Gifting with DOVE Chocolate

Who is on your shopping list? Let's check them off with chocolate!

I love this time of year when everything is beginning to look festive and everyone is joyous and giving. I love to give more than I do to receive. DOVE Chocolate makes giving so easy! Whether you are thanking your childrens' teachers with a couple of our chocolate covered graham crackers or chocolate covered pretzels along with a chai tea or smoothie packet tucked in a mug or our $10 gift of Sea-Salted Chocolate Covered Caramels for the postal carrier, hairdresser, etc. Who doesn't LOVE premium (melt-in-your-mouth) chocolate and what better than to receive it for a gift?


DOVE created these lovely gift towers and gift boxes filled with delights for your gifting pleasure:


We have gifts $20 and less! Teens love our smoothies (Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, Coconut Chocolate Chip or our Frosty White). The Cappuccino Biscottini, Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans and Java Chocolate Chip Smoothies are perfect for the coffee lover on your list! Our smoothies are only $18.

Have you been invited to holiday parties? A great hostess gift is our Chocolate Martini Mix, only $20 and makes 20-25 full-size martinis. Just add flavored vodka, milk and ice into a shaker or blender ~ voila' it's that EASY!!!

Dads love the Choco-Caramel Crunch! This NEW product has been a hit!! The Choco-Caramel Crunch is popcorn touched by a fairy godmother's magic wand. Chewy gooey caramels? Crunchy pretzels and potato sticks? Bling! Caramelized dry roasted almonds and DCD Milk Chocolate drizzled lavishly over all? Bling-bling! You asked for sweet, salty, chewy-crunchy. Your wish is our command. Taste and be transformed. (PACKAGED IN A GIFTABLE READY-TO-GIVE 10-OZ. CANISTER)

Do you have coffee lovers on your list? Our Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans are perfect! One half-pound dark chocolate covered and one-half pound milk/white marbelized chocolate covered roasted espresso beans are sure to please. Or our Milk Chocolate enrobed Cappuccino Biscottini are delicious. Both ONLY $20...also only $20 are:

Cinnamon Dusted Almonds (milk or dark chocolate)

Milk Chocolate Cashews/Dark Chocolate Almonds

Dark Chocolate Covered Fruit Collection (8 oz each ~ Cherries, Blueberries and Cranberries)

I also offer Corporate Gifting, please contact me to learn more. I love to help take care of business' clients and Associates. We can deliver directly to their door!

Let me help you do some shopping from your home, no parking headaches or standing in long lines! Chocolate treats please.....Please visit www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/kimberlylucak to view the entire catalog and more fabulous recipes. Please contact me to order at DecadentChocolate@gmail.com by December 12, 2011 for guaranteed delivery for Christmas!

St. Patty's Day ~ Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

What are you making for St. Patrick’s Day? Make 14 Chocolate Stout Cakes. This recipe will bring you luck!

CHOCOLATE STOUT CUPCAKES
Ingredients:

1 box DCD Chocolate Baking Mix
2 eggs
6 oz stout beer (recommended: Guinness)
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 stick butter
2/3 cup DCD Dark Chocolate Baking Bits (included in Baking Mix)

Sweetened whipped cream, for garnish
DCD Chardonnay Caramel Sauce, for garnish
DCD Dark Chocolate, shaved, for garnish

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners, and spray lightly with a non-stick baking spray.

2. Pour chocolate baking mix into a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, begin mixing, pouring in the eggs, stout beer, and sour cream. Mix for approximately 30 seconds.

3. Place butter and chocolate together in a microwave-safe bowl, and melt at 20-second intervals, until completely melted and smooth. Pour into mixer, and mix for an additional 30 seconds.

4. Fill the cupcake liners up about 2/3 of the way (you will have leftover batter, use this to bake another pan). Bake for 16-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out almost clean, with a little batter stuck to it.

5. Let cupcakes cool completely. Swirl some Chardonnay Caramel sauce into a batch of sweetened whipped cream, and dollop onto each cupcake. Garnish with some shaved Dark Chocolate, and enjoy!

Please contact me at DecadentChocolate@gmail.com for questions or to place an order. Thank you & ENJOY!