Somersize Chocolate [Hardcover]

Suzanne Somers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 9, 2004

Everyone loves chocolate!

Chocolate is often a dieter’s downfall, but if you Somersize, it doesn’t have to be. In the tradition of her bestselling Somersize Desserts comes Suzanne Somers’ newest contribution to the Somersize phenomenon—guilt-free recipes for mouthwatering goodies that satisfy chocolate cravings without causing a dieting disaster. Thanks to SomerSweet, Suzanne’s revolutionary sweetener with less than one gram of carbohydrate and zero sugars per serving, you can enjoy scrumptious low-carb desserts such as:

• Molten Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Lava

• White Chocolate Pots de Crème

• Chocolate Crepes with Mascarpone Filling

• Grasshopper Pie with Chocolate Curls

• Chocolate-Dipped Cocoa Meringue Cookies

• Chocolate Cheesecake Petit Fours

With these thirty recipes, you’ll never have to trade dessert for a smaller waistline. By incorporating these tasty treats into your Somersize program, you can look and feel great without depriving yourself of any of your favorite foods.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Somers's latest is little more than a pamphlet of 30-odd recipes, many of which readers can find in other books. But it's bound to please its target readers—women who love chocolate and want to lose weight—because it's everything they need it to be: it gives instructions for making easy, quick desserts that are low in carbohydrates (though not always low in calories). Somers designs her book around the chocolate version of her own sweetener, SomerSweet, which is available for sale on her Web site. The book is therefore practically useless if readers don't purchase SomerSweet Chocolate Baking Bars (although Somers does give measurements for making the desserts with sugar and sugared chocolate, those results won't please carb-counters). Quibbles aside, there's no arguing with the decadence of such treats as Molten Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Lava, Mini Coconut Baked Alaska, or Caramel Chocolate Brownie Sundaes. Somers's relentlessly upbeat tone runs through the book ("I have always loved pound cake. Now that it's chocolate, there's even more reason to love it!"), and she gives the level of difficulty for each recipe (oddly, though, no recipe is tougher than "level two"). 30 color photos.
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From the Inside Flap

Everyone loves chocolate!

Chocolate is often a dieter’s downfall, but if you Somersize, it doesn’t have to be. In the tradition of her bestselling Somersize Desserts comes Suzanne Somers’ newest contribution to the Somersize phenomenon—guilt-free recipes for mouthwatering goodies that satisfy chocolate cravings without causing a dieting disaster. Thanks to SomerSweet, Suzanne’s revolutionary sweetener with less than one gram of carbohydrate and zero sugars per serving, you can enjoy scrumptious low-carb desserts such as:

• Molten Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Lava

• White Chocolate Pots de Crème

• Chocolate Crepes with Mascarpone Filling

• Grasshopper Pie with Chocolate Curls

• Chocolate-Dipped Cocoa Meringue Cookies

• Chocolate Cheesecake Petit Fours

With these thirty recipes, you’ll never have to trade dessert for a smaller waistline. By incorporating these tasty treats into your Somersize program, you can look and feel great without depriving yourself of any of your favorite foods.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: Crown Archetype (November 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400053293
• ISBN-13: 978-1400053292
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Chocolate

More About the Author

Suzanne Somers is the author of sixteen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Keeping Secrets, five Somersize titles, and The Sexy Years. The former star of the hit television programs Three's Company and Step by Step, Suzanne is one of the most trusted and respected brand names in the world, representing cosmetics and skin care products, apparel, jewelry, a computerized facial fitness system, fitness products, and an extensive food line. Suzanne received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from National University and is a highly sought-after commencement speaker. For more information, go to her website SuzanneSomers.com.

Customer Reviews

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31 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suzanne does it again!, November 5, 2004

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Debbie DeVore (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews
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Suzanne's recipes are always innovative and well thought-out. I never have any trouble concocting one of her recipes. Just to point out to the editorial reviewer--the "Level One" or "Level Two" is not a difficulty measurement. It is for the people who are following Suzanne's way of eating, where a food item is considered Level One or Level Two. I really hate it when people write reviews who don't do their research first.

5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy, June 27, 2011

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Nancy Gray (PASADENA, CA, US) - See all my reviews

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I have almost all Suzanne's books and I really love them all. I can't use her SomerSweet (dang!) but she has the sugar equivalent listed, though I can't have sugar either, I can use that measurement for what is safe for me and enjoy all her wonderful receipes. Yes, she promotes her products for these receipes but they are not mandatory. I would be a sad girl if not for her cookbooks.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, November 26, 2008

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Sandra Cromwell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Somersize Chocolate (Hardcover)

I like this diet a lot. It's low carb and I get to eat carbs when I do it right. Delicious recipes.