Chocolate Tarot Deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 May 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

bladeraven	11 May 2005
Okay...no joke..well lots of joke but seriously in a non-seriously..no you don't see me with a lot of time on my hand and a glass of wine in the other sort of way....is there a possiblity of a Chocolate Tarot Deck...not the edible type but a deck based on Chocolate....yes....that's what happens when I don't buy either cheese or chocolate to go with the wine.

HudsonGray	12 May 2005
Well, there's a general food one in the works, one based on beer/alcohol, the gummy bear one, the Housewives one which has lots of food in it, and at least two other kitchen ones I read about. But I don't recall anything with a main focus of chocolate. Yet. Give it time (or you can start designing one). What would the suits be?

bladeraven	12 May 2005
lol..I think that would be an interesting challenge to figure out what would be what... I woudl think naturally Devil Food Cake would be the devil always hand down.. hmmm....Godiva be the Star??

Emeraldgirl	12 May 2005
Hersey's Kisses as the lovers?

HudsonGray	12 May 2005
Hmm, dark chocolate for the Empress? And chocolate mousse for the Ace of Cups? (WITH spoon!) M&M's for the Hanged Man--which color to eat? Which do you discard? The tan? Green? And empty candy wrappers for the 3 of Swords! Oh the sadness!!!!

Emeraldgirl	12 May 2005
cocoa beans for the Fool?

Eco74	12 May 2005
I was thinking hot chocolate for the empress.. A pot of melted/melting chocolate for the high priestess, and a chocolate factory with molds for the emperor. The hierophant, a recipie to be followed diligently. The lovers, melted chocolate and cream being mixed to make truffles. Judgement, heat from the sun melting a piece of chocolate in someones hand. The Sun, chocolate icecream. The Moon, chocolate fondue. Wheel of fortune, a box of chocolates. ;) Now this is a good subject for post 1000. :D

Kiama	12 May 2005
Surely the Empress would have freshly baked, double choc chip cookies, straight out of the oven? The Devil - the sweet shop, with so many different chocolates on its racks, all calling out to the buyer... }) Kiama

bladeraven	12 May 2005
Eco74 wrote: I was thinking hot chocolate for the empress.. A pot of melted/melting chocolate for the high priestess, and a chocolate factory with molds for the emperor. The hierophant, a recipie to be followed diligently. The lovers, melted chocolate and cream being mixed to make truffles. Judgement, heat from the sun melting a piece of chocolate in someones hand. The Sun, chocolate icecream. The Moon, chocolate fondue. Wheel of fortune, a box of chocolates. ;) Now this is a good subject for post 1000. :D Lol..congrats on post 1000....lol....that's a way to do it...lol

bladeraven	12 May 2005
curious...wouldn't a candy store be a 7 of cups card??

Emeraldgirl	12 May 2005
bladeraven wrote: curious...wouldn't a candy store be a 7 of cups card?? Oh yes definately. Temperence could be pouring milk & white chocolate

bladeraven	12 May 2005
Hmmm.......what could the Sun be??? Now the moon could be the Moonpie...though can that be classify as a chocolate sweet?

Thuvia	13 May 2005
The Sun? Perhaps a couple chidren in a field of chocolate roses with a stylized mayan/aztec sun shining over head? Though, think we have room for a big old chocolate easter bunny and mabye Willie Wonka?

Simone	13 May 2005
Hehehe, I bought a recipe book with recipes exclusively for chocolate cakes and desserts. }) In there is something called "Death by Chocolate".... if that is not suggestive for a card in this deck...

Emeraldgirl	13 May 2005
A local icecream shop has death by chocolate on the menu and it is heavenly. For all you Aussies do you think we could do a scene like the Cadbury ad? "Wouldn't it be nice if the world was Cadbury....................." For all the non Aussies the ad consists of chocolate people and animals living in a chocolate world to the reworked song "Wouldn't it be nice" which gets stuck in your head every time the ad is on (or is that just me?) The tower could be an Easter bunny with the ears bitten off (I always start on the ears }) )

Eco74	13 May 2005
Willy Wonka... Now, would he be an Emperor, a Hierophant or a King? If King I'm thinking Coins would be his area since he's making all those different candy-dreams come true, bringing them into the real world through that big factory of his.

Violinagin	13 May 2005
bladeraven wrote: Hmmm.......what could the Sun be??? Now the moon could be the Moonpie...though can that be classify as a chocolate sweet? There was a gold foil sun in chocolate in the movie "Chocolat" :) That's just the first thing I thought of.

