In our continuing coverage of the Chocolympics here on Cocoa-Heaven, we bring you today’s challenge: Snickers Showdown. Seriously folks, can the classic Snickers flavor stand the test of time, especially when facing formidable ingredients such as dark chocolate and almonds? Mars must have felt that it could, splitting the audience apart to find the Snickers [...]

More and more energy bars are finding their way onto the market, be it the classics like Snickers (think Snickers Charged) bars just women, bars just for men, gluten free, fat free, protein packed, the list goes on. What is always facinating is the ones that promise to be chocolate in flavor. True, that basic [...]

We’ve all heard that chocolate is addicting, but do you know the actual scientific explanation? Dr. Neal Barnard gave a short and sweet (get it?) explanation in one of his books explaining that chocolate contains caffeine, theobromine (caffeine-like substance) and phenylethylamine which is an like amphetamine, working like an opiate in the human body. So [...]

Hello and welcome to the first annual Cocoa Heaven Chocolympic Games, broadcasting live from the Chocolate Bowl in beautiful downtown Cocoa Heaven. This competition will put these chocolate candies through their paces and ultimately decide the world’s best chocolate. Today a special report on the 400 Meter Chocolate Candy Bar Relay. [...]

Upon browsing the shelves at Target eyeballing the newest offerings in the world of chocolate, I came across an offering from Dove. “Silky Smooth Dark Chocolate Promises.” Aha! A new chocolate candy adventure begins.

If there was anything more delectable than a See’s Scotchmallow bar, I haven’t tasted it yet. What is a Scotchmallow bar you might ask? A Scotchmallow bar is a thick layer of caramel (not the runny kind) a and thick layer of marshmallow tinted with the flavor of honey covered in dark chocolate. [...]