Mr Chocolate always said that he had chocolate immunity.
That is, he can eat a vast quantity and have no ill effects from it. No effect what so ever. Having been on quite a few long car journeys where I’ve been the chocolate supplier to the never-ending opening mouth. Yes, I think I could vouch for the fact he can put quite a lot away and still having nothing to show for it.
Not me though, if I have too much I know about it. Heart rate goes up, tongue goes a little odd. One square too many? Yes, I think so.
Not Mr Chocolate though. Dark, milk, white, they’re all there. The household is a sad and sorry one if it looks like we are down to our last 100 grams. The man likes to have options and he also likes to dip in to those options on a regular basis.
With that in mind, dipping into those options he did. Right before a chiropractor appointment. Thinking nothing of the couple of hundred grams of goodness he had just consumed before going in. He was a little startled to find the chiropractor finding a new point in his head that showed a spike in high blood sugar levels.
Were you drinking last night? she questioned…
Pffft, no way.
Have you had something quite sweet recently?
Uh ohh…
Perhaps a little chocolate this morning?
Busted. Chocolate immunity no more. It clearly was coming up on a point on his head and was there for all to see. Well for all canny chiropractors known for using corresponding cranial points anyway. His pancreas was clearly waving the red flag of, “I’ve just consumed rather a lot of good quality chocolate in order to get through the working day.”
Lesson learnt anyway. Mr Chocolate now knows, it’s a much better idea to eat that block and a half AFTER his next chiropractor appointment. That way chocolate immunity remains intact.
Everyday Chocolate Mint Biscuits
175g softened butter
110g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp peppermint essence
300g (2 cups) plain flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer until pale and fluffy. Mix in, vanilla and peppermint, then add remaining flour and cocoa.
Quick knead and roll dough between two sheets of baking paper, approximately 5mm thick and refrigerate until dough is firm.
Cut into shapes and bake at 180C for approximately 20 minutes.
I want chocolate weight gain immunity!!
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Mr Chocolate does have that immunity, so it does exist.
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Love it! That is awesome – yes always does pay to eat well before chiropractor & naturopath 🙂
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Always 🙂 They just KNOW…
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my first thought was who ate the middles? I discovered my intolerance to sucrose by the side affects of an increased heart rate and a headache when eating chocolate instead of a meal 🙂
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Isn’t it amazing how your body lets you know (or others) what’s going on.
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I thought this story was going to go a different direction – I know if I’ve eaten right before a physiotherapy appointment, the pressure placed on my back and thus my stomach can be uncomfortable if I’m full. I think the ‘caught out’ scenario might be better than my imagined ‘chocolate upset stomach’ scenario!
These biscuits? I think my partner is going to want to fly over to your household too because he loves biscuits, and chocolate, and mint. As I do too, I’ll say thanks for both of us 🙂
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They are really simple biscuits Kari, you might want to up the chocolate in them, if you need more of a fix. They keep well too.
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I could do itch a case of chocolate immunity 🙂 I am really keen to try these with the peppermint in them.
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Gives that minty freshness 🙂
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In my opinion life without chocolate isn’t worth living! (Ditto to wine and cheese)
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Totally agree. Life without cheese, wine and chocolate?… No thanks.
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love the styling and the biscuits look so pretty and very tantalising..
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Thanks Jane 🙂
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Your every day chocolate mint biscuits look delicious. Very cute with that cut-out little pattern. Yes, Carl was also a chocolate guzzler. I couldn’t have chocolate in the house or else he would find it and he just couldn’t stop at one. About four months ago I decided we would no longer have chocolate in the house. After dinner he’s given fruit instead. And he’s lost 5kgs!
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Wow! 5kg just from switching chocolate to fruit… that’s an excellent effort.
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I like chocolate, but I could live without it. I can’t live without coffee. I can’t wait to get back to Italy for my €1 coffee village cafe.
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Debra I’m sure a little part of me travels with you when you go back too, so I can’t wait to get back to your 1 euro coffee’s as well.
