// Edit: Sunday, October 28th at 8:52pm. Well friends, it’s time to announce the winner of the raffle! I had planned to write a new post for this, but alas I am plain tuckered out. 
The random number picker hath decreed that comment #55 is the winner, which means that Teya won a copy of “Enlightened Chocolate” - yay! Thank you to everyone who participated - perhaps I’ll do another raffle in November? //
Thank you to everyone who answered the question I asked in my Pumpkin Currant Cookies post! As promised I’m posting the results of the book raffle that was part of that entry. I used a random number picker to select the winner, and that lucky person was Claire of Cookthink!
Congratulations Claire, and to everyone else, don’t be too bummed because guess what: I have another book to give away! Enlightened Chocolate, by Camilla Saulsbury, two copies of which showed up on my doorstep the other day, and one of which I would love to send to you. The recipes in this book range from Spanish hot chocolate with orange, espresso and spice, to chocolate souffles with raspberry sauce, to the yummy chocolate-flecked multigrain muffins you see pictured above. And if all that chocolatey goodness isn’t enough for you, consider this - the recipes in this book are healthy. Not carrot or spinach healthy, mind you, but healthy in the sense that they feature whole grains, dark or bitter-sweet chocolate and dried or fresh fruits. (There is one recipe the includes corn syrup and I wasn’t a fan of that, but otherwise everything looked good.) The chocolate muffins you see here satisfy in the melt-in-your-mouth way that chocolate should, while also delighting your tastes with toasted wheat germ, whole grain flour, cinnamon and diced dates. Together these flavors pack a serious punch that you can enjoy guilt-free, since each muffin has a mere 219 calories and 8.9 grams of fat. Not bad for a sweet treat if you ask me, and certainly welcome with a tall glass of cold milk or a hot cup of homemade pumpkin-spice latte.
That’s all for now - I’d write more but, alas, household chores and homework assignments demand my attention! The process for winning this book is identical as the one employed for Olive Oil Baking. If you would like to win it answer the following question in the comments section of this post and I’ll randomly select a winner on Sunday October 27th. Comments that don’t answer the question will not be entered into the book raffle.
Answer this question for a chance to win a free copy of this book: What is your favorite way to eat chocolate?
Chocolate-Flecked Multigrain Muffins
Adapted from Enlightened Chocolate, by Camilla Saulsbury
Ingredients: Makes 12 muffins
- 1 cup + 2tbs whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 packed dark brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch process)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 2/3 cups chopped dried dates
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbs boiling water
- 2 ounces semi-sweet or bitter-sweet chocolate, chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl whisk the flour, sugar, brown sugar, wheat germ, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt until blended. Stir in the oats and dates. Make a well in the center of the mixture.
In small bowl whisk the buttermilk, olive oil, vanilla and egg, then add the liquid to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in boiling water. Let batter stand 15 minutes. Stir in the chocolate.
Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake 18-20 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from the tin immediately. Place on a wire rack and cool.
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114 Comments.
1. alina | October 20th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
I love chocolate in one of it’s most classic, simple forms…chocolate chip cookies. Yeah, not very creative but it sure hits the spot for me anytime, day or night!
2. Kat | October 20th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
melted over vanilla ice cream!
3. Katie B. | October 20th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Of all the ways I love chocolate, I think dark chocolate peanut butter ice cream is tops. (Luckily, I thought of that - otherwise I would have said in a McDonald’s hot fudge sundae!)
4. Danielle | October 20th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
That’s a tough question - Dave makes a mean Queen of Sheba, and it’s somewhere near the top of my list. Might be at the very top, in fact.
5. Jessica | October 20th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I like eating a good dark chocolate bar by itself. Purity!
6. RuthL | October 20th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Little piece by little piece…..until it’s all gone.
7. Claire | October 20th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
With peanut butter!!!
8. Patty | October 20th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I love to eat chocolate in bar form
9. Honeybee | October 20th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Is it really possible to pick just one favourite? If I had to choose, licking the spoon while melting chocolate for some other scrumptious dessert is a guilty pleasure.
