179 Dishes

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Affogato

An affogato /ˌɑːfəˈɡɑːtəʊ/, /ˌæfəˈɡɑːtəʊ/ or more traditionally known as "affogato al caffe" (italian for "drowned in coffee") is an italian coffee-based dessert. it usually takes the form of a scoop of plain milk-flavored (fior di latte) or vanilla gelato or ice cream topped or "drowned" with a shot of hot espresso. some variations also include a shot of amaretto, bicerin, kahlua, or other liqueur.

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Anzac biscuit

The anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in australia and new zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water, and (optionally) desiccated coconut. anzac biscuits have long been associated with the australian and new zealand army corps (anzac) established in world war i. it has been claimed that biscuits were sent by wives and women's groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.anzac biscuits should not be confused with hardtack, which was nicknamed "anzac wafers" in australia and new zealand.

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Apple cake

Apple cakes are cakes in which apples feature as a main flavour and ingredient. such cakes incorporate apples in a variety of forms, including diced, pureed, or stewed, and can include common additions like raisins, nuts, and 'sweet' spices such as cinnamon or nutmeg. they are a common and popular dessert worldwide, thanks to millennia of apple cultivation in asia and europe, and their widespread introduction and propagation throughout the americas during the columbian exchange and colonisation. as a result, apple desserts, including cakes, have a huge number of variations. apples are also used in other cakes to add moisture and sweetness, often as a partial substitute for refined sugar.

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Apple crisp

Apple crisp is a dessert made with a streusel topping. in the us and canada, it is also called apple crumble, a word which refers to a different dessert in the uk, australia, and new zealand.ingredients usually include cooked apples, butter, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and often oats and brown sugar, ginger, and/or nutmeg. one of the most common variants is apple rhubarb crisp, in which the rhubarb provides a tart contrast to the apples. many other kinds of fruit crisps are made. these may substitute other fruits, such as peaches, berries, or pears, for the apples.

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Apple crumble

Apple crisp is a dessert made with a streusel topping. in the us and canada, it is also called apple crumble, a word which refers to a different dessert in the uk, australia, and new zealand.ingredients usually include cooked apples, butter, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and often oats and brown sugar, ginger, and/or nutmeg. one of the most common variants is apple rhubarb crisp, in which the rhubarb provides a tart contrast to the apples. many other kinds of fruit crisps are made. these may substitute other fruits, such as peaches, berries, or pears, for the apples.

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Apple turnover

A turnover is a type of pastry made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, sealing, and baking it. turnovers can be sweet or savoury and are often made as a sort of portable meal or dessert. they are often eaten for breakfast. it is common for sweet turnovers to have a fruit filling and be made with a puff pastry or shortcrust pastry dough and covered with icing; savoury turnovers generally contain meat and/or vegetables and can be made with any sort of dough, though a kneaded yeast dough seems to be the most common in western cuisines. they are usually baked, but may be fried. savoury turnovers are often sold as convenience foods in supermarkets. savoury turnovers with meat or poultry and identified as a turnover in the united states (for example, "beef turnover" or "cheesy chicken turnover") have to meet a standard of identity or composition and should contain a certain amount of meat or poultry.

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Babka

A babka is a sweet braided bread or cake which originated in the jewish communities of poland, russia and ukraine. it is popular in israel (often referred to as simply a yeast cake: עוגת שמרים) and in the jewish diaspora. it is prepared with a yeast-leavened dough that is rolled out and spread with a filling such as chocolate, cinnamon, fruit, or cheese, then rolled up and braided before baking.

