Healthy alternatives to chocolate

[PurpleDuck]

A little bit of fun - a quiz testing your knowledge of various chocolate facts!

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(I only got 56% correct )

[hermanmunster]

I got 63% (I blame the fact that it was a USA quiz - what is a Graham Cracker?)

[scary mum]

I got 63% (I blame the fact that it was a USA quiz - what is a Graham Cracker?)

I don't know, but it's in lots of American recipes. I kind of assume it's a bit like a digestive but I'm not sure why I think that!

[Tinkers]

It is similar to a digestive biscuit, though I think they are square.

[ToadMum]

I think it is a type of grain (?wheat) - we have (had) a variety of breakfast cereal here called 'Golden Grahams'. And 'Cinnamon Grahams', but a definite 'Yuk!' from me there .

[Tinkers]

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Made with something called graham flour, hence the name.

If you follow the link there to digestive biscuits, Graham crackers are mentioned.

[Amber]

We bought some Graham crackers in America when one of the kids was sick as we thought it would be a good introduction back to food. I found the opened packet at the back of the cupboard more than a year later and they hadn't degenerated or gone off in any way. Makes me wonder what they put in them (like a lot of American food, got to be honest).

I don't really like chocolate or sweet things. As a child I did but now really not interested - I wonder how that happens. Is it one of those gut bacteria things? I would never choose a chocolate-based or flavoured dessert, in fact I usually skip desert. Am totally hooked on starters though and often find it hard to choose from several (just in case you thought I was trying to make myself out to be some kind of saint).

MamaBear - be kind to yourself when breastfeeding. Surely not the time for dieting or cutting back or anything like that, is it?

[kenyancowgirl]

I wonder if "graham" flour is actually "gram" flour, as used in Indian cuisine? I wouldn't put it past the Americans to change the name to make it easier to say!!

Amber - snap - I do not have a sweet tooth in the slightest and am also a fan or ordering a starter...or two or three in place of a main!!

[Reading Mum]

another savoury person here - although I do like to finish the evening with a Reece's peanut butter mini cup or 2. It is the only choc I eat

[Amber]

Amber - snap - I do not have a sweet tooth in the slightest and am also a fan or ordering a starter...or two or three in place of a main!!

I do this too. My idea of heaven is beautiful canapés - preferably with champagne.

Not had those Reading Mum. I used to like the not-marzipan Mozartkugeln when I lived in Germany as a student, but someone bought me some last year and I really didn't like them any more.