WolfSpirit	13 May 2005
Emeraldgirl wrote: For all you Aussies do you think we could do a scene like the Cadbury ad? "Wouldn't it be nice if the world was Cadbury....................." For all the non Aussies the ad consists of chocolate people and animals living in a chocolate world to the reworked song "Wouldn't it be nice" which gets stuck in your head every time the ad is on (or is that just me?) Oh then the ad for the Swiss chocolate Milka has to be in it too ! It has a purple cow in it and mountain marmots wrapping the chocolate and doing something weird with shaking a barrel to make the airy chocolate. That just cannot be left out :D Somehow I think it will be difficult to find a Temperance...

gollog	13 May 2005
-lovers; feeding each other chocolate coated strawberries - 7 pentacles: (think Rider waite) a christmas tree with chocolote treats hanging from it, which you are not allowed to eat all at once. - 5 pents: an empty chocolate bar paper, with just a few crumbs left - 9 of swords: a chocolate easter bunny smashed hmmmm, I'm getting hungry just by thinking about it!

bladeraven	13 May 2005
chocolate easter bunny smashed??!! *jumps in to grab a piece before anyone else can* 7 of swords could be that last piece of chocolate perhaps at a party and a partygoer walking away with the other piece on their plate?

Glaucus	13 May 2005
Oh my god reading this just made me think of a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tarot. No joke. Picture Charlie and Willy Wonka as the subjects of the Major Arcana and you could send them through the factory in the progress. You could have all the Grandparents, the parents, and inhabitants and rooms of the factory. Then each of the four brats for the Minor Arcana. Greedy Augustus Gloop for earth, Gummy Violet Beauragarde for Water, Bitchy Airhead Princess Veruca Salt for Air and Ranty Mike Teavee for Fire. Except THESE Minors are life lessons and teach you processes to avoid. What a great deck to keep your kids in line. And the backs of the cards could be a Golden Ticket!

Junia	13 May 2005
Alright, now I'm bitten. Chocolate flavored Ex-Lax for the 10 of Swords--Touche!

Junia	22 May 2005
Kahlua Chocolate Bar (yes sir at Borders' Cafe). Very munchy. Deserves (nope changed it) The Nine of Cups Card and at least some challenge from you chocoholics out there. We haven't exhausted this thread yet? surely. Licking chocolate syrup off of my mouse.

bladeraven	22 May 2005
Junia wrote: Alright, now I'm bitten. Chocolate flavored Ex-Lax for the 10 of Swords--Touche! LOL...pity the fool who gets this card....lol

bladeraven	22 May 2005
10 hershey bars for the 10 of wands

mike gorth	22 May 2005
I would buy it either way, edible or not! to me, chocolate is just a vital as water! Mike Gorth :)

SunChariot	22 May 2005
If I had to use this deck I'd gain at least 50 lbs. ROFL ! Bar

bladeraven	22 May 2005
LOL....that would be a difficult deck to bring to a weight watchers group....you'll be attacked...lol

SunChariot	22 May 2005
bladeraven wrote: LOL....that would be a difficult deck to bring to a weight watchers group....you'll be attacked...lol Good one bladerunner :-). Could just see it. LOL BTW, is it okay if I save your signiture quote into the reading I am working on? Bar

bladeraven	22 May 2005
SunChariot wrote: Good one bladerunner :-). Could just see it. LOL BTW, is it okay if I save your signiture quote into the reading I am working on? Bar ooo..that would be great....Jack Kerouac is the bomb for potential bipolar let's get it over with while I'm at a weight watchers meeting with a chocolate tarot deck type of guy to quote...lol okay..you so got my curiousity up...could I see the reading..LOL..would love to see how you got him worked into a reading...and knowing Jack..that's the type of thing he would love

Junia	23 May 2005
bladeraven wrote: ooo..that would be great....Jack Kerouac is the bomb for potential bipolar let's get it over with while I'm at a weight watchers meeting with a chocolate tarot deck type of guy to quote...lol okay..you so got my curiousity up...could I see the reading..LOL..would love to see how you got him worked into a reading...and knowing Jack..that's the type of thing he would love Ah, the marijuana brownies card for Jack. Let's see well another Fool card or a whacked out Heirophant (ole' fuddy duddy needs a trip somewhere in his mind). Add in, "Easy Rider, and you'd have the Cup of Three (Jack, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) sounds like a yummy s'more--huh girls? I don't know whether to lick my fingers or the deck!

bladeraven	23 May 2005
LOL..that and a trip to Betty Ford....Love what you cooked up.....can you imagine what a great deck this would be...... Hmmm....quick response..*throwing card on table* 5 of wands...what will that be?? lol

gregory	23 May 2005
For anyone who recalls the ads in question - Cadbury's Milk Tray for the Hanged (well, hanging from a bungee or a spiderman gadget) Man.......... (and all because the lady loves....................)

Junia	23 May 2005
Keep looking through my LWB to Trump that one Blade--and a haa -- we have the Queen of Swords -- sipping her tankard of Creme de Menthe, hot, made with half and half and hot fudge sauce melted. sssssssscuse me-I think I, hiccup, need to shthrow up now. Belch! That's better!

