Comments on: Chocolate Before Noon

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:48:14 +0000

Bill Cosby was right: there’s no reason to avoid chocolate-y foods in the morning, even sweet ones. We (or at least Noo Yawkers) don’t blink at danish pastries for breakfast – why not chocolate cake. I’ve had it for breakfast and it is a good hearty start to the day.

Muffins like these are great: use natural cocoa for bite (and lost of it for that moring lift), add a bit of sour cream (I like the idea of vinegar – gonna try that – thanks!).

Of course there are other ways to get a choc fix first thing Choc porridge, choc cereal, choc pancakes/waffles/crepes/flapjacks, and of course a strong black cup of cocoa.

By: Renovation Therapy

Renovation Therapy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:24:08 +0000

You can just pass 4 of those right on over here, thanks…

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:15 +0000

All I can think of now is Bill Cosby’s “Chocolate Cake for breakfast” routine. “It’s got milk! That’s a breakfast food. And flour! And eggs!”

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:02:38 +0000

Um, Dad? (that’s Papa – I’m outing him) I just make all this stuff for the blog, you know…it’s not like we drank Hershey Syrup straight from the bottle…or poured Bosco on Honeycombs…or ate Quik straight from the can for breakfast when you guys went to Vegas…really!

ChrisH – the vinegar is a holdover from the original King Arthur Flour recipe, and I assume it’s there as an acidic ingredient to help activate the baking soda. Vinegar is fairly common in certain baking soda-leavened chocolate cakes, like Devil’s Food or Red Velvet.

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:42:42 +0000

Vinegar? really? That’s curious

By: natalie

natalie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:26:34 +0000

ohhhh…chocolate for breakfast…i’ve done that quite a few times lately.

By: Papa

Papa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:35:20 +0000

“…it’s 9 am and mom and dad are out of town, so we should probably lick all the chocolate frosting off that Heinemann’s cake.”

I knew it!!! Just knew it. Are those muffins shippable??

By: Junebug

Junebug — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:26:28 +0000

I so totally agree with you. I started making chocolate mini-muffins at the first of this year. They are so little and cute and so easy to pop into your mouth. Yes, even in the morning. If they last that long! THanks for the recipe too.

By: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)

Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:14:17 +0000

Why not indeed????

By: london calling

london calling — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:44:37 +0000

My stove is finally set up to arrive soon. These are going on the Bake Wish List. 6 months no baking its time for some choco-muffins