"white chocolate" news and stories

Who knew gamers -- the ones who hole themselves up in their basements alone with their consoles for weeks at a time -- could be so lovey dovey?

Paul Pape designed these little Mii milk, white, or dark chocolates that come two in a box that's shaped like a console. The figures inside have tiny red hearts to indicate their love. They're totally cute for Valentine's Day, but they are sold out! OH NO! If you're creative enough, I'm sure you could put together something like this, or something even better, for your gamer love.

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Though I claim to be a Slashfoodie, I can't bake to save my life. I try. I really give it my best shot every time I slip into that stained apron and 4" stiletto heels so I can comfortably reach the countertop, but nine times out of 10, the results of my efforts are always a far cry from whatever is photographed in the cookbook from which I bake. I just don't have the discipline to get all my ingredients together and I really don't have the patience to measure everything so...exactly.

Thankfully, drop cookies based on classic chocolate chip are made for people like me because they're fairly forgiving. Granted, you can't go throwing things on a whim into a mixing bowl and just hope for the best. You still have to measure a few things, and you can't leave basic chemical things out like butter, eggs, and other leaveners that affect the cookie's texture, but adding and substituting flavorings is not a problem. Dried cranberries and white chocolate chunks in place of plain old chocolate chips? That's perfect for the devil who bakes frauda and needs to turn something out for 1) the Holidays and 2) a Cookie-a-Day challenge.

These White Chocolate Chunk and Cranberry Cookies quite possibly the easiest cookies to make that still say "Holidays!" Recipe after the jump:

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.

A food recall involving chocolate? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Yup, Kraft food is recalling 24,000 cases of their Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) because they might contain salmonella. The use by dates are March 31, April 1, April 2, and April 3 (all 2008), followed by the letters XCZ. The UPC code 0043000252200.

Kraft is advising that customers throw out the white chocolate. If you need more information about the recall, Kraft's phone number is 800-310-3704.

We're back on Target. Or rather, we're back to looking at Target's in-store brand, Archer Farms, and some of the products they offer.

I mentioned the Chocolate Chip Petite Cookies last week, which were fine, but not worth running off to Target, battling the Soccer Moms in SUVs in the parking lot, and waiting in a confusing doubled-up line for 15 minutes. They're chocolate chip cookies, for goodness' sake!

Key Lime White Chocolate Cookies are the next installment of my Archer Farms Target Finds. The cookies are packaged in the same way as the regular chocolate chip, but everything is green -- in case you couldn't figure out that there is lime somewhere in the cookie.