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Baked custard

Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce (crème anglaise) to the thick pastry cream (crème pâtissière) used to fill éclairs. the most common custards are used in custard desserts or dessert sauces and typically include sugar and vanilla; however, savory custards are also found, e.g., in quiche. custard is usually cooked in a double boiler (bain-marie), or heated very gently in a saucepan on a stove, though custard can also be steamed, baked in the oven with or without a water bath, or even cooked in a pressure cooker. custard preparation is a delicate operation, because a temperature increase of 3–6 °c (5–10 °f) leads to overcooking and curdling. generally, a fully cooked custard should not exceed 80 °c (~175 °f); it begins setting at 70 °c (~160 °f). a water bath slows heat transfer and makes it easier to remove the custard from the oven before it curdles. adding a small amount of cornflour to the egg-sugar mixture stabilises the resulting custard, allowing it to be cooked in a single pan as well as in a double-boiler. a sous-vide water bath may be used to precisely control temperature.

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Banana cake

A banana cake is a cake prepared using banana as a primary ingredient and typical cake ingredients. it can be prepared in various manners, including as a layer cake, as muffins and as cupcakes. steamed banana cake is found in chinese, indonesian and vietnamese cuisine. in the philippines, the term "banana cake" refers to banana bread introduced during the american colonial period of the philippines.

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Banana cue

Banana cue or bananacue is a popular snack food or street food in the philippines. it is a portmanteau of banana and barbecue, which in philippine english refers to meat cooked in a style similar to satay.

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Banana pudding

Banana pudding is a pudding generally consisting of layers of sweet vanilla flavored custard, cookies (usually vanilla wafers or ladyfingers) and sliced fresh bananas placed in a dish and served, topped with whipped cream or meringue.it is commonly associated with southern american cuisine, but it can be found around the country and specific areas. furthermore, it closely resembles an english trifle in that it is assembled in layers and includes custard, fruit, sponge cake, and whipped cream. banana pudding can be prepared using a baked or refrigerated method, with the latter being the more popular, particularly among home cooks. moreover, many recipes have been adapted using vanilla or banana pudding instead of a true custard. other recipes omit the wafers. an early banana pudding recipe was published in the kentucky receipt book, by mary harris frazer, in 1903. however, even this recipe does not include wafers.

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Barley sugar

Barley sugar (or barley sugar candy) is a traditional variety of boiled sweet (hard candy), often yellow or orange in colour, which is usually made with an extract of barley, giving it a characteristic taste and colour. it is usually sold in the shape of twisted sticks. barley sugar is very similar to clear toy candy (which traditionally is made with pure water rather than barley water): 3  and to hard caramel candy in its texture and taste.

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Berliner

A berliner is a german doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling like a jelly doughnut, and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top.

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Biko

Biko is a sweet rice cake from the philippines. it is made of coconut milk, brown sugar, ginger, and glutinous rice. it is usually topped with latik (either or both the coconut curds or the syrupy caramel-like variant). it is a type of kalamay dish and is prepared similarly, except the rice grains are not ground into a paste. they are also sometimes packaged and sold as suman.it is also known as inkiwar in ilocano northern luzon and sinukmani or sinukmaneng in the southern luzon area. in the muslim regions of the philippines, it is known as wadjit in tausug; wadit in maranao; and wagit in maguindanao.a notable variant is puto maya in cebuano-speaking regions of the philippines. it is usually made from purple glutinous rice (called tapol) soaked in water, drained and then placed into a steamer for 30 minutes. this rice mixture is then combined with coconut milk, salt, sugar and ginger juice and returned to the steamer for another 25 to 30 minutes. it is traditionally served as small patties and eaten very early in the morning with sikwate (hot chocolate). it is also commonly paired with ripe mangoes. puto maya is characteristically al dente, compared to the mushier texture of biko.biko can also be prepared with other common filipino ingredients. examples include ube-biko which is made with ube (mashed purple yam), and pandan biko which is made with pandan leaf extracts; these are characteristically deep purple and bright green, respectively.

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Binignit

Binignit is a visayan dessert soup from the central philippines. the dish is traditionally made with glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk with various slices of sabá bananas, taro, and sweet potato, among other ingredients. it is comparable to various dessert guinataán (coconut milk-based) dishes found in other regions such as bilo-bilo. among the visayan people, the dish is traditionally served during good friday of holy week.