Junia	23 May 2005
gregory wrote: For anyone who recalls the ads in question - Cadbury's Milk Tray for the Hanged (well, hanging from a bungee or a spiderman gadget) Man.......... (and all because the lady loves....................) OOh, then we could make a biscuit shaped like a little hanged man, dangle him over a steaming hot latte. Like those little Milano cookies (filled with chocolate) by Pepperidge farms. Three of Swords Chocolate filled Oreos and someone has eaten the filling. Five of Pentacles - those nasty little cheap chocolate flavored (not the real thing) gold coins that they put out at Easter. King of Pent's (R) can be soo stingy!

gregory	23 May 2005
.......and he would be covered in very RICH truffly chocolate which would (tragically) melt with the heat of the latte............ One would have to eat him very fast to put him out of his misery. It's very sad, isn't it ? What does it MEAN if you eat one of the cards ? Does it make a lot of difference which ? Can you use your diminished deck for reading after ? or are you then morally obliged to eat the lot, so as not to disturb the overall tarot karma of the world by having too few of one card on the loose ? Suppose we ALL ate the same one.................. Oh dear. I think I need a drink.

Fairawen	23 May 2005
Junia- LOL I love your idea of 5 of Pents! That'd be great! I'm aggrivated that I just found this thread now! One of my favorite conversation topics is chocolate! As is one of my favorite pastimes... :P The World would have to be an entire menagire of chocolates. Possibly that one awesome pic that I saw of someone swimming in chocolate bars. *YUM* I could just see the suits now! :P 7 of Swords... I immediattly saw the classic RW pic, but in substitute for the swords you could have chocolate bars... :) 2 of Pentacles I could just see the classic RW pic, except with Reese cups... ooh, got some interesting ideas for suits here... Pents=Reeses, Swords=Hershey bar or maybe Wands=Hershey bar? But what about cups... I like the idea of the Lover's being a hershy kiss. :P Either that or the 2 of Cups could be a hershy kiss... And I LOOOVE the idea of the Tower being a bunny with the ears eaten off!!! I always come down on easter, and how surprised am I when the ears are gone...? :P The Moon. A big York Peppermint Pattie! :) Tastes like what I think the Moon would... :P Death by Chocolate.... MMMMMM... fun card. :) 3 of Swords I think should be three Reeses with the middles eaten out... how upsetting is it when someone has done that... ? :( :P I see for the 5 of Wands people battling over a chocolate bar. :) Either that, or five different brands of choclate all sitting next to each other. :) We should come up with suit ideas! ~Fairawen~

HudsonGray	23 May 2005
Wait! Wait! The 5 of Wands is five hands reaching for the LAST chocolate sitting in the bottom of the candy bowl! Talk about unfulfilled struggle!

Fairawen	23 May 2005
Oh, lol, sounds good to me! It could have, like, five hands reaching for the last choco bar... :P lol what a struggle... ~Fairawen~

bladeraven	23 May 2005
hmm..are we in the suits now?? lol

bladeraven	24 May 2005
okay..this thread made me hungry...making fudge brownies right now

Lasiren	24 May 2005
Oh no, chocolate tarot... I could never read from that deck! All my readings would tell me would be that now was not the time to be reading the cards, but the time for eating chocolate! And then I would follow their advice, because it's tarot, after all, and I would be FAT. So long to wearing a size one. Ohhh, but it's a tempting idea. The whole deck would be one big Devil card! I know what I'm having for breakfast now...:-D

Junia	24 May 2005
Ooooh, someone mentioned the movie "Chocolat" well how about a life sized solid chocolate Johnny Depp as the King of Cups with little Godiva Raspberry filled crowns paying court. I am going to swoon. So okay guys--HudsonGray and others who would be the mouth watering Queen of Cups?

Satori	24 May 2005
How about chocolate covered pretzels for the pentacles?

bladeraven	24 May 2005
Junia wrote: Ooooh, someone mentioned the movie "Chocolat" well how about a life sized solid chocolate Johnny Depp as the King of Cups with little Godiva Raspberry filled crowns paying court. I am going to swoon. So okay guys--HudsonGray and others who would be the mouth watering Queen of Cups? *Munching on the life size chocolate*

SphinYote	24 May 2005
Fool (Or perhaps the Devil or Tower): Eve about to bite into a chocolate covered apple... And I had a rather kinky vision of the Lovers being drenched in chocolate syrup...:D.

SphinYote	24 May 2005
Cadbury bunny and eggs for the empress. A spurned heart shaped box of chocolate truffles for the three of swords. 9 of swords: in the sense of having a nightmare--wierd bugs crawling out of a chocolate truffle as you bite into it. Temperance and the star would be standing or kneeling at a river or lake of chocolate milk. Sun: Children grinning as they eat their melting chocolate ice-cream on a hot summers day. Tower: a dieting book, opened to a page saying "NO CHOCOLATE"? A melting tower of chocolate?

bladeraven	24 May 2005
throws a card into the discussion.......what do you think should be...........................2 of swords?

