"decadent dessert" news and stories

According to the weather channel, the majority of you readers are experiencing some pretty chilly weather right now. March will hopefully be the last big push of winter weather, but it is still a few weeks yet until spring officially begins. Cold weather is a good excuse to wrap yourself up in a huge quilt - with or without someone else - and cozy up to some truly decadent food. No one wants to go out for their chocolate fix in weather like this, so stay in and make a sinful Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake with the recipe posted by Belly Timber. The cake is made of a hazelnut sponge cake, topped with rich chocolate mousse and finished with a coating of ganache. It does take some time to set up, but one look at the finished product and it is easy to see that this chocolaty perfection will be worth the wait.

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This particular dessert deserves a place of honor on the list of the worst foods you can eat. Snickers Pie, an ultra-rich dessert developed by Chef Antony Worrall Thompson (pictured), has over 1250 calories per slice and over 100 grams of fat. Though the chef himself has written a book advocating healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, he insists that customers willingly and knowingly put taste before healthy in restaurants and that they deserve to "get their taste-buds tickled." He insists that the dessert is meant to be an occasional snack for children, but with over half the recommended daily amount of calories for an adult in each serving, it still seems difficult to recommend it. It's easier (and healthier) just to eat a Snickers bar alone.

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