Let me just tell you… When you’ve been dealing with trying to clean up a flooded basement, there aren’t many surprises better than finding a big box of chocolate on your doorstep. Especially if you love chocolate as much as I do!
I was given the opportunity to try out some of the products from Dove Chocolate Discoveries, a home party company that offers premium chocolate exclusively through in-home tastings. That’s right… You heard me correctly – in-home chocolate tasting parties. Getting together and eating chocolate with some of your best friends? That sounds like a pretty good time to me!
As soon as the big box of chocolate arrived (and it was a big box!), I started snacking. And, the chocolate is good! The box included a selection of white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramels, cinnamon dusted chocolate almonds (my personal favorite!), and other goodies for baking and entertaining (including a chocolate martini mix that I am saving for a girls’ night in the near future).
Chocolate Giveaway…
Jealous much? Well, do not worry… You, too, could receive a big box of chocolate on your doorstep! I am giving away a package that includes a selection of Dove Chocolate Discoveries products (worth $176!).
Congratulations to Mynda who was randomly selected as the winner of the giveaway… Here’s her winning comment about how she likes to enjoy chocolate!
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is semi or bittersweet pieces inside sandy shortbread cookies! Great post … can’t wait to try your recipe — mahalo!
Even if you don’t win my chocolate giveaway, you can still have the chance to sample the Dove Chocolate Discoveries products (that aren’t available in stores)… You can host a Girls’ Night In tasting party in your home (fun!), and if you host on September 22nd, you receive an extra $50 product bundle (for parties over $350) in addition to the free product you earn for the party!
In the Kitchen…
Of course, as much as I was enjoying snacking on all of the chocolate, I knew that I had to put together a fun recipe using some of the chocolate. My mind immediately turned to the whole tasting party concept. I love small desserts… I’d much rather have 4 or 5 small bite-sized desserts than a big plate of anything. Plus, I think small individual portions are best for entertaining. Finger food always makes things easier.
So, I decided to use the dark chocolate dessert cups that came in my big box of chocolate to make some rich, creamy peanut butter cups. Who can resist chocolate and peanut butter? I also threw in some white chocolate in the filling and topped the cups off with additional dark chocolate. No such thing as too much chocolate.
Creamy Peanut Butter Cups
(Makes 20 petite cups)
- 4 ounces Chef-Series white chocolate
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons half and half
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 20 petite dark chocolate dessert cups
- Additional Chef-Series dark chocolate
Place the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave on medium heat at 15 second intervals until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Meanwhile, beat together the cream cheese and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Pour in the melted white chocolate and the half and half and beat until everything is well incorporated. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until the mixture is smooth.
Transfer the peanut butter filling to a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe the filling into the dark chocolate dessert cups. (Of course, you could spoon the filling into the cups, but I find that the piping bag works well and makes everything look pretty!)
Use a fine microplane to grate the remaining dark chocolate over the prepared cups. Enjoy immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
My Kitchen Addiction Product Review Policy and Disclosure– I received this product (Dove Chocolate Discoveries products) at no cost from the manufacturer (or a representative PR firm) for the purpose of testing and reviewing the product, and I have been compensated for writing about Dove Chocolate Discoveries. I only review products that I have personally tested and used in my kitchen/home, and all opinions expressed are my own.
i love all sorts of chocolate but my favorite is chocolate brownies!!
I love my chocolate any time and any place :)..my fav is dark chocolate!
I love it all by itself!
My very favorite way to enjoy chocolate is warm and melty from the oven, either in a still warm chocolate chip cookie or a warmed up brownie. Mmmm, want to turn on the over just thinking about it.
i enjoy chocolate best while baking with my family :)
I like my chocolate any way I can get it. All by itself is just perfect, especially at the end of a very stressful day. As soon as I put it in my mouth, I can’t help but say “mmm!” There’s just nothing better!
I love chocolate any time, any place. I do seem to enjoy hot coco in the winter the most. Warm chocolate when its cold. So good. Love your site.
I love chocolate in the evening after a long day. I just let it melt in my mouth!
I love warm, melty, gooey chocolate…give me hot chocolate chip cookies, warm brownies, hot chocolate sauce for ice cream. Yum. I want to go eat some right now!!