Junia	24 May 2005
bladeraven wrote: throws a card into the discussion.......what do you think should be...........................2 of swords? I am not a chess player, but I would do those two pieces that mean check but not check mate, but rather stale mate is it? Or a white/dark chocolate yin/yang symbol for balance-oppositions of positive and negative? Also, Tootsie Pop for the Hermit. Dark Chocolate M&M's in the shape of a Young Darth Vadar for the Knight of Swords. Have we done the 7 of Pent's yet? I would choose those hopping chocolate frogs of Harry Potter's that get away before you can eat them. How frustrating. Ace of Cups-large, HUGE in fact, latte mug full of Cocoa Krispies that make their own chocolate milk!

bladeraven	24 May 2005
Junia wrote: I am not a chess player, but I would do those two pieces that mean check but not check mate, but rather stale mate is it? Or a white/dark chocolate yin/yang symbol for balance-oppositions of positive and negative? Also, Tootsie Pop for the Hermit. Dark Chocolate M&M's in the shape of a Young Darth Vadar for the Knight of Swords. Have we done the 7 of Pent's yet? I would choose those hopping chocolate frogs of Harry Potter's that get away before you can eat them. How frustrating. Ace of Cups-large, HUGE in fact, latte mug full of Cocoa Krispies that make their own chocolate milk! OMG...forgot about the Chocolate Frogs!! lol...how imaginative and perfect

Junia	24 May 2005
Thanks Bladeraven! My first word was "Kitty" in this lifetime and I am quite certain that my last words will be give me a chocolate IV Drip would ya-Doc? Laughing at me. Living will: No heroic measures to be given (with the exception of tid bits of Nestle chips now and again). Okay, fellow sicko's out there what is the card for that one? No disrespect intended for anyone who is sick or have ailing loved ones. Me just being morbid ole me.

hannahma	24 May 2005
Well, for the three of swords or other card depicting heartbreak, disappointment and so on, how about carob? "for more about carob, see elsewhere." --Sandra Boynton another quote from Sandra Boynton's wonderful little cartoon book about chocolate (see http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0894801996/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-3516260-9415263#reader-page) "White chocolate : people who claim that a mixture of cocoa butter, sugar, and vanilla is somehow not "real" chocolate are the same people who claim that a mixture or water, fructose and artifical flavouring is somehow not "real" orange juice."

Junia	25 May 2005
hannahma wrote: . . . the same people who claim that a mixture or water, fructose and artifical flavouring is somehow not "real" orange juice." I thought that was the recipe for orange jello? Now I am really confused and as for carob (substitutes well for mud pies but never chocolate). Had a Godiva Dark Chocolate Raspberry filled bar tonight at Barnes & Noble I WAS DRIVEN MAD BY THIS THREAD---well it was a very short drive. })

bladeraven	25 May 2005
Junia wrote: I thought that was the recipe for orange jello? Now I am really confused and as for carob (substitutes well for mud pies but never chocolate). Had a Godiva Dark Chocolate Raspberry filled bar tonight at Barnes & Noble I WAS DRIVEN MAD BY THIS THREAD---well it was a very short drive. }) You were driven mad?? I had to make brownies......oooooooooo....Andes Mint........and they have them as baking chips too

Eco74	25 May 2005
Ooooh stop it STOP it already... I feel another chocolate sticky-cake coming on... *groans and attempts a jedi-mind-trick on myself* ;)

Junia	25 May 2005
bladeraven wrote: You were driven mad?? I had to make brownies......oooooooooo....Andes Mint........and they have them as baking chips too Andes Mint Chip Brownies? Aha only "higher mind powers" could have conceived that one: The High Priestess II!

bladeraven	25 May 2005
Junia wrote: Andes Mint Chip Brownies? Aha only "higher mind powers" could have conceived that one: The High Priestess II! Makes EXCELLENT chocolate mint frostings for fudge brownies

SphinYote	25 May 2005
hannahma wrote: "White chocolate : people who claim that a mixture of cocoa butter, sugar, and vanilla is somehow not "real" chocolate are the same people who claim that a mixture or water, fructose and artifical flavouring is somehow not "real" orange juice." Hoping that this was sarcasm, because umm, it's not anything like orange juice. Orange juice is actually good for you and has nutrients in it and real fruit sugars, which is far far different from fructose. ;) What would chocolate covered oranges be, by the way, other than tasty? Can we include that in our chocolate Sun card, maybe have the kids eating that instead of icecream?

Junia	25 May 2005
Bladeraven - perfect Fudge Brownies with Andes Mint Frosting for the High Priestess. She actually is looking at recipes and editing them instead of "The Book" she usually holds. SphinYote wrote: What would chocolate covered oranges be, by the way, other than tasty? Can we include that in our chocolate Sun card, maybe have the kids eating that instead of icecream? Ooooh yes, either the Sun or how about the Ace of Pentacles? I don't think we have that one yet. Do you think that one is big enough. Also, reminds me of those chocolate oranges that you buy at Christmas and whack on the counter and they break up into individual slices---yummy! How about a chocolate globe for the world with all the nations in oh say marzipan for those of you who like that stuff? Good call SphinYote!

