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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure 2009 Contest Winners! – Giveaway

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While I may be a self-proclaimed chocolate connoisseur (yes, I did have to spell check that word) I do not claim to be a gourmet chef when it comes to baking with chocolate. I considered my fish oil truffles to be a huge feat and dream of being able to make stuff like mole that artistically blends chocolate into a delicious sauce on a meaty entree. Fortunately, there are people out there who are already experienced with using chocolate for more than just baking desserts, and these great cooking minds came together in the 2009 Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Contest.

Scharffen Berger LogoThe Chocolate Adventure Contest challenged people to invent a new recipe using Scharffen Berger chocolate and at least one of their adventure ingredients, such as fresh mint, crystallized ginger, Pandan leaf, and banana leaf to name a few. They could make the recipe for any course in one of their two categories of Sweet and Savory. The panel of judges, which included John Scharffenberger and Chef Elizabeth Falkner, selected two grand prize winners (one for each category), who each won $10,000, and this year had three second place prizes who won some great books and a custom selection of Scharffen Berger chocolates. After going through the 1,000 recipes that were submitted, the grand prize winners in the Savory and Sweet Categories were named.

Congratulations to Karin Lazarus, creator of the Sweet category winning dish – Chocolate-Filled Pandan Dumplings and Edwina Gadsby, creator of the Savory category winning dish – Smoky Cocoa-Dusted Pommes Frites with Peanut Cumin Dipping Sauce!

Check out these two awesome videos where judge Chef Elizabeth Falkner cooks up both of these yummy recipes:

Sweet Recipe Winner – Chocolate-Filled Pandan Dumplings

Savory Recipe Winner – Smoky Cocoa-Dusted