10. sprite | October 21st, 2007 at 12:14 am
I admit that I’m a fan of sitting down with a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
11. Merav | October 21st, 2007 at 12:29 am
I love plopping a warm, freshly-baked tray of brownies on a table surrounded by my friends, distributing spoons, and having each of us dig in, while the brownies are still hot and gooey. YUM
12. eliza | October 21st, 2007 at 12:51 am
i love both solid and liquid forms of chocolate, with a weather like nowadays, i think i could lick ganache all day!
13. Nabeela | October 21st, 2007 at 1:21 am
I love chocolate in bars……and in ice creams…and in brownies…and cakes. What the heck, I love chocolate in EVERYTHING!
14. Aimee | October 21st, 2007 at 1:32 am
A well-tempered bar of dark chocolate is my go to, like a comforting cup of tea. But when I want to spoil myself I visit my favorite chocolatier, Chuao, for a “parchita”, a perfectly formed heart-shaped bon bon filled with passion-fruit infused caramel. I bite out the back, lick out the caramel and then finish the last of the shell in one bite.
15. Anali | October 21st, 2007 at 2:41 am
It really depends on my mood and the temperature, but chocolate chips in cookies always work for me.
16. Jacelyn | October 21st, 2007 at 2:55 am
My favourite way to eat chocolate would be to share it with the love of my life, I think that’s when you can taste the sweetness of the chocolate (even if they are dark ones). Truly yummylicious! =)
17. seokie | October 21st, 2007 at 4:09 am
freshly baked, warm dark chocolate muffins with melted choc chips interpersed throughout…….
18. Victoria | October 21st, 2007 at 5:32 am
My favourite way to eat chocolate is in secret, when no one’s looking. That’s why there’s always a bar of chocolate hidden somewhere in my room. SHHH…=)
19. nadia murray | October 21st, 2007 at 7:23 am
I love chocolate eaten with a steaming cup of rich coffee. Preferably, chocolate with caramel either as candy or in the form of a homemade brownie or cookie.
20. Carol | October 21st, 2007 at 7:28 am
As a truffle!
21. Chris | October 21st, 2007 at 8:28 am
I love chocolate when its in a batter or mixed with caramel in some way
22. Rachel Silverman | October 21st, 2007 at 8:36 am
chocolate ice cream! with a chocolate brownie!
23. Lydia | October 21st, 2007 at 8:58 am
My favorite way to eat chocolate is in the chocolate chip cookies I make with my grandkids. But I’m going to give these muffins a try — they look so luscious in your photo.
24. Michele | October 21st, 2007 at 9:16 am
My favorite way to eat chocolate is to nibble on dark, premium chocolate while sipping a glass of Port. Makes for a lovely combination.
25. Rebecca | October 21st, 2007 at 9:58 am
I love all dark chocolate, but what I find myself doing on nearly a daily basis is helping myself to 1 tbsp of Ghirardelli Bittersweet chocolate chips!. If I’m dieting, sometimes just inhaling the aroma is enough. I think that these are just the best for a quick chocolate flavor hit!
26. Johnny | October 21st, 2007 at 10:07 am
My favorite way to eat chocolate is off of another person.
27. leslie | October 21st, 2007 at 10:08 am
I love chocolate paired with espresso for an extra jolt! In my favorite chocolate chip cookie I add espresso powder for that nice combo of bitter & sweet.
28. KW | October 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am
For me, dark chocolate souffles are the way to go. The few times I get to enjoy them are always most exciting.
29. Marie | October 21st, 2007 at 11:01 am
i love chocolate in bar form with almonds! and then cookies, yum.
30. Jazz | October 21st, 2007 at 11:37 am
Yumm…I love chocolate in all its many forms, but I’d have to say my favortie would be dark, dark, dark. Dark chocolate flourless cake, a bittersweet souffle, in korova cookies, or if I really need a fix I’ll just eat a square plain <3
Those muffins look delicious! Thank you the recipe~
31. Natalie | October 21st, 2007 at 11:51 am
I love dark, bittersweet chocolate in my curries. It adds a completely different level of depth and smoothness to the dish.
32. AndreaFoodie | October 21st, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Those muffins look amazing, yet ANOTHER recipe from your site that I must try. Keep this up and you’ll have me baking 365+!
