The warm feeling of a happy cup of Hot Chocolate and stuff and more at chefshop.com/enews EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER 5% OFF CODE hot  Recipes | Chef's Pantries | Shop for Food & Ingredients | Food Blog Preparing for the cold Hot Chocolate at the ready Planning to be cold on purpose is one of those things we truly try to avoid. Instead, we try to plan to be warm, circumnavigating the chill of the first north winds of the fall and soon winter. And coming in from the cold to a cup of hot chocolate is like being in a Hallmark movie. It is the memories and the happiness. It is the warm and cuddly that comes with holding the cup and the first hot sip. Whether your Dad made it for you, or you made it for your best friend, it seems that the remembrance is not constrained to just one memory. It’s easy bliss. The making of a cup can be as easy as a stir of a packet in hot water. Or as ritualistic as melting chocolate in milk, adding cinnamon, chili and nutmeg. And don’t forget the marshmallows, if you have the hankering. Every part of “Hot Chocolate” is good for you. We have all heard that chocolate is rich in antioxidants that fight for a healthy body, one of the superfoods, (I believe in superfoods if that means you can eat more to benefit your heart). And “hot” is good too. According to Cornell (the college, not the character) a study found more of those antioxidants are released when you heat them up! Be prepared for the next few months with enough chocolate on hand to make a memory and nice upper lip mustache! Shop Now for Hot Chocolate! * 70-60 Hot Chocolate! 16 ounces. A special mix of Organic Chocolate combined to make a deep, sweet and rich drinking chocolate. It started with a desire to create a new drinking chocolate. One that is not like the others. Not bitter dark, not super sweet, combining the nuances of our Dark Drinking Chocolate and some of the familiarity that L’Ancienne exemplifies, the hot chocolate of our childhood memory. One freezing moonlit night, at the base of Hurricane Ridge inside a tent, I remember putting three packets of Swiss Miss into a cup of boiling water. The cup was filled with extra chocolaty goodness but it was overwhelmed with sugar. Since then I have sought the perfect cup full of chocolate to sip, that didn’t leave me with a sickly buzz of sugar when I was done. Finally, after all these years, we have found the perfect combination of bio chocolate. It’s as easy as 1/2 cup of 70-60 and two cups of milk. Melded together in our Coco-Motion or on the stove top, the results are still the same. With an opening of unexpected light floral notes that rolls into a chocolaty envelope, the mouth is filled with a wonderful fullness of chocolate. Rich, thick, sweet, a wealthy feel of a pure dark chocolate bar encased in liquid. Shop now for 70-60 Hot Chocolate! * Ultra Dark Drinking Chocolate Chopping slabs of chocolate is time-consuming and tiring. Luckily for you, Essential Pantry has found an ultra-dark couverture chocolate all ready to go for drinking chocolate. And yes, couverture means plenty of cocoa butter for a great mouth feel! Our Swiss Grand Cru drinking (74%) chocolates offer something for everyone: creamy, dark or ultra-dark. If dark is still not quite dark enough, then this is the drinking chocolate for you. Shop now for Swiss Grand Cru Ultra Dark Drinking Chocolate! * French Powdered Hot Chocolate This remarkable hot chocolate has been served in top French hotels including, Le Bristol Paris, and others that go unnamed. Only the finest cocoa beans have been selected to produce this traditional powdered chocolate. The richness of the chocolate flavor yields undertones of fruitiness that blend with the natural vanilla for a subtle and smooth finish. The careful roasting of the beans selected from renowned provenances brings out the excellence of the aroma. It is made solely with cocoa, refined cane sugar and natural Bourbon vanilla - it contains no dairy additives and is not Dutch processed. It is recommended to prepare it by just adding hot milk, but it is suitable for soy milk or water. Pre-order now for Les Confitures a l'Ancienne! * It's for more than Brownies! This cocoa is perfect for mixing and making your next cup-of-hot-chocolate! With the hit of vanilla "built-in" it stirs the emotions of making your own! Add a little sugar, sea salt and a little more vanilla and your on your way to making a memory. Shop now for perfect Cocoa Powder to make Hot Chocolate! * Superfine Sugar This superfine, dry, sugar is perfect for melting in a hot drink and disappears in an instant in a bowl of melted chocolate. Once you use Caster sugar it is hard to go back when your baking! Check out Superfine Caster Sugar! * Home Made Hot Chocolate Recipe! Easy homemade hot chocolate recipe - made with a rich unsweetened cocoa powder - ChefShop Cocoa Powder. Read here for Hot Chocolate Recipe! * Classic Maya Hot Chocolate Recipe For centuries, the Mayas controlled the lucrative production and distribution of kakaw (cocoa) throughout Mesoamerica. Throughout those centuries, cocoa was processed into a beverage - not bonbons. Cocoa beans were fermented, sun dried, roasted and ground into a thick paste. The paste was then formed into a tortilla-shaped patty. Dairy was not available until the Spanish introduced cattle into the New World, so the patty was dissolved in water.... Click here to read more and see the recipe! * Summer Parmigiano-Reggiano This summer Parmigiano-Reggiano is from a new bunch of cows and then aged by a master. They find the best cheese, from the best farms and then age them in modern "caves" until perfect! Cutting the end of October in time for the holidays! Stock up now for Parmigiano-Reggiano! * Pre-Order your Panettone! You can order now, change your mind later, and we don't charge before we are ready to ship. And the best part of it all is that you won't miss out on the cool wraps you want! And though fresh, they keep well so be sure to reserve! Shop now for Italian Panettone! Store Events Coming Store Hours Monday thru Saturday 10AM to 5PM. Come try some hot Chocolate this weekend! ChefShop.com 1425 Elliott Ave W Seattle, Wa 98119 206-286-9988 Store Parking The big one is much easier to park in. Click here to see the map.   This Week's Recipes Garlic Eggplant Dip Recipe This is a terrific party dip - and even those folks who swear they don't like eggplant will love it! Serve with crackers, bread or carrot sticks for scooping. It's also a good (and good for you) sandwich spread. Gambas al Pil-Pil w/ Chermoula Dip Sizzling shrimp with garlic Recipe A classic Spanish Tapas with a Moroccan twist -- this is a simple way to add more flavorful Chermoula into your diet and, it's as simple as simple can be. If you're not used to cooking shrimp, don't be afraid - this recipe is so simple, you'll be making it all the time once you take the plunge and make it the first time. Just make sure the shrimp are de-veined when you buy them, and you should be set. This recipe calls for medium shrimp, but can easily be made with bigger shrimp -- although the bigger the shrimp the longer the cooking time. Also, traditional recipes will call to saute your shrimp in olive oil - but be we do not recommend that. Although the olive oil may survive the medium-heat saute, it will definitely not survive the high-heat saute. Use Rice Bran Oil instead, and then if you still want that added fresh olive oil flavor, drizzle on afterwards. You can also serve this over angel-hair pasta to give it an Italian bent. So simple! Parmigiano-Reggiano with Three Dipping Sauces Recipe The Swiss love their fondue, but when you have an authentic Grana cheese as wonderful and tasty as authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano or even Granglona Pecorino, why not enjoy their peak flavor straight-up? Here are three sauces that will make a perfect party appetizer to be served with drinks or at the beginning of a bigger meal. 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