Better Country KIX 105.7 » Chocolate

Second Grader's Precious 'Chocolate Bullets' Plan Earns Handwritten Note From Vice President Biden

Sam Schleicher — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:39:29 +0000

A 7-year-old Wisconsin boy has come up with a rather delicious way to solve the gun control debate in this country. And it’s won the support of one very high-ranking politician.

Melting Chocolate Bunnies Is the Best Way to Celebrate Easter

Emerald Catron — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:10:29 +0000

If you haven’t seen this before, now is the time to watch it. It’s a piece of video art by Lernert Engleberts and Sander Plug as part of a preschool art project called “Big Art for Little People.” Watching it is an annual Easter tradition for us. You might find it a bit too creepy [...]

Thieves Make Off With 18 Tons of Chocolate

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:30:49 +0000

Call it the great chocolate caper… A tractor trailer from Slovakia rolled up to a chocolate factory inÂ Bludenz, Austria and picked up eighteen tons of chocolate that were to be delivered to the Czech Republic. When the order never arrived the factory contacted the authorities, who were able to determine that the license and papers [...]

Food at the Fair: Earl B's

Behka — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:59:57 +0000

Kids, you know and I know there is some crazy stuff at the fair for you to eat. You can eat everything from kettle korn to a deep fried pickle to pizza to corn dogs and just about anything in between. Well, today I stopped by a little place on the row called Earl B’s. [...]

Is Chocolate Really a Health Food?

Ruth Waxman — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:36:34 +0000

For years now, chocolate-lovers around the globe have been attempting to justify their addiction with the dubious claim that chocolate is actually healthy. Well, it’s time to eat your hearts out because the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has backed Barry Callebaut’s claim that cocoa flavanols, found in dark chocolate, are indeed good for blood circulation!