For chocolate, there is nothing like eating a chocolate bar at your desk at work when you’ve got that horrid mid-afternoon sleepy (read: bored) slump. It makes it all just a bit sweeter, not to mention gives you that much needed sugar rush to get through the rest of the day!
33. Alana | October 21st, 2007 at 1:34 pm
What ISN’T my favorite way to eat chocolate!! I have it in some form every day…a bit of chocolate a day just makes everything better! I like to sit with 2 or 3 of my favorite high quality chocolate bars and just nibble a bit from each while relaxing in front of the TV! Those Chocolate Multigrain Muffins sound awesome, I’m going to pull out the ingredients now and get started!
34. Kelly Mahoney | October 21st, 2007 at 1:36 pm
I have a chocolate fondue fountain that was the center of many a college party I held. I’d provide the flowing chocolate, everyone would bring a dipping item and we’d stuff ourselves.
35. Mary | October 21st, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Dark chocolate bars, piece by piece. Love dark chocolate! I’m also a huge fan of hot chocolate with marshmallows.
36. Maggi | October 21st, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Hands-down, it has to be straight-up dark chocolate bar. It really allows me to eat it as my mood shifts. Sometimes I’ll just chew it up hastily and other times I’ll savor it slowly by letting it melt on my tongue. Admittedly, I try to savor the really ‘good’ bars that I get to eat. after all, a $7 bar of chocolate should be savored, no?
But I am reminded of the whole idea of ‘drinking chocolate’. That’s pretty tasty as well…
37. Deepika | October 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I love dark chocolate bars … and the satisfactio you get by eating piece by piece…. mmm yumm… I also love bittersweet chocoalte fondue with pound cake to dip and some fruits… well the fruits make it good for you. Isn’t it??
38. Amy | October 21st, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I like to eat chocolate by itself, slowly and letting it melt in my mouth.
These muffins look delicious! I will have to make them this week.
39. Julie Schaeffer | October 21st, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I’m really loving dark chocolate m & ms right now. They are just the right size for a handful of pick-me-up
40. Claire | October 21st, 2007 at 4:13 pm
A bar of 70% with an enormous glass of full fat milk. There is nothing more indulgent or satisfying!
41. Miss Scarlett | October 21st, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Just a simple little square of really good dark chocolate, eaten very slowly. I love breaking it into little pieces and savoring each one, letting it melt in mouth.
If there’s anything I love with my chocolate - it’s salt. A good sea salt or Fleur de sel dark chocolate caramel or truffle. Heavenly.
42. Jan | October 21st, 2007 at 6:23 pm
I love eating dark chocolate…..yummmy! With caramel and/or peanut butter makes it even better.
43. Abby | October 21st, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Those muffins are to-die-for!
And I like to each chocolate any way someone hands it to me. Holla.
44. Julie O'Hara | October 21st, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Great way to make whole grain muffins really tasty–adding chocolate. I like to eat chocolate best totally unadorned…just simple, bittersweet choclate, preferably expensive:)
Julie
45. Stacey | October 21st, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Fun responses all around! Chocolate con churros I say, preferably at a cafe in another country : ) Or the World Peace Cookies from Dorie Greenspan!!!!!!
Thanks Ari, good luck with your apartment!
46. Traca | October 21st, 2007 at 11:36 pm
After shaving chocolate for a baked dish, I love how the heat of my hands melts the chocolate as I transfer it from the cutting board to the double boiler. My favorite way to eat chocolate? I love sucking the remaining chocolate off my fingertips…while I wait for the simmering water to melt the mass of chopped chocolate. Talk about multi-tasking!
47. Marce | October 21st, 2007 at 11:56 pm
oh, that´s an easy question, with dulce de leche! Be it dulce de leche filled chocolate, a cake combining chocolate with dulce de leche, anything.
48. Emily | October 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 am
I love to eat chocolate in virtually any form, most recently a chocolate strawberry shortcake, a combination I’d never had before!
49. shaynee | October 22nd, 2007 at 2:09 am
Just ONE favorite way? I guess if I have to pick one, it woud be dark chocolate fondue. I am salivating just thinking abou it…
50. Michelle | October 22nd, 2007 at 4:23 am
Ummmmm well in all forms really, but a fresh made Sacher-Torte is divine!!!!!
