Gluten Free Chocolate
Who doesn't love chocolate? It's the first thing you think of when you are buying a last minute gift for someone special.
If you have allergies you have to be careful, but specialty shops now have gluten free chocolate items. You just need to inquire where these specialty sites are. Although there used to be limited places to find the gluten free items, now there are numerous web sites with all kinds of fancy gluten free chocolate for even the hard to please.
Some of the companies we have been familiar with for years are now providing product without all of the allergens. For instance Nestle can provide you with a list of their gluten free products. Be sure to read the labels and make sure it's safe with no other ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction or other problems.
Candymakers have a whole list of other delectable treats as well as the gluten free chocolate. Cadbury also has a list of sweets that are gluten free. Everyone is familiar with the Cadbury chocolate eggs, but that is just one of many products that Cadbury offers.
Are you looking for a an easy gluten free chocolate recipe? Try this great and very easy cupcake recipe.
You'll need: One package of Bob's Red Mill gluten free chocolate cake mix, 1/2 cup butter, 2/3 cup applesauce, 1/3 cup milk (use rice or soy milk if you are avoiding milk), 1 tablespoon lemon juice, two eggs, 1/3 cup hot water and two tablespoons of vanilla.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Let the ingredients come to room temperature. Grease muffin tins or line with paper liners. Beat butter until it is nice and creamy. Add the cake mix, applesauce, milk, lemon juice and the eggs. Beat at a low speed for around thirty seconds, scraping down the sides when necessary. Increase speed to medium for a few more seconds. Add hot water and the vanilla extract. Mix for one more minute, scraping sides often. Bake at 350 degrees approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. Allow to cool for ten minutes. When they are cool you can frost with your favorite frosting.
These gluten free chocolate cupcakes are hard to beat.
There are lots of recipes on the Internet for great tasting gluten free chocolate desserts and snacks. Just because you have (or choose) to live the gluten free lifestyle does not mean that you have to live a taste free lifestyle.
It takes a little more effort to find the ingredients that you can use, but this is a onetime process. Find them once at your local health food store or via an online store and then just at that location to your list of resources for gluten free products. In short order you'll find that it isn't that much more difficult, it just takes some getting used to.
Whether purchasing the gluten free chocolate already packaged and ready to eat or buying the ingredients and making your own there are many more options these days. The internet has many suggestions for sites that have the allergy free ingredients. Which ever way you decide to go you can have your chocolate and be safe and satisfied.