As for chocolate? I could live without it too before meeting Mr Chocolate… he changed me *sigh*
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This is extraordinary. I didn’t know that your skull revealed such things.
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Some avenues of chiropractic care are absolutely fascinating. Never ceases to amaze me after a session.
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Your biscuits are beautiful. Chocolate mint.
When I start baking again, I’m going to make these.
Thanks, Brydie!
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Thanks Heidi, happy baking whenever you get back to it.
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Isn’t chocolate one of the main food groups? Take care, Bam
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For some it certainly is!
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Fantastic! I’ve known a number of people (whose gender shall go nameless) who’ve believed they had various immunities. It hits them hard, the truth, when it comes, having lived blissfully deluded for years! Love your little cookies. So innocent-looking,aren’t they?
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They are pretty innocent looking, made with small boys mouths in mind. You could easily up the chocolate though if chocolate immunity needed to be tested 😉
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Those are quite pretty and I love the addition of mint!
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Thanks Greg, I do like my biscuit cutters.
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What delightful biscuits! You could sandwich them together with green mint butter sugar filling 🙂
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Well you could if you had some without cutouts, just took another look at the picture (doh) 😉
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I was so close to doing that the last batch, I even made them round… then lazy slipped in like a sneaky shadow… Filling went by the way side.
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That is such a funny story! I’ve just given up chocolate as NY resolution as I was eating way too much and finding I was getting really bad anxiety! Cut out the chocolate and hey presto, anxiety gone. Isn’t it funny what food does to different people! I do miss it though. I love the photos of the biscuits, so pretty.
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I wonder if after awhile you could slowly bring small amounts back in without any anxiety effects? Good on you for making that resolution though… Do you have a new substitute?
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You can also find out such things from your feet, I kid you not.
BTW, Brydie, there are two sentences about baking at the end of your post. It’s not two cuts and bakes is it? Maybe I’m a bit dense today.
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The body is so amazing isn’t it.
Thanks for the point out of the typo too Rose, clearly I was having a ‘moment’ and wanted everyone to cut and bake twice. Definitely not dense!
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LOL I like his clever way of dealing with the news! Just have it after (something I might try and pull too 😉 ). Mr NQN thinks that he will never get fat so he has fat immunity. Lucky bugger is probably right!
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Fat Immunity would be very handy to have!
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Those biscuits are perfectly designed with the plate and the fabric. So pretty. Chocolate and mint is a classic and one of my favorite combinations!
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It’s a whole lot of retro isn’t it.
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Oh dear, poor Mr Chocolate! I admit, it did give me a chuckle though.. 🙂
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Busted 🙂
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Chocolate immunity? I could do with some of that, it would compliment my chocolate addiction quite nicely.
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Ha ha ha this is too funny!!!
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Off to pull an egg out from the chicken coop and get cooking with these biscuits. Think of my kids on Monday with this school lunchbox treat….thankyou.
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There is so much in this story I can relate to! My husband thinks he has fat, sugar, icecream and chocolate immunity – Time will tell methinx! I know I dont have weight gain immunity thats for sure. As I look at the pictures of your yummy choccy biscuits, I feel my hips eeeexxxxxpanding just a little more… *sigh* – Kara
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Sugar makes your head go pointy? 🙂 I have these cutters too, aren’t they gorgeous? Beautiful bikkies, Brydie!
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Glad Mr Chocolate has learnt his lesson and will be more canny next time. He’s a man after my own heart, so must remember the lesson well – don’t want any pointy bits showing up 😉
Very pretty biscuits. Love the idea that you have them every day.
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they look so good. I love your biscuit cutter.
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cute bikkies and great story – men and chocolate!!! e just loves his chocolate too but I think I can eat more than him! And I am curious to know if you bake the little middles of the biscuits – they would look so cute and we have a lot of dollies that need feeding in this house 🙂
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I love chocolate but pregnancy diabetes really showed me I had to figure out something different. Daily exercise and portion control allows my chocolate addiction to remain active.
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