A Hot Ball of Nickel Melting a Chocolate Bunny Transforms Itself into a Burning Ball of Chocolate

Unlike the slow simmer, bubble and pop of running through honey, the hot ball of nickel just bursts into flames when it touches a chocolate bunny. After burning a hole into the bunny (sorry Easter), the goopy chocolate transforms the hot nickel into a burning ball of chocolate. I never wanted to eat chocolate more than seeing it burn, smoke and melt. [Cars and Water] More »

Bourbon Chocolate Bunnies: Make Your Easter Basket Boozy

Easter egg hunts were fine and good when you were a kid and sugar was the only rush you needed. But it’s time to set the Peeps aside. It’s time to get drunk the Easter way. More »

Gentlemen, it’s White Day. Are you prepared?

Last month, on Valentine’s Day, I wrote that in Japan, it’s a good day – the gifts are for the guys…
But did you read the details in my post? In Japan (also in Korea) we have a special day called White Day. Please read the rules for that day about how to handle things with your girlfriend…
Let me also explain the concept of “giri choco” – translated to “obligation chocolate”. If you live in Japan, you probably received chocolate or some other …

Brains Never Tasted This Sweet: Zombie Brains Chocolate Treats

When I think of zombies and brains, I remember that hilarious music video that you can watch after you play all the levels of Plants vs. Zombies. You know, the one that goes There’s a zombie on your lawn…

This time around, though, you can turn the tables on those zombies and eat their brains instead. Figuratively, that is, because as you all know, zombies don’t exist. At least not yet.

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If you fancy having a taste of zombie brains because you’re bored with your current food choices, then turn to KnotTheOrdinary because they won’t disappointed.

They’re currently offering a sweet set of six teeny tiny Zombie Brain chocolate treats filled with your gooey filling of choice (you can choose from three!) for just $10(USD).

[via Gadgets Matrix]

The Best Way to Drink Chocolate Beer is From a Chocolate Glass

My life changed when I sipped a shot of Bailey’s mixed with chocolate liquor. I guess you could say that my life changed at that point, because I never liked the taste of alcohol nor appreciated it all – until that very moment.

Japanese brewery Sankt Gallen is no stranger to chocolate booze.

chocolate beer glassIn fact, they brew a damned good chocolate stout that’s about to get even better. Sankt Gallen’s newest offering is a special set which includes a 330mL bottle of their chocolate stout, along with a completely edible glass that’s made entirely out of chocolate.

Rocket News 24 is quick to explain that the chocolate glass might be able to counteract the bitterness of the the “ultra-dark beer”, which is apparently brewed “with over twice the ingredients of your average dark beer including roasted ‘chocolate malt.’”

Chocolate stout with a side of chocolate? Sounds good to me.

[via Foodbeast]

Chocolate Bruce Willis Die Hard Sculpture: Yummy-Ki-Yay!

This chocolate sculpture of Bruce Willis was made for a press conference in Japan for the release of A Good Day To Die Hard. It looks even more like Bruce Willis than Joseph Gordon-Levitt did in Looper. It’s a good day to bite hard on this delicious sculpture.
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Only the Japanese could take a pointless movie sequel and use it as a good excuse to make a life-sized chocolate treat. Who else is going to do it? No one! Thank you, kind people of Japan.

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Come out to Japan… Check your own likeness in chocolate… Have a few bites. Little did John McClane know that Japanese terrorists had turned the heat up in the building, threatening to melt the sculpture unless they got 640 million dollars in bearer bonds.

[via Kotaku via GeekTyrant]

“mat;chocolat” by Masaki Matsushima – Put on a chocolate scent for your Japanese Valentine this year

In Japan, retailers are asking their customers: “Why don’t you be like chocolate for your loved one this year?”
Masaki Matsushima’s perfume “mat;chocolat” makes you smell like dark chocolate with a hint of fresh fruit flavor, blackcurrant and rose.
It’s not a sickly sweet perfume, it is more of a bitter dark chocolate smell. So why not be dark, mysterious and delicious this Valentine’s day?

Valentine’s Day in Japan – The gifts are for the guys!!…

Coming from outside of Japan, I was used to buying a nice gift for Valentine’s Day for my girlfriend. Sometimes I would get something nice from her, but definitely I needed to make sure that what I bought for her was nice or else it might be a really chilly February and March…
But… in Japan, the gifts are for the guys – there is no need to buy anything! In Japan, the girls give gifts to the guys – boyfriends, dads, co-workers, friends – basically for anyone they want, …

Five Scientific Facts on How Chocolate Is Good For You

Valentine’s Day is coming up (it’s Thursday I hear), which probably means you’ll be eating overpriced chocolate with your sweet loved one or eating fair priced chocolate alone. Either way, have no guilt because chocolate is “good” for you! These five scientific facts about the chemicals of chocolate prove it so. I BELIEVE. More »

Chocolate RAM: Chocolate Chips

To celebrate its 33rd anniversary, a Japanese electronics company called IO Data is going to give away a special Valentine’s Day treat to three lucky online shoppers. It’s a chocolate bar that looks like a RAM module!

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As you can see they’re quite detailed; you can even make out the word ‘Samsung’ as well as other characters etched on it. Here’s a shot of the chocolate bar along with an actual RAM stick:

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A confectionery shop called Maple House made the awesome chocolate bars, which IO Data are calling “Memory of Love Chocolate.”

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Customers who bought or will buy from IO Data’s their online store between February 6 to February 15, 2013 will have a chance of winning a Memory of Love Chocolate. I guess you could say that the winners… will be picked randomly.

[via IO Data & CNET Japan via Kotaku]