"milk chocolate" news and stories

This brownie recipe from San Francisco chocolatier Michael Recchiuti uses four different kinds of chocolate: milk chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate, and white chocolate. I'm going to make brownies this week and since I usually go with a typical one chocolate recipe, I'm going to definitely try this. Full recipe (from Food and Wine) after the jump.

As if anyone needs a holiday as an excuse to eat chocolate!

Today is National Chocolate Day, and I thought that instead of having one post where I mention the day and list some recipes I'd do a bunch of posts that have to do with chocolate the entire day. So expect recipes, facts about the history of chocolate, maybe even some posts on things that you can make out of chocolate. I'll let you know what I find. Tune in throughout the day for more.

Mmmm...chocolate.

Since most of us love chocolate (some like all kinds of chocolate), it would be good to know why we're so addicted to the stuff. Could it be ... bacteria?

Nestle paid for a study in Switzerland that showed that, while everyone has various microbes in their stomachs and intestines, people who crave chocolate seem to have different types of microbes than other people. The study actually took a while to complete because they couldn't find 11 men who didn't like chocolate!

I'm not sure what's more interesting: the fact that people who love chocolate have different types of bacteria in their body, or the fact that we all have trillions of bacteria in our bodies.

No, this isn't a giant mound of chocolate shaped like a television (though wouldn't that be something?). It's a web TV network devoted to all things chocolate. Brilliant!

As we all know chocolate can cure everything that ails us both physically and mentally, and Chocolate Television covers just about everything: companies that make chocolate, candy expos, chocolate blogs, recipes, and so much more. Viewers can even upload their own chocolate-related videos and other content.

I'd rather see this on my local cable system than the Oxygen network.

Now, here's a day that each and every one of us can get behind.

It's National Milk Chocolate Day, which means you have to eat some sort of milk chocolate today. It can be Hershey's or Cadbury or Nestle (each really does have its own flavor), or maybe even Dove or some fancy gifts from Godiva.

I could list all of the milk chocolate recipes out there, but I don't think Slashfood can hold that much data. But here are some good ones: Milk Chocolate Brownies, Milk Chocolate Pie, Milk Chocolate Biscotti, Milk Chocolate Fudge, Milk Chocolate Fondue, and Milk Chocolate Popcorn.

And don't forget our own chocolate category, of course. You'll find some great stuff there too.