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Blancmange

Blancmange (, from french: blanc-manger [blɑ̃mɑ̃ʒe]) is a sweet dessert popular throughout europe commonly made with milk or cream and sugar thickened with rice flour, gelatin, corn starch, or irish moss (a source of carrageenan), and often flavoured with almonds. it is usually set in a mould and served cold. although traditionally white (hence the name, in english literally "white eating"), blancmanges are frequently given alternative colours. some similar desserts are french chef marie-antoine carême's bavarian cream, italian panna cotta, the middle eastern muhallebi, chinese annin tofu, hawai'ian haupia and puerto rican tembleque. the historical blancmange originated at some time during the middle ages and usually consisted of capon or chicken, milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar and was considered to be ideal for the sick. tavuk göğsü is a sweet contemporary turkish pudding made with shredded chicken, similar to the medieval european dish.

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Blueberry cake

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Bomboloni

A bombolone (italian: [bomboˈloːne], pl. bomboloni) is an italian filled doughnut (similar to the berliner, krafne, pączek etc.) and is eaten as a snack food and dessert. the pastry's name is etymologically related to bomba (bomb), and the same type of pastry is also called bomba (pl. "bombe") in some regions of italy. the etymological connection is probably due to the resemblance to a grenade or old-fashioned bomb and may today possibly also be regarded as a reference to the high calorie density of this recipe (i.e., a "calorie bomb").

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Brandy snaps

Brandy snaps are a popular snack or dessert food in the united kingdom, ireland, australia and new zealand, similar to the italian cannoli. they are often tubular, brittle, sweet, baked casings that are typically 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long and 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in diameter. brandy snaps are customarily served filled with whipped cream. they are commonly made from a mixture of golden syrup, flour, ginger, cream, sugar, butter and lemon juice. a variation on the recipe included bicarbonate of soda, egg and self-raising flour instead. the snaps are cooked on a moderate heat and are baked briefly as a flat disc that is then rolled while still hot and soft. the whipped cream can be sweetened with brandy or vanilla. however, the name brandy snap has no reference to brandy, the spirit. the name "brandy" is related to "branded" (as in burnt).

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Bread and butter pudding

Bread and butter pudding is a traditional bread pudding in british cuisine. slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins are layered in an oven dish, covered with an egg custard mixture seasoned with nutmeg, vanilla, or other spices, then baked.

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Bread pudding

Bread pudding is a bread-based dessert popular in many countries' cuisines. it is made with stale bread and milk or cream, generally containing eggs, a form of fat such as oil, butter or suet and, depending on whether the pudding is sweet or savory, a variety of other ingredients. sweet bread puddings may use sugar, syrup, honey, dried fruit, nuts, as well as spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, or vanilla. the bread is soaked in the liquids, mixed with the other ingredients, and baked. savory puddings may be served as main courses, while sweet puddings are typically eaten as desserts. in other languages, its name is a translation of "bread pudding" or even just "pudding", for example "pudín" or "budín". in the philippines, banana bread pudding is popular. in mexico, there is a similar dish eaten during lent called capirotada. in the united kingdom, a moist version of nelson cake, itself a bread pudding, is nicknamed "wet nelly".

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Brownies

A chocolate brownie or simply a brownie is a square or rectangular chocolate baked confection. brownies come in a variety of forms and may be either fudgy or cakey, depending on their density. brownies often, but not always, have a glossy "skin" on their upper crust. they may also include nuts, frosting, cream cheese, chocolate chips, or other ingredients. a variation made with brown sugar and vanilla rather than chocolate in the batter is called a blond brownie or blondie. the brownie was developed in the united states at the end of the 19th century and popularized there during the first half of the 20th century. they are typically eaten by hand, often accompanied by milk, served warm with ice cream (a la mode), topped with whipped cream, or sprinkled with powdered sugar and fudge. in north america, they are common homemade treats and they are also popular in restaurants and coffeehouses.