Fairawen	25 May 2005
Ooooooh, I LOVE Andes! Wow. YUM. Bladeraven, that's an excelent idea. Oh... *groan* I want some o' them brownies... :P ~Fairawen~

bladeraven	01 Jun 2005
I guess the ten of wands will be ten unwrapped hershey bars and a little toddler with a chocolate cover mouth looking very guilty??

gregory	02 Jun 2005
Junia wrote: How about a chocolate globe for the world with all the nations in oh say marzipan for those of you who like that stuff? Good call SphinYote! Oh please, no marzipan. This is a CHOCOLATE Tarot. Marzipan is the food of the devil..... YUK. :(

little_redfox	02 Jun 2005
marzipan /droooooooooool :P LRF x

bladeraven	02 Jun 2005
lol..okay..what is marizipan.

gregory	02 Jun 2005
Quote: lol..okay..what is marizipan. Vile, horrible, disgusting, over sweet and very not chocolate paste made from almonds. Usually found making dried up fake shapes like Santas and little pink piggies at Christmas, and under the icing on wedding cakes etc. UGH. Words cannot describe. Sorry little_redfox. Come and eat mine next time it's served!

bladeraven	02 Jun 2005
gregory wrote: Vile, horrible, disgusting, over sweet and very not chocolate paste made from almonds. Usually found making dried up fake shapes like Santas and little pink piggies at Christmas, and under the icing on wedding cakes etc. UGH. Words cannot describe. Sorry little_redfox. Come and eat mine next time it's served! *Jaw drops* Chocolate..vile...who dares makes something so sacred so blasphemous....hmm...what suit is that good for ?? lol

gregory	02 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: *Jaw drops* Chocolate..vile...who dares makes something so sacred so blasphemous....hmm...what suit is that good for ?? lol No verily - it is MARZIPAN that is vile and part of the PROBLEM with the stuff is that it IS so very NOT CHOCOLATE. You misunderstand me ! Chocolate is - well, perfect really. How anyone could suggest contaminating this excellent deck with nasty marzipan beggars belief.

SphinYote	02 Jun 2005
What would mocha be? Maybe in the hand of the rider on the Chariot card?

HudsonGray	02 Jun 2005
Marzipan is like tasteless peanut butter to me. Yuck. BUT it works really well as clay for making little figures. Mocha? I'd put a steaming cup of it in the Empress's hand as she's sitting there on the throne.

gregory	03 Jun 2005
HudsonGray wrote: Marzipan is like tasteless peanut butter to me. Yuck. BUT it works really well as clay for making little figures. That's the ONLY thing it's good for. I like it best (well, ONLY actually....) when it has gone so hard being a banana or Santy Claws etc that no one can eat it without breaking they little teeth ! When basically, eating it would be as daft as trying to eat the plate it's served on............ Does peanut butter work for making little figures ?????? })

hannahma	03 Jun 2005
... and another thing; no milk chocolate. As Henri Langlois once said about the divine actress Louise Brooks (see http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/04/32/pandoras_box.html) "There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"-- I have been known to declaim in the local Hot Chocolates shop, "There is no milk chocolate! There is no white chocolate! There is only genuine, dark chocolate!"

Junia	06 Jun 2005
hannahma wrote: ... and another thing; no milk chocolate. As Henri Langlois once said about the divine actress Louise Brooks (see http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/04/32/pandoras_box.html ) "There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"-- I have been known to declaim in the local Hot Chocolates shop, "There is no milk chocolate! There is no white chocolate! There is only genuine, dark chocolate!" Oh, here it is "The Darkside of the Chocolate Force". Darth Vadar chocolate. I knew it was coming. The Devil: a hollow Darth Vadar Chocolate man. No more Easter Bunny, no more happiness. Da-da-da dut-tada dut-tada: da-da-da dut-tada dut-tada . . . well you know. Yoda says, "Wisdom lies in The Force (milk chocolate). Go not to the Darkside to be seduced like your father, Luke!" As for marzipan, it is just for the decorations, it is like porcelain, you can then wear it for Tarot Jewelry. It has a half-life of about forty-two years (well, roughly, according to the answer to Douglas Adam's series). It also makes great spackle for your ceilings. And now, search your super markets for the motherlode: Dove Chocolate Cookies! As for hot chocolate, all of the suite of cups should be filled with it or mocha, or for us real wackos Kahlua/half & half and chocolate liquer. --Burp!

gregory	06 Jun 2005
Junia wrote: As for marzipan, it is just for the decorations, it is like porcelain, you can then wear it for Tarot Jewelry (it has a half-life of about forty-two years (well, roughly, according to the answer to Douglas Adams series). Tastes pretty much like porcelain too but nastier. Shouldn't its half life be 21 years if we believe in Douglas Adams.... (as we all do of course !) Come to think, and off topic, why isn't there a Hitchhiker's Tarot ??

