Somersize Chocolate (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

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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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Product Description

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 (November 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400053293
• ISBN-13: 978-1400053292
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #377,566 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Debbie DeVore (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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 Delicious, November 26, 2008

By	Sandra Cromwell - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

3.0 out of 5 stars Love chocolate, not shopping, March 12, 2008

By	SexySmartGal (Mentor, OH USA) - See all my reviews

If you don't mind shopping for Somersize sweetener, Somersize chocolate, Somersize white chocolate, etc. then this book would likely be a good one. I am sure that the recipes are good. I just didn't have the energy to get MORE ingredients for my pantry that I might or might not get around to using. Suzanne looks great, and her recipes from other books were quite good. I was looking for easy chocolate recipes that were low in sugar that I could actually eat. I think I'll just buy some Lara bars from my local grocer. Whew. Just thinking about shopping makes me tired, and I even like shopping at Amazon, but hate paying shipping - although many times that is free or less than the cost of gas to buy special ingredients from several different stores (as you are all well aware of). Still, if you don't mind the shopping, the recipes look like they would turn out well.