coconut Milk Truffles
Strawberry Truffles
Raspberry Liqueur Truffles
The Ultimate & Universal Chocolate Truffle Recipe
Four Star Chocolate Truffles
Lavender Truffles
Star Anise Truffles
Spearmint Truffles
Rum Chestnut/Plum butter truffle
Jasmine Truffles
Mousse:
Coconut Milk Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate Frousse
Chocolate Ecstacy Mousse
Tiramousse -- A truly incredible chocolate mousse
Cookies:
Hank's Chocolate Almond Cookies -- Perfected!!
Hank's Chocolate Almond Marscapone Cookies
Hank's Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies -- Revisited
Super-Fudge Cookies
Incredible Chocolate Almond Cookies
Chocolate Shortbread
Pies:
A Wonderful Chocolate Whipped Cream Fruit Pie for All Seasons
Hank's Chocolate Cream Fruit Pie
White and Dark Mousse Pie Ecstacy
Dipped Fruit:
Chocolate-Covered Fruit, Revisited
Chocolate covered Cherries and Strawberries
Brownies:
Hank's Cherry Brownies
Brownies really worth eating
Miscellaneous Chocolate Recipes:
Luscious Chocolate Polenta Cake with Chai-flavored Whipped Cream
A Wonderful Dessert Sauce
Exquisite Flourless Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Shortbread
Cocoa Halvah
Ultimate Mini-Muffins
Aderan's First Recipe: Raspberry Fudge
An Incredible Chocolate Sandwich #2
An Incredible Chocolate Sandwich
Wonderful (Wonderful!) Hot Fudge Sauce
Wonderful (Wonderful!) Hot Fudge Sauce -- Revisited
Postscript:
I have received wonderful emails from visitors to this page thanking me for my work. I am very happy that so many people enjoy them. If you want to share any special recipes that you have created with me, I'd love to receive them. May all of your cooking go well, and bring you much joy.
By the way, for those who have not explored the rest of this website, please do so. I have almost 600 pages on this site, including articles on communicating effectively in relationships, transformational processes, over 150 psychic channelings, tutorials in both Western and Vedic astrology, and a comprehensive section on astrology software. I hope the rest of this website also becomes valuable to you.
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