Junia	06 Jun 2005
gregory wrote: Tastes pretty much like porcelain too but nastier. Shouldn't its half life be 21 years if we believe in Douglas Adams.... (as we all do of course !) Come to think, and off topic, why isn't there a Hitchhiker's Tarot ?? Gregory you've actually eaten porcelain? Oooh, you are right-never was good at math. I graduated from State College.--Snicker (O_O, Snickers bars). There should be a Hitchhiker's Tarot and come to think of it why not a Star Wars Tarot. All done in chocolate of course (just to appease the Wookies ya know). Or we should include a chocolate Tarot card in every deck of Tarot Cards. Kind of like baseball cards and bubble gum! Collect all 78 (bet you can't eat, collect just one). Chocolate peppermint sticks for the suit of Wands or Swords.

bladeraven	06 Jun 2005
I'm gaining weight just reading this thread....Can Bailey's Liquor be consider as chocolate *snicker* Ooooooo.....Starbuck's has a chocolate to die for and set your heart pumping for the nearest E.R......I guess I should put that as hmmmm.....10 of wands or should we just say forget that and do pure sticks of Ghiradelli chocolate to stir our coffee's with???

Junia	06 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: I'm gaining weight just reading this thread....Can Bailey's Liquor be consider as chocolate *snicker* . . . 10 of wands or should we just say forget that and do pure sticks of Ghiradelli chocolate to stir our coffee's with??? Bailey's Liquer goes really great in hot chocolate or chocolate flavored coffee. Quite tasty. Oh great, I am chocoholic and a lush, geez. Junia feels butt swelling over and off of the chair as she types. How about a giant chocolate cheesecake for the Moon card? The illusion part could be that it is fat/calorie free.

bladeraven	06 Jun 2005
That would be Bennigan's Death by Chocolate...the illusion is that you can only eat one bite...the reality is that they will be rolling you out of the resturaunt by the time it's over.....ugh...is it dessert time yet???? Hmm.....I think my chocolate is running low...........

Junia	06 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: . . . they will be rolling you out of the resturaunt by the time it's over.....ugh...is it dessert time yet???? Hmm.....I think my chocolate is running low........... 1st guy, "Better". Waiter, "Better what?" 1st guy, "Better get me a bucket".:eek:--from Monty Python Movie

bladeraven	06 Jun 2005
LOL....love your sense of humor.....ooooo..just thinking of Hershey's Chocolate Mix...mmmmmmmmmm

gregory	06 Jun 2005
Junia wrote: Gregory you've actually eaten porcelain? I can't swear I DIDN'T - I certainly ate a needle at an early age. You do NOT want to know. But I know intuitively what porcelain tastes like. I read it in the cards (The Tarot of the TeaSet, by the makers of the Housewives deck, you know.) tee hee

SphinYote	06 Jun 2005
Chocolate soda (tried it once, didn't much care for it...)? What about a cocoa tree? Background of Empress? Chocolate Plantation? Background of the Emperor?

bladeraven	13 Jun 2005
In the spirit of our Chocolate Tarot Deck, here's a nice recipe: Hershey's Hot Chocolate: 1 very large bar of Hershey's chocolate (the kind you see at Christmas or Valentine's day or the biggest one you can buy) 1 quart of heavy cream. Break Hershey bar apart, add to cream in medium saucepan and heat over low. Chocolate liquor is optional. OR This recipe that I came across: 4 cups full fat milk (the creamier the better) 5 ounces (weighed) dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa content) half a teaspoon cinnamon (or you can add 4 cinnamon sticks instead) a few drops of vanilla extract a few drops of almond extract a few grains of salt (essential to develop the flavour further) Whisk whole lot together over gentle heat (leave the extracts until it's nearly ready) serve in warm cups topped with some whipped cream and greated chocolate

gregory	13 Jun 2005
Never mind that - I am told by a poet friend who spends a lot of time in Spain that the way to make that FAB hot chocolate they serve there that you have to eat with a spoon because it's so THICK is just to melt bars of chocolate - it has to be a particular brand she says.... (I will find out the brand if anyone wants to know !) I do have a cheaper recipe for it somewhere which works out pretty well, when you don't have the right chocolate handy. Ideal for dipping churros.... Death, I think - as in "...... by chocolate" ! :TDEAT

bladeraven	13 Jun 2005
gregory wrote: Never mind that - I am told by a poet friend who spends a lot of time in Spain that the way to make that FAB hot chocolate they serve there that you have to eat with a spoon because it's so THICK is just to melt bars of chocolate - it has to be a particular brand she says.... (I will find out the brand if anyone wants to know !) I do have a cheaper recipe for it somewhere which works out pretty well, when you don't have the right chocolate handy. Ideal for dipping churros.... Death, I think - as in "...... by chocolate" ! :TDEAT Oooooooo........do share!!!!!!! LOL......This will fit in Temperance I believe...lol

gregory	13 Jun 2005
I don't know what happened here; the phone line went down and then I got an error message that you can only post once every 30 seconds..... and the recipe then showed up twice, one with ghastly spelling mistakes. WEIRD.