51. Helen | October 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 am
My favourite way to eat chocolate is melted. I like to gently melt the chocolate and then dip strawberries, bananas, marshmallows and generally anything I can get my (now chocolate stained) hands on, before licking the bowl clean with no trace of shame or guilt whatsoever! (well, almost).
52. stacey | October 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
I think my favorite way to eat chocolate is via a rich chocolate cake dusted with a bit of powdered sugar - simple and yummy!
53. Astrid Keel | October 22nd, 2007 at 9:49 am
I love to eat chocolate any way I can get it, but have to confess that eating plain Lindt dark chocolate bars is probably my favorite way to get a chcolate high. A close second during the winter is hot chocolate!
54. Patricia Scarpin | October 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 am
Who can say no to a healthy chocolatey treat?? I can’t!
It looks delicious, Ari!
55. Teya | October 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 am
My fav way lately has been to fry a flour tortilla in butter and cinnamon sugar till crisp than drizzle it with some dark choclate ganache
MMMMMMMM
56. beastmomma | October 22nd, 2007 at 1:07 pm
I have two favorite ways of eating chocolate— in cookies and as part of hot chocolate.
57. Sarah | October 22nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
My husband just made me a delicious birthday cake, so right now, I enjoy chocolate in its red velvet form!
58. Pam | October 22nd, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I have a long list of ways I like to consume chocolate but I think my favorite is a rich piece of chocolate cake with fudge icing. mmMMMmmm.
If only I could reach through my monitor screen a sample one of those muffins. They look (and sound) amazing.
59. Deborah | October 22nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
I love chocolate baked goods, but my favorite would probably have to be the most simple one - just a small square that can melt in your mouth while you have a few moments of bliss!
60. Martha | October 22nd, 2007 at 3:14 pm
My favorite way to eat chocolate is chocolate cake! Please enter me into the contest for the cookbook.
Thanks!
61. Paul | October 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Joint between Ripe Strawberries dipped in Dark Chocolate or Chocolate Souflee with a ganache center.
So funny that most peple are listing dark chocolate. I am allowed to store it in the fridge at home as my wife won’t eat it.
62. Melissa | October 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
My favorite way to eat chocolate is…hmm, in brownies. Fudgy, dense, super rich brownies.
63. JEP | October 22nd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Letting a piece of dark chocolate slowly melt on my tongue
64. Mallow | October 22nd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Donuts! (Brownies are a close second!)
65. Mandy | October 23rd, 2007 at 12:35 am
I love to eat chocolate in small pieces, at room temperature. The perfect temperature that allows chocolate to slowly melt in my mouth!
66. Annette | October 23rd, 2007 at 12:55 am
I love chocolate on its on or in ‘chip’ form in bakes! yum!
67. Ahona | October 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 am
I love chocolate as a warm, meltingly damp chocolate cake, with vanilla icecream, chocolate fudge and whipped cream!
68. pumpkinpie | October 23rd, 2007 at 5:03 am
My favorite way to eat chocolate is out of the bowl right off the spatula after making ganache or a cake. The cake is in the oven, there is the anticipation of good things to come, and the baker’s reward is to “clean” the dishes. My second favorite way is with my husband, who was a dedicated vanilla boy until he met me. I get the bliss of chocolate along with the satisfation of knowing I brought someone over to the dark side. Devil’s food, indeed!
69. Anna | October 23rd, 2007 at 5:25 am
Those look so yummy. I’ll have to try!
My favourite way to enjoy chocolate is, umm, to break a large chunk off the bar and eat it. Preferably very dark chocolate, with a cup of tea, so that it gets all warm and melty in your mouth. Mmmm.
But I could use a piece of chocolate cake right now!
70. Amy | October 23rd, 2007 at 8:54 am
At the moment, as winter comes blustering through, a mexican spiced hot chocolate or a rum spiced hot chocolate - both with enough heat to keep the chills out.