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Burnt cream

Crème brûlée or crème brulée (; french pronunciation: ​[kʁɛm bʁy.le]), also known as burnt cream or trinity cream, and virtually identical to the original crema catalana, is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. it is normally served slightly chilled; the heat from the caramelizing process tends to warm the top of the custard, while leaving the center cool. the custard base is traditionally flavored with vanilla in french cuisine, but can have other flavorings. it is sometimes garnished with fruit.

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Butter cookies

Butter cookies (or butter biscuits), otherwise known as danish biscuits, are cookies originating in denmark consisting of butter, flour, and sugar. originating in denmark, they are similar to shortbread cookies. the butter cookie is often categorized as a "crisp cookie" due to its texture, caused in part by the quantity of butter and sugar. it is generally necessary to chill its dough to enable proper manipulation and handling. butter cookies at their most basic have no flavoring, but they are often flavored with vanilla, chocolate, and coconut, and/or topped with sugar crystals. they also come in a variety of shapes such as circles, squares, ovals, rings, and pretzel-like forms, and with a variety of appearances, including marbled, checkered or plain. using piping bags, twisted shapes can be made. in some parts of the world, such as europe and north america, butter cookies are often served around christmas time. butter cookies are also a very popular gift in hong kong, especially during chinese new year.

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Butter toffee

Hand-pulled toffee

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Cake

Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. in their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, and which share features with desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies. the most common ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, fat (such as butter, oil or margarine), a liquid, and a leavening agent, such as baking soda or baking powder. common additional ingredients include dried, candied, or fresh fruit, nuts, cocoa, and extracts such as vanilla, with numerous substitutions for the primary ingredients. cakes can also be filled with fruit preserves, nuts or dessert sauces (like custard, jelly, cooked fruit, whipped cream or syrups), iced with buttercream or other icings, and decorated with marzipan, piped borders, or candied fruit. cake is often served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial occasions, such as weddings, anniversaries, and birthdays. there are countless cake recipes; some are bread-like, some are rich and elaborate, and many are centuries old. cake making is no longer a complicated procedure; while at one time considerable labor went into cake making (particularly the whisking of egg foams), baking equipment and directions have been simplified so that even the most amateur of cooks may bake a cake.

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Cake pop

A cake pop is a form of cake styled as a lollipop. cake crumbs are mixed with icing or chocolate, and formed into small spheres or cubes in the same way as cake balls, before being given a coating of icing, chocolate or other decorations and attached to lollipop sticks. cake pops can be a way of using up leftover cake or cake crumbs. the cake pop increased in popularity between 2009 and 2011.

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Camote cue

Camote cue or camotecue is a popular snack food in the philippines made from camote (sweet potato). slices of camote are coated with brown sugar and then fried to cook the potatoes and to caramelize the sugar. it is one of the most common street foods in the philippines, along with bananacue and turon.the term is a portmanteau of "camote" and "barbecue", the latter in philippine english refers to meat cooked in a style similar to kebabs. though served skewered on bamboo sticks, it is not cooked on the stick. the skewer is purely for easier handling as it is usually sold as street food.

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Candy cane

A candy cane is a cane-shaped stick candy often associated with christmastide, as well as saint nicholas day. it is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint, but they also come in a variety of other flavors and colors.

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Cannoli

Cannoli (italian: [kanˈnɔːli]; sicilian: cannola [kanˈnɔːla]) are italian pastries consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta—a staple of sicilian cuisine. they range in size from 9 to 20 centimetres (3+1⁄2 to 8 in). in mainland italy, they are commonly known as cannoli siciliani (sicilian cannoli).