gregory	13 Jun 2005
1/2 cup unsweetened powdered cocoa or MUCH better, 4 oz bitter very dark chocolate, melted (not that nasty cooking chocolate that's all vegetable fat really !) 1 cup sugar 7 tsp cornstarch (also known as cornflour !) 1/2 cup water 4 cups WHOLE milk (it just doesn’t work with 2% or skim. Trust me on this !) It would probably be even better with part single cream, but let's try and not have a heart attack from this one experience ! Mix the cocoa and sugar together. Dissolve the cornstarch (cornflour for the English among us) in the water and combine with the cocoa-sugar mixture in a medium-sized heavy saucepan. Stir until it makes a smooth paste. Heat the mixture, stirring continuously with a whisk or a really good fork. Gradually pour in the milk. Continue stirring as you bring it to a simmer. Simmer, stirring often, for about 10 minutes. It’s ready when it thickens and is glossy and smooth. You will probably have eaten it long before then, tasting it to see if it’s done………… The consistency of the finished hot choc should be like chocolate pudding that didn't quite set. It’s even better when you dip churros into it…………. It is supposed to make enough for 6. Actually, it probably does. Last time we made it for 2 of us we were nearly sick…… :TDEAT :TDEAT :TDEAT :TDEAT :TDEAT

bladeraven	13 Jun 2005
gregory wrote: 1/2 cup unsweetened powdered cocoa or MUCH better, 4 oz bitter very dark chocolate, melted (not that nasty cooking chocolate that's all vegetable fat really !) 1 cup sugar 7 tsp cornstarch (also known as cornflour !) 1/2 cup water 4 cups WHOLE milk (it just doesn’t work with 2% or skim. Trust me on this !) It would probably be even better with part single cream, but let's try and not have a heart attack from this one experience ! Mix the cocoa and sugar together. Dissolve the cornstarch (cornflour for the English among us) in the water and combine with the cocoa-sugar mixture in a medium-sized heavy saucepan. Stir until it makes a smooth paste. Heat the mixture, stirring continuously with a whisk or a really good fork. Gradually pour in the milk. Continue stirring as you bring it to a simmer. Simmer, stirring often, for about 10 minutes. It’s ready when it thickens and is glossy and smooth. You will probably have eaten it long before then, tasting it to see if it’s done………… The consistency of the finished hot choc should be like chocolate pudding that didn't quite set. It’s even better when you dip churros into it…………. It is supposed to make enough for 6. Actually, it probably does. Last time we made it for 2 of us we were nearly sick…… :TDEAT :TDEAT :TDEAT :TDEAT :TDEAT and everyone who didn't have to go to the ER for chocolate pleasure raise your hand......my mouth was drooling like I was teething after reading this recipe....mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Junia	13 Jun 2005
Yummy stuff since I've been away. How about Mexican Hot Chocolate? Just add a pinch or two (depending on the strength) of chili powder to the cocoa and then dollop on whipping cream. Thick, Hot Mexican Chocolate and Whipping Cream--hummm The Lovers card. also check out the new Dove cookies. The Walnut Sensation are my favorite. There are chocolate chips and the whole backs of them are dipped in Dove Chocolate. sound of Junia shaking the crumbs out of her ktervoardt (er, keyboard).

Moonchild1721	13 Jun 2005
What I good idea a Chocolate Deck would be. I am a Chocolate freak:-) I would definitely invest in that deck. Then again, maybe that would be a bad idea. The I would want to eat choclate everytime I used it! Samanatha

bladeraven	13 Jun 2005
Junia wrote: Yummy stuff since I've been away. How about Mexican Hot Chocolate? Just add a pinch or two (depending on the strength) of chili powder to the cocoa and then dollop on whipping cream. Thick, Hot Mexican Chocolate and Whipping Cream--hummm The Lovers card. also check out the new Dove cookies. The Walnut Sensation are my favorite. There are chocolate chips and the whole backs of them are dipped in Dove Chocolate. sound of Junia shaking the crumbs out of her ktervoardt (er, keyboard). ooooooo........Dove Cookies......nice if there were Godiva chocolates....I can see Godiva as the Empress

gregory	14 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: ooooooo........Dove Cookies......nice if there were Godiva chocolates....I can see Godiva as the Empress Naked except for the chocolate.............. (please excuse me; I'm at work; strange effect it has...)

bladeraven	14 Jun 2005
lol......wishing you weren't at work??? lol

hannahma	15 Jun 2005
....mixing coffee and chocolate for a nice, frothy mocha.

gregory	15 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: lol......wishing you weren't at work??? lol OH yes - been home, back there now............... YUK

Junia	17 Jun 2005
What would we do for a tower card? The destruction of Hershey, PA? Yikes! That would be a horrible attack--the uniform destruction of all chocolate factories in one day! Perish the thought (or at least toss the Chocolate Tarot Tower Card at the idea)--Poof!