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate has to be in a pain au chocolat… or an eclair… or in a cookie… or… well… straight-up! It’s chocolate; how could a good chocolate not be sensational?
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is semi or bittersweet pieces inside sandy shortbread cookies! Great post … can’t wait to try your recipe — mahalo!
Any and all ways !!!!
What wouldnt I do. I would hid it so no one could find my stash j/k. I would probably incorperate them into a bunch of pastries.
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate would be to bathe in it. And swim around with a straw drinking it.
How not to love chocolate? Break it apart and let it sit in your mouth until it melts to taste all the goodness or something just chomp
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is anyway I can get it! I have a wicked sweet tooth! I absolutely love chocolate! :)
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is in chocolate chip cookie dough.
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is a large slice of chocolate layer cake with ganache with a cup of coffee.
Love your blog!!!
I love to eat chocolate in any form, but I’d have to say my favorite way is when it is paired with peanut butter. These look delicious!
Ummm chocolate…anytime, any kind, any place!
As a quick snack between classes.
In chocolate chip cookies (esp. ones made with mesquite flour).
In gooey brownies swirled with either cream cheese or peanut butter.
Oh, the list could go on forever!
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is in dark chocolate chocolate chip cookies. There will never be a thing as too much chocolate!!
Fudge! Is there any better way to enjoy chocolate than rich creamy fudge?
good quality, plain dark chocolate is my favorite. Although all chocolate is good :)
I think my favorite way to really enjoy chocolate is to eat it unencumbered and pair it with a great dessert port. Right now my favorite is one called Six Grapes.
Chocolate in cookies is my favorite:)
Holy Cocoa Beans, Batman!!
I’ve been so busy the last few days, I didn’t even see this til just now!
How do I enjoy chocolate? I love rich dark chocolate , that snaps in that neat, clean way. I love to inhale the aroma, so that my mouth will begin to water in anticipation of that delightful square of goodness getting ready to hit my tastebuds. I want to chomp down into it, but resist that urge. Instead, I let it melt slowly in my mouth, savoring each note of the chocolates complex structure, until it’s all gone.
Then, I eat the rest as if there’s no tomorrow.
I love chocolate plain, as fudge sauce poured over coffee ice cream and my favorite has to be a thick, rich brownie. Though your peanut butter cups look pretty awesome.
I love chocolate in any form. I just leave it on the dining table in a platter & pop it in my mouth whenever I pass by- so probably my favourite way to use chocolate is to have it the way it is.
a handful of m&ms after lunch or dinner!
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is to let it melt on my tongue. You can tell how good chocolate is by the way it melts in your mouth. Then I would have to come up with a way to bake with it. Then deserts galore!
Those chocolate cups are really cute. How do I enjoy chocolate? Anyway I can! lol No really I’m serious, I rarely refuse a piece of chocolate.
There are so many different ways I love chocolate! In hot chocolate, as a dark chocolate bar enjoyed slowly, chocolate frosting, chocolate cake, double chocolate chip cookies, brownies…. my mouth is now watering :) Those peanut butter cups look amazing!
I LOVE chocolate and I always know that if the mood strikes I can just go eat the chocolate chips out of the bag!!!
My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is in my mouth! I love all things chocolate, especially interesting pairings like cayenne pepper and cinnamon with dark chocolate, white chocolate, lemon and pink peppercorns or milk chocolate and early grey tea!
Gorgeous photos! I want one of these right now, they look so delectable!
Those peanut butter cups look amazing! My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is in cookie form:-)
I love chocolate covered Strawberries! I make them about once a week during strawberry season.
I love chocolate in any form, at any time. The more the merrier.
I enjoy chocolate in brownies, cakes, ice cream, you name it!
I love my chocolate any way I can get it.
How do I like to eat chocolate? Any time, any way, any place! I’m particularly fond of dark chocolate, the “health food” version of chocolate, but enjoy it all!
Popping a single un-foiled Dove dark chocolate into my mouth, rounded-side up, and patiently allowing it to slowly melt and ooze it’s rich goodness!
I love chocolate when it’s oozing out of a warm chocolate chip cookie
I love chocolate best in a freshly baked chocolate croissant.
How do I love chocolate? Let me count the ways…with caramel, in chocolate chip cookies, darn good chocolate cake, chocolate cheesecake, straight out of the bag…