500 Chocolate Delights: The Only Chocolate Compendium You'll Ever Need [Hardcover]

Lauren Floodgate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2007

This compendium is packed full with 500 recipes for mouth-watering chocolate delights. Accompanied by more than 100 full-color photographs, the book is filled with ideas for every kind of snack, sweet treat, dessert, or cake for every occasion. Packed with suggestions and tips to ensure easy, fuss-free entertaining, 500 Chocolate Delights is the only book on cooking and baking with chocolate that you will ever need, and one you will want to turn to time and time again.

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About the Author

Lauren Floodgate is a food writer and journalist with a number of books to her credit. She is the former owner of a wedding cake business and well acquainted with sweets and treats of all kinds. Ms. Floodgate is passionate about entertaining and enjoys testing her recipes on her family and friends.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sellers Publishing (December 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569069948
• ISBN-13: 978-1569069943
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #543,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A review from México, April 6, 2008

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This review is from: 500 Chocolate Delights: The Only Chocolate Compendium You'll Ever Need (Hardcover)

I like the recipes in it and the different variations for them. All recipes are made from scratch and this is something I look for in a recipe book, easy to follow instructions and the best of all it has a lot of pictures. It's a good selection for someone who likes chocolate.

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4.0 out of 5 stars For those who like variety in desserts this is a must have., March 13, 2010

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This review is from: 500 Chocolate Delights: The Only Chocolate Compendium You'll Ever Need (Hardcover)

The 500 Chocolate Delights provides 125 recipes for a variety of cookies, cakes and other chocolaty things from everyday use to special occasions. Each of the 125 recipes has four minor variations that tweak the item into a different version by adding a new flavor profile. Overall it is an average cookbook but for those who are skilled in baking like my wife it provides base recipes that can then be used to make their own variations while using this as a widespread springboard and because the recipes are chosen for easy variations they lend themselves to creating your own as well. We have only found a few recipes to be a little vague on the directions but overall have not had too many problems with this book. Overall well recommended for those that are looking for a lot of cookie recipes that can be built on.

As a note for those who are frequent buyers of the 500 series this one does repeat several things from the cookies, cupcakes and cakes books so not as much new comes out of it but still some good ideas.

5.0 out of 5 stars Chocolate Heaven, February 22, 2012

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This review is from: 500 Chocolate Delights: The Only Chocolate Compendium You'll Ever Need (Hardcover)

Any chocolate lover has to smile at the thought of a whole cookbook devoted to it...and I did. This little book packs a lot with 500 recipes, each including chocolate in the list of ingredients. As with the other books in this series, there are about 100 base recipes and each includes four to five variations to total 500. There are recipes for every occasion, season, and level of ability making it a nice addition to any cook's collection.

The chapters include everyday cakes and desserts, cookies, muffins and cupcakes, bars, celebration cakes; pastries, tarts, and cheesecakes; mousses and ice creams, petit fours and candies, and drinks, frostings, and sauces. As with other "500" cookbooks, there are lots of color photographs that I always find to be a source of inspiration to try the recipes.

Some traditional desserts can be found such as chocolate chip cookies, brownies, chocolate cake, basic chocolate sauce, and pudding, but there are so many different recipes as well including chocolate orange cheesecake muffins, triple chocolate terrine, praline truffle, chocolate puddle cookes, and sticky apple and chocolate cake, to name just a few. The only recipe I've tried so far and with good results was the white chocolate chunk cookes which will become a favorite. Other recipes I have bookmarked to make besides those already mentioned are ginger and chocolate chip cookes, energy bars (might be a good breakfast treat), cheesecake brownies, and strawberry and chocolate marshmallow bars.

Anyone who loves chocolate will enjoy this cookbook. It would make a great gift for such a person if not for yourself.

I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher but the opinion of it is my own and was not solicited, nor was a positive review required.