Ring in the New Year with a Month of Chocolate!

Our monthly feature is on the date today and just in time to call to your attention that the fun food holidays with chocolate start tomorrow!

January 2 = Feast Day of St. Macarius the Younger, 4th century patron of confectioners

January 3 = National Chocolate Filled Cherry Day -- so is this a chocolate with a cherry filling or a cherry stuffed with chocolate?

January 5 = National Whipped Cream Day -- hey I'd made chocolate whipped cream and it is an ingredient in several chocolate desserts

January 6 = National Shortbread Day -- I covered shortbread cookies with dark chocolate ganache for our annual holiday and they were easy and quick to make as well as great tasting

January 8 = National English Toffee Day -- yes, you can (and should) make it with chocolate!

January 10 = Bittersweet Chocolate Day; National Cream Cheese Brownie Day - combine these into one awesome recipe?  Anyone know of one I could try out?

January 19 = National Popcorn Day -- again a little chocolate drizzle is yummy and not too unhealthy depending on how you make the drizzle and how thick you apply it

January 23 = National Pie Day -- you can make pie without chocolate?

January 27 = National Chocolate Cake Day -- I thought this was any day?

January 30 = National Croissant Day -- chocolate croissant done well are heavenly, well means there is more than a tiny strip of chocolate inside

Any other fun food holidays we need to add, Sisters and Brothers?

Comments

elizabeth said…
This post made me curious about St. Macarius, so I looked him up. He gave up selling candy to be a hermit and live on raw vegetables for 7 years! That does sound like an appropriate saint to celebrate during the first week of January.
January 2, 2014 at 8:03 AM
The Chocolate Priestess said…
Isn't it odd then that he's the patron saint of confectioners? I mean, wouldn't his mold be to stop doing that and follow god? Of course, I'm not Catholic so I'm sure I do not understand it all.
January 2, 2014 at 10:23 AM
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January 4, 2014 at 5:59 AM
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January 4, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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Starting the new year with a whole month of chocolate? Now that's an idea I can support! There's something unique about eating rich, sugary delicacies to celebrate new beginnings. Every bite of chocolate, whether dark, milk, or white, seems like a small moment of happiness. Furthermore, it's an excellent reason to test various flavors and possibly even experiment with some homemade chocolate recipes. Anyone else planning to stock up on their favorite chocolates for this?
February 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Chocolate Priestess said…
Wow! A new comment on a rather boring post from 2014. I stopped putting out the calendar posts because they got such few responses.
February 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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