71. Danielle | October 23rd, 2007 at 9:39 am
Chocolate is best eaten in it’s purest form, in little pieces as it melts on your tongue. I especially love the bitterness of dark chocolate eaten this way. But I always have a special place in my heart for anything made with chocolate. My friends say I must have been a master baker in my former life.
72. Melissa R. | October 23rd, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I love curling up next to the fire with a cup of hot tea, and a bar of smooth milk chocolate.
73. Genevieve | October 23rd, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I love eating chocolate in brownie form…with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top…heaven!
74. Elle | October 23rd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
My favorite way to eat chocolate? Straight from the wrapper! Or in brownies, or chocolate chip cookies, or in cake…
75. Joan | October 23rd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
I found this blog while blogsurfing and stopped in my tracks to see my very FAV-O-RITE ingredient prominently featured, and touted as healthy! You hooked me - I’ll definitely be back!
And to answer the question to win a cookbook devoted to chocolate (what could be better?): It’s tough to pick one favorite way, but I must settle on a baking tradition begun as a child helping my mother make Christmas cookies. When preparing to add semi-sweet (or similar) morsels to the batter, I have to consume at least 2 or 3 immediately upon opening the bag, or the entire recipe will be ruined. It’s a quite pleasant superstition with the added benefit of happy memories.
76. Rosa | October 23rd, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Gorgeous looking muffins! With some caramel sauce drizzled all over, mmmhhh… Yummy!!!
I love to eat my chocolate on its own, one piece at a time or when used in baked goods like cookies, muffins and Co!
Cheers,
Rosa
77. Joann Chang | October 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 pm
I love chocolate in any baked goods (breads and cakes)! YUM!
78. loyates | October 23rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
nibs. nibs. nibs.
79. christianne | October 23rd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
I love chocolate fondue! Especially with coconut macaroons….
80. brilynn | October 23rd, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Any way. Every way. In a house, with a mouse, in a box, with a fox…. In ice cream or cheesecake or frozen from the freezer… Mmmm, frozen chocolate…
81. Jerry | October 23rd, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Looks fabulous, and who doesn’t love chocolate!
82. Anita | October 24th, 2007 at 12:25 am
I love taking a whole bar of chocolate and breaking off a piece at a time, listening to the snap, rubbing my fingers over the smooth sheen of the surface, and slowly placing the shard in my mouth, letting it dissolve slowly. Amano Ocumare is my favorite for doing this:)
83. Chau | October 24th, 2007 at 2:27 am
My favorite chocolate is almond chocolate nuggets . I’d suck & let the chocolate melt in my mouth fist , then chew on the almond .
84. Katie | October 24th, 2007 at 10:41 am
The best way to eat chocolate is curled up on the couch with a blanket and it has to be dark chocolate and some thing salty to eat after it for the perfect combo.
85. Anne | October 25th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Straight up! The darker the better…
86. Michelle | October 25th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
oh it would have to be when my 2yr is napping or at night with a cup of tea and my husband to share it with!!! ;)This book looks just lovely..Thanks
87. Susan from Food Blogga | October 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
“Chocolate flecked” really enhances “multigrain,” doesn’t it? Decadent and healthful?
They look fabulous!
88. Mary Jo | October 25th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
dark chocolate straight from the wrapper…
89. jen | October 25th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
extra dark chocolate savored slowly with a glass of good red wine.
90. Cindy | October 26th, 2007 at 12:59 am
My favorite way to eat chocolate is to slowly nibble on the sides, letting it melt in my mouth. Mmm, the sweet and bitter taste of dark chocolate slowly tingling my taste buds. Then, I love to bite down big chunks of it, softly biting it and letting it melt slowly.
Grr, now i’m craving it, haha.
91. ia | October 26th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I like chocolate in any form, but the favourite way is out of a box, with unknown fillings to discover…
92. babycakes | October 26th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
coucou Arie …
It’s definitely a tough question to answer to … I guess my very favorite way to eat chocolate comes from my childhood… when I was a kid I was lucky enough to spend lots of time with my grand parents ( and a great bunch of cousins…) and for the “gouter” , our traditional afternoon snack, we used to have fresh bread, spreaded with flavorful fresh butter from the farm next door, along with different variety of chocolate….
