The recent release of Warner Brothers’ Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to Blu-Ray got me thinking — which Willy Wonky and the Chocolate Factory (or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) do you prefer?

Both adaptations of the book by Roald Dahl have their merits, of course, but personally, I prefer the current remake with Johnny Depp. I grew up with the Gene Wilder original from the 70’s and to be honest there was just always something about it that creeped me out. It was great fodder for the imagination (a chocolate and candy factory all to yourself? Yes, please!) but …read more

This week’s Chocolate Zen is a chocolate chip bagel from flickr user jslander. I think I need to hit Einstein after my grocery shopping this morning.

This week’s Chocolate Zen is a “Chocolate Bumpy Cake,” which is a chocolate cupcake with buttercream frosting dipped in chocolate ganache.
Sadly, there’s no indication where flickr user flirtykitty bought it, though!

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This week’s chocolate zen is a brownie that looks beyond amazing.
It’s from flickr user hfb and is a “chocolate brownie topped with chocolate mousse and a black currant gelee.”

This week’s chocolate zen is a batch of chocolate peanut butter chip cookies I made last night.
I added some chopped walnuts to them and I might need to send the rest in to work with my husband tomorrow — these things are dangerous!

I loooove German chocolate cake, and I couldn’t pass up this picture for this week’s Chocolate Zen!
What’s your favorite kind of chocolate cake? Plain? Molten? Zucchini?
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This week’s chocolate zen is a package of Dark Chocolate Coffee Mix candies I picked up at Cost Plus World Market today. Yummy!

I doubt I’m the only one who needs a few handfuls of these this morning!

This week’s Chocolate Zen is a delicious-looking hot chocolate. I’m not sure why it’s in a glass but it sure looks pretty!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I need to make a Starbucks run for another Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate (get it with a shot of espresso – it’s amazing! Thanks for the idea, 6thFloor!).
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Sometimes you just need to go all out!
A homemade chocolate brownie topped with ice cream, sprinkles and chocolate syrup.
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