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Cape brandy pudding

Spiced date cake with brandy, nuts, cinnamon and vanilla

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Caramel shortbread

Caramel shortbread, also known as caramel squares, caramel slice, millionaire's shortbread, millionaire's slice, chocolate caramel shortbread, and wellington squares is a biscuit confectionery item composed of a rectangular, triangular or circular shortbread biscuit base topped with caramel and milk chocolate. multiple variations exist which substitute or add ingredients to cater to different tastes, dietary requirements or ingredient availability.

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Caramel slice

Caramel shortbread, also known as caramel squares, caramel slice, millionaire's shortbread, millionaire's slice, chocolate caramel shortbread, and wellington squares is a biscuit confectionery item composed of a rectangular, triangular or circular shortbread biscuit base topped with caramel and milk chocolate. multiple variations exist which substitute or add ingredients to cater to different tastes, dietary requirements or ingredient availability.

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Carrot cake

Carrot cake (also known as passion cake) is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. sometimes nuts such as walnuts or pecans are added into the cake batter, as well as spices such as cinnamon, ginger and ground mixed spice. fruit including pineapple, raisins and shredded coconut can also be used to add a natural sweetness.

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Cassava cake

Cassava cake is a traditional filipino moist cake made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and condensed milk with a custard layer on top. it is a very popular dish in the philippines, where it is commonly eaten for merienda. it is also served during gatherings and special occasions.

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Charlotte Russe cake

A charlotte is a type of dessert or trifle that can be served hot or cold. it is also referred to as an "icebox cake". bread, sponge cake or biscuits/cookies are used to line a mold, which is then filled with a fruit puree or custard. it can also be made using layers of breadcrumbs. the variant charlotte russe uses a mold lined with ladyfingers and filled with bavarian cream. classically, stale bread dipped in butter was used as the lining, but sponge cake or ladyfingers may be used today. the filling may be covered with a thin layer of similarly flavoured gelatin.

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Cherries jubilee

Cherries jubilee is a dessert dish made with cherries and liqueur (typically kirschwasser), which are flambéed tableside, and commonly served as a sauce over vanilla ice cream.the recipe is generally credited to auguste escoffier, who prepared the dish for one of queen victoria's jubilee celebrations, widely thought to be the diamond jubilee in 1897.

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Cherry ripe slice

Chocolate and cherry bars, made to mimic the flavors of a cherry ripe candy bar

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Chia pudding

Chia seeds are the edible seeds of salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family (lamiaceae) native to central and southern mexico, or of the related salvia columbariae of the southwestern united states and mexico. chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter around 2 millimetres (0.08 in). the seeds are hygroscopic, absorbing up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked and developing a mucilaginous coating that gives chia-based foods and beverages a distinctive gel texture. there is evidence that the crop was widely cultivated by the aztecs in pre-columbian times and was a staple food for mesoamerican cultures. chia seeds are cultivated on a small scale in their ancestral homeland of central mexico and guatemala and commercially throughout central and south america.

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Chocolate

Chocolate is a food product made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels, that is available as a liquid, solid or paste, on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the olmec civilization (19th-11th century bce), and the majority of mesoamerican people ─ including the maya and aztecs ─ made chocolate beverages.the seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor. after fermentation, the seeds are dried, cleaned, and roasted. the shell is removed to produce cocoa nibs, which are then ground to cocoa mass, unadulterated chocolate in rough form. once the cocoa mass is liquefied by heating, it is called chocolate liquor. the liquor may also be cooled and processed into its two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. baking chocolate, also called bitter chocolate, contains cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions, without any added sugar. powdered baking cocoa, which contains more fiber than cocoa butter, can be processed with alkali to produce dutch cocoa. much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or added vegetable oils, and sugar. milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. white chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk, but no cocoa solids. chocolate is one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world, and many foodstuffs involving chocolate exist, particularly desserts, including cakes, pudding, mousse, chocolate brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. many candies are filled with or coated with sweetened chocolate. chocolate bars, either made of solid chocolate or other ingredients coated in chocolate, are eaten as snacks. gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes (such as eggs, hearts, coins) are traditional on certain western holidays, including christmas, easter, valentine's day, and hanukkah. chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, such as chocolate milk and hot chocolate, and in some alcoholic drinks, such as creme de cacao. although cocoa originated in the americas, west african countries, particularly côte d'ivoire and ghana, are the leading producers of cocoa in the 21st century, accounting for some 60% of the world cocoa supply. with some two million children involved in the farming of cocoa in west africa, child slavery and trafficking associated with the cocoa trade remain major concerns. a 2018 report argued that international attempts to improve conditions for children were doomed to failure because of persistent poverty, absence of schools, increasing world cocoa demand, more intensive farming of cocoa, and continued exploitation of child labor.