93. Melissa | October 26th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
My favorite way to each chocolate is to melt it into a delicious chocolate cake!! None of that box mix stuff, Pure baking chocolate. So good!
94. Kristen | October 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Well, my first answer was “With my mouth”, but all smart-alec-ness aside, I’d go with a really good cake… with GOOD frosting, none of that store-made buttercream that’s sickening sweet.
Hmm. Now I’m hungry.
95. Micki | October 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
in one of those melted chocolate gooey cookies. or m&ms
96. bohemiangirl | October 27th, 2007 at 8:42 am
In bar form. At least 70% dark. Ideally with some hot chilies in it. Ye-um!
97. Melanie | October 28th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
My favorite way to eat chocolate when I was younger was in a peanut butter cup! There is no wrong way to eat a Reeses they say…
I would eat the chocolate around the perimeter, on the top and bottom, until finally all I had left was the peanut butter! It’s kind of messy but really good.
Now I like it any way I can get it!
98. Danielle Zhang | October 28th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Chocolate is the ultimate on-the-go energy bar. Forget Luna or Kashi or Nature Valley, Chocolate IS IT. Therefore, my favorite way to eat chocolate is on the go. I move, I’m hungry, I grab some chocolate (dark, if i want antioxidants with my sugar…)
99. debbie | October 28th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
when i’m melting chocolate for baking or making brownies - i like to lick the bowl and spoon!
100. Sophie | October 28th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
I just had to be post #100
Congratulations to #55 for winning the fabulous cookbook.
101. tommy | October 29th, 2007 at 7:07 am
When I was young, I would fantasise about eating a whole family bar (preferably decked with nuts and raisins) on my own at a sitting. I never actually did it as it would have made me sick. Now that I’m older and more enlightened with my food choices, I like breaking off small chunks of dark chocolate and letting them melt on my tongue. Oh, and they must be room temperature.
Very nice chocolate muffins there with the multi-grain accents!
102. MUGE | October 30th, 2007 at 11:19 am
hi there,
this is my first visit , hope I’ll win
I love eating melted chocolate with cheese … weird ? noooo:)
103. Helen | October 31st, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Ari! I just had to comment after I read your little post in the side bar about mulled cider! What a fabulous idea! I don’t suppose there’s any chance of sharing the recipe……
104. Sherry | November 1st, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Ahhhh muffins….and chocolate….yuummmm…the stuff of life…lol!
105. Tarie | November 3rd, 2007 at 4:47 am
Belated Happy Halloween, Ari.
106. Amelia | November 7th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
I love to eat chocolate curled up on my deck. Watching the creek roll by, wrapped in a blanket. Sipping a mug of hot coco or tea. Petting my dog.
But, normally chocolate is eaten standing in the kitchen, dog begging at my feet before I head off to the stress of work, lol.
107. cookingenthusiast | November 7th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I like chocolate in any form! My favorites are:
Pudding chip cookies
Chocolate chip cookies (Nestle Tollhouse)
Brownie
Fudge
Or just simply a good tasty chocolate bar.
108. cay | November 12th, 2007 at 3:28 am
just a simple piece of dark chocolate to nibble on throughout the day
109. Maya | November 13th, 2007 at 6:54 am
once, as i was drinking mate with vanilla accents, i left a small square of bittersweet chocolate in my mouth and drank a sip of hot tea. the combination of the tea, as strong as coffee, with the flavors of the chocolate was delicious.
110. joey | November 13th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Aw! Sorry for missing the contest but I love chocolate so I’ll share anyways
My favorite was to have it is simple - in the darkest chocolate truffle you can find! 
111. Margaret | November 14th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
The only way to eat chocolate is off your fingers as you are icing a cake. Of course, taking a bath with a good book and a bag of M and M’s on your tummy isn’t bad either. LOL
112. Tarie | November 15th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Happy, happy birthday! *hugs and kisses*
113. Hayley | November 17th, 2007 at 10:34 am
I love a real piece of dark chocolate that melts at the bottom of my mocha (they serve it this way at my favorite cafe)
114. Kristen | November 18th, 2007 at 1:19 am
As with everything on your blog, this is so tempting! Yum!