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September 2007 Newsletter

Happy Labor Day!

Local Events:

Thanks again Jolie! Chicks Love Chocolate was featured in the August issue of Columbia’s Jolie Magazine at our Wining Women event on July 11. You can take a look at Jolie at www.jolieloves.com!

Upcoming Chocolate Events:

For those of you who love New York shopping don’t forget to plan your weekend during the 10^th Annual Chocolate Show from Friday November 9 to November 11^th! Chocolate week in New York follows November 4-11. There is the famous chocolate fashion show event plus chocolatiers from all over the world!

For more information go to:

www.chocolateshow.com

Don’t forget the upcoming Charleston Chocolate Walking Tour for the holiday season! Tickets are on sale already for December 2007 and February 2008! Tickets available at http://www.zerve.com/CulinaryTour/Seduce

Featured item of the month:

New Soap Scent! Chocolate Cheesecake Swirl Chick Soap! Yum, good enough to eat but don’t! It’s only for sudsing! Made with sweet creamy milk which is great for your skin too!

September 2007 Recipes

We’re going pie crazy for Labor Day! Our Chick Mud Pie is super easy and fun to make along with our recipe for Chicks Love Chocolate® Cream Pie! Start your grillin’ off with an easy Chicks Love Chocolate® Barbeque Rub for chicken on the grill too!

Chicks Love Chocolate® Barbeque Rub

This dry rub will make your chicken somethin’ special this Labor Day!

1 tsp chili powder

¼ cup paprika

¼ cup light brown sugar

¼ cup kosher salt

½ cup cocoa powder

Combine ingredients (may put in a coffee grinder first if available). Rub on chicken directly or coat in a plastic storage bag. Make sure chicken is dry first.

Chick Chocolate Cream Pie

1 ready-made deep-dish piecrust prebaked until light brown

1 ¼ cups sugar

1/3 cup cornstarch

¼ teaspoon salt

3 cups milk

4 egg yolks only

2 (1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt. In a bowl, combine milk and egg yolks, stirring well. Add milk mixture to sugar mixture and stir until smooth. Whisk in chocolate and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil 1 minute, whisking constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Pour into prepared piecrust and chill at least 6 hours before serving.

Serve with whipped cream and chocolate shavings!

Chicks Love Chocolate® Mud Pie

3 (2 ounce squares) semisweet chocolate melted and cooled

½ cup sweetened condensed milk

1 chocolate cookie piecrust

½ cup chopped peanuts

2 cups cold milk

2 pkg (4-serving size each) instant chocolate flavor pudding and pie filling

1 tub thawed non-dairy frozen whipped topping

Mix chocolate and condensed milk until well blended. Pour into crust, sprinkle with peanuts. Then, in a mixing bowl, add dry pudding mixes and milk. Beat with whisk until well blended. Spoon ¾ of the pudding mixture over the peanuts. Combine remaining pudding with ½ tub of the whipped topping and place over pudding layer. Top with remaining whipped topping.

Refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Thanks everyone and have a Lazy Fun Filled Labor Day!

Melanie

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