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Chocolate biscuit

A chocolate biscuit is a biscuit (cookie) which is covered in chocolate, or which has been made by replacing some of the flour with cocoa powder. chocolate biscuits are quite popular in places all over the world, particularly the united kingdom. the composition and recipe may vary considerably and there is often legislation to specify how the biscuit may be described. in the united kingdom, a biscuit made without an external coating may only be described as "chocolate" if it contains at least 3% of dry cocoa solids. if there is a coating, this must contain cocoa butter as the fat to be described as chocolate, rather than just "chocolate-flavoured".in 1891, the cadbury brothers filed a patent for a chocolate-coated biscuit.

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Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake or chocolate gâteau (from french: gâteau au chocolat) is a cake flavored with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, or both.

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Chocolate crackles

Chocolate crackles (also known as chocolate bubble cakes) are a popular children's confection in australia and new zealand, especially for birthday parties and at school fêtes. the earliest recipe found so far is from the australian women's weekly in december 1937.the principal ingredient is the commercial breakfast cereal rice bubbles. the binding ingredient is hydrogenated coconut oil (such as the brand copha), which is solid at room temperature. since making chocolate crackles does not require baking it is often used as an activity for young children.

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Chocolate mousse cake

A mousse (; french: [mus]; "foam") is a soft prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture. it can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick, depending on preparation techniques. a mousse may be sweet or savory.sweet mousses are typically made with whipped egg whites, whipped cream, or both, and flavored with one or more of chocolate, coffee, caramel, puréed fruits, or various herbs and spices, such as mint or vanilla. in the case of some chocolate mousses, egg yolks are often stirred into melted chocolate to give the final product a richer mouthfeel. mousses are also typically chilled before being served, which gives them a denser texture. additionally, mousses are often frozen into silicone molds and unmolded to give the mousse a defined shape. sweetened mousse is served as a dessert, or used as an airy cake filling. it is sometimes stabilized with gelatin.savory mousses can be made from meat, fish, shellfish, foie gras, cheese, or vegetables. hot mousses often get their light texture from the addition of beaten egg whites.

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Chocolate tart

Chocolate tart, also known as chocolate cream pie, is a dessert consisting of dark chocolate, cream and eggs, beaten together, poured into a crisp, sweetened pastry shell and baked until firm. it is considered a form of custard tart because it includes an egg-based filling. the dish is similar in composition to chocolate mousse, however, being baked gives the chocolate tart a firmer texture. due to the cost of the ingredients and difficulty of making the pastry, the dish was, until recently (2016), relatively rare except in upscale cafés. it has many variants, and is considered a gourmet dessert. an early 19th century book for "opulent families" featured a chocolate tart recipe that included cinnamon and lemon peel, taken from a 1770 book.in australia the chocolate tart came to national attention after being featured on the first series of masterchef australia in 2009. subsequently, billed as "australia's most famous dessert", a chocolate tart recipe became one of the deciding factors in determining the winner of the series final, although the recipe had been simplified from the original for the show. the dessert has also featured on british tv series the naked chef, in which jamie oliver cooked a chocolate tart for a romantic meal with his girlfriend (and future wife).