Yum! Have You Tried Lindt Chocolate Mousse?

What You’ll Need:

• 3 Lindt Excellence A Touch of Vanilla White Chocolate Bars (or Lindt Excellence White Coconut Bars)
• 1 Pint Heavy Cream
• 4 Eggs

Prep & Serving:

• Have your host follow the recipe on p. 82 of your Lindt Chocolate Passions recipe book the night before the party (must be refrigerated at least six hours ahead)
• After the Five Senses of Chocolate Tasting, serve this exquisite, chilled concoction in an elegant glass (inspired idea: a brandy snifter!)

The epitome of elegance, serving chilled white chocolate mousse will wow your guests.

Alternative Idea: Serve with chilled berries for a summer treat!

Mouth-Watering Lindt Chocolate Milk Shakes

What You’ll Need:

• Blender
• Ice Cream (flavor of your choice)
• Milk,
• Lindor Truffles (any flavor, 3 x #party guests)
• Tall Glasses

Prep & Serving:

• Over low-med heat in small saucepan, slowly melt 3 Lindor Truffles (any flavor)
• Meanwhile, add two scoops ice cream and a splash of milk to the blender
• Add melted Lindor Truffles, blend and serve in a tall glass

Serve each milk shake to order, just takes 60 seconds to make! Deliciously refreshing, these shakes will show your guests just how versatile the Lindor Truffle can be!

Alternative Idea: Top with shavings from Lindt Excellence Bars.

Enjoy a Summer Treat...Lindt Chocolate Sundaes!

What You’ll Need:

• Small Bowls & Spoons
• 1 Gallon Premium Vanilla Ice Cream
• 1 Jar Lindt Chocolate Fudge Sauce
• 1 Lindt Excellence Bar (any flavor)
  

Prep & Serving:

• Top 1 scoop of ice cream with a gently-warmed dollop of Lindt Chocolate Fudge Sauce
• Top with a single square from any Lindt Excellence Bar

Alternative Idea: Instead of using a single Lindt Excellence Square to top, roughly grate several different types of bars into pretty bowls and let guests top their own sundaes.

Chocolate Fondue

Ingredients:

• One bar (3.5oz) Lindt Dark Chocolate, chopped
• One bar (3.5oz) Lindt Milk Chocolate, chopped
• 2/3 cup cream—heavy, light or half & half

Suggestions:

• Pound cake cut into cubes
• Fresh fruit: grapes, strawberries, bananas, apples, pears, pineapple
• Dried fruit: apricots, pineapple, peaches, papaya, mango
• Marshmallows

Directions:

• In a saucepan, heat the cream just until it starts to boil.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the chopped chocolate.
• Stir until melted.
• Pour the chocolate mixture into the fondue pot and set on the table to enjoy.

Source: Lindt Chocolate R.S.V.P

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (114g) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup (130g) chunky peanut butter
• 1/2 cup (100g) sugar
• 1/2 cup (90g) light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cup (150g) flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda  
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 bars (3.5oz/100g each) Lindt Excellence 50% Cocoa, chopped into chunks

Directions: 

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine the butter, peanut butter, sugars and cream together.
• Add the egg and vanilla extract.
• Combine the dry ingredients and add to the butter mixture.
• Stir in the chopped chocolate.
• Drop cookies by the teaspoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake 10–12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and store in an airtight container.

Source: Lindt Chocolate R.S.V.P 

Classic Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:

• 1 qt milk
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 1 stick of cinnamon
• ¾ tsp black pepper corns (whole)
• 2 bars (3.5 oz) Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa, chopped

Directions:

• Heat the milk with the spices in a sauce pan over medium heat until it reaches boiling point, but do not let the milk boil.
• Add the chopped chocolate and whisk until smooth.
• Remove from heat and let rest for 25 minutes to release the spices' aroma.
• Strain the liquid and reheat before serving.

Source: Lindt Chocolate R.S.V.P.

Classic Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients:

• 2 bars of Lindt Bittersweet Dark Chocolate, chopped
• 3 1/2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup of sugar
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• 2/3 cup of flour
• 2/3 cup of walnuts, chopped

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350◦F.
• Grease a 8x8 inch square naking pan and line with parchment paper.
• Melted the chopped chocolate and butter in a sauce pan or double boiler over low heat. Stir constantly.
• Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
• Beat together the eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt until well combined. 
• Add the melted chocolate, and beat gently by hand or on a low setting on a mixer until evenly incorporated. 
• Add the flour and walnuts and mix until just combined.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pand and bake approximately 20 minutes.

Note: Brownies can also be made with milk chocolate or any dark chocolate bars up to 70% cocoa content. You can also omit the nuts or substitute almonds or pecans for the walnuts.


Source: Lindt Chocolate R.S.V.P Catalog