Find perfect mate for chocolate to win contest

By Staff Reports - 10/21/2009


Weird chocolate combinations are nothing new. You can find chocolate bars that include flavors from bacon and chipotle peppers to green tea and curry.

So what's next?

The people at Scharffen Berger, the San Francisco-based chocolatier, want to know what you can do with chocolate and black-eyed peas. That and several other ingredients not typically associated as chocolate pairings.

Scharffen Berger's Chocolate Adventure contest is seeking the most creative recipes using chocolate and one of 16 adventurous ingredients. Two winners, one for sweet and one for savory, will win a grand prize of $10,000.

To enter and learn more, go to tulsaworld.com/chocolateadventurecontest .

Here are those 16 adventurous ingredients:

Fresh mint
Fresh or crystallized ginger
Pandan leaf (a Southeast Asian fruit)
Banana leaf
Sumac
Raw honey
Cacao nibs
Fresh or whole dried chili pepper
Malbec (a wine grape)
Peanut butter
Black-eyed peas
Rice flour
Papaya
Cumin
Paprika
Smoked sea salt





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