HedgeWych	18 Jun 2005
This sounds sooo delightful!!!! Mmmmm... ice cream time... I'm such a chocoholic!!! lol

HedgeWych	18 Jun 2005
I'm not very good at the card associations... but a chocolate tree (with lots of pods) for The Star. Hope and healing... right? :)

hannahma	19 Jun 2005
[quote=SphinYote]Hoping that this was sarcasm, because umm, it's not anything like orange juice. Orange juice is actually good for you and has nutrients in it and real fruit sugars, which is far far different from fructose. ;) Yup, it was sarcasm. Coloured flavoured water is not orange juice. White chocolate is not really chocolate. The Devil could be made of white chocolate, if Devil's Food cake is not chosen.

bladeraven	19 Jun 2005
oooooo........gold cover chocolate coins in lieu of pentacles hot chocolate mugs for cups pieces of chocolate cake slices for swords trying to think of those chocolate sticks you can buy in stores for wands..... brain is so focus on chocolate I can't think straight.....heads to raid the pantry again......this thread is making me gain pounds.....lol

HedgeWych	20 Jun 2005
[quote=hannahma] SphinYote wrote: Hoping that this was sarcasm, because umm, it's not anything like orange juice. Orange juice is actually good for you and has nutrients in it and real fruit sugars, which is far far different from fructose. ;) Yup, it was sarcasm. Coloured flavoured water is not orange juice. White chocolate is not really chocolate. The Devil could be made of white chocolate, if Devil's Food cake is not chosen. I thought the same about white chocolate. It was the anti-Chocolate. However... it is chocolate. It's cocoa butter. In the processing of the cocoa bean, it's pressed, dutch cocoa is seperated from the cocoa butter. Thus... it's a Demi God lol I had a hard time accepting it too. Though it doesn't have the active constituents that make chocolate sooo wonderful.

gregory	20 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: trying to think of those chocolate sticks you can buy in stores for wands..... - Matchmakers ! (the sticks, not us !)

bladeraven	20 Jun 2005
gregory wrote: - Matchmakers ! (the sticks, not us !) awwwww..you're not a matchmaker?? Lol with all this talk of chocolate it's hard to think straight sometimes...had to break down and eat half a bag of m/m's last night...lol

Eco74	20 Jun 2005
I've left my "spring-cakemold" out full of crumbs, unwashed completely on purpous. The reason is that as soon as I clean it out I'll want to make a new batch of chocolate cake.. But then, solstice is coming up and I do need something to properly celebrate it with. :D

gregory	20 Jun 2005
Eco74 wrote: I've left my "spring-cakemold" out full of crumbs, unwashed completely on purpous. The reason is that as soon as I clean it out I'll want to make a new batch of chocolate cake.. But then, solstice is coming up and I do need something to properly celebrate it with. :D Hey - is there a chocolate solstice ? Why did no-one ever tell me ???

bladeraven	20 Jun 2005
*evil laugh* I did find THESE recipes: Sparkling Solstice Wands ·1 pkg pretzel rods ·1 pkg white chocolate chips, almond bark, or Candiquick ·1 tsp shortening ·Food coloring or colored candy disks (available in the candy/cake decorating aisle) ·Colored sugars In a double boiler or in the microwave, melt the white chocolate and shortening. If you are using a double boiler* stir consistently over medium heat, until the chocolate is melted and smooth. If you are using a microwave, set it microwave for only 30 seconds at a time. After each 30-second interval, stir the chocolate thoroughly. 60 to 90 seconds should be plenty of time to melt the chocolate…if you microwave it too long it will become dry and crumbly instead of melted and smooth. Dip the pretzel rods in the white chocolate until they are coated ¾ of the way down. Set aside until they harden. Re-melt the chocolate as needed (it will cool and re-harden as you work…although the shortening will slow the process some). When the chocolate is dry, in a separate small bowl, melt colored candy or take some of the white chocolate and mix with food coloring. Drizzle colored candy along the length of the pretzel and dip the candied tip into the colored candy. Roll the tip into the colored sugar and set aside to dry. It’s as easy as that! Experiment by tinting the white chocolate with various colors or be a crowd pleaser! Happy Holidays! *You can create your own double boiler with a saucepan and an oven safe dish such as a Pyrex measuring cup. Fill the pan with water and the oven safe dish with your chocolate and shortening. Place the dish in the pan of water and heat the whole thing on the stove. The water in the pan will keep the chocolate in the dish from scorching AND there was this: Chocolate mixed with Vodka.........That would be a good Sun card....Lol

HedgeWych	20 Jun 2005
gregory wrote: Hey - is there a chocolate solstice ? Why did no-one ever tell me ??? The world is in perpetual Chocolate Solstice. The tree produces pods year round. lol So celebrate! I'm sooo going to have to try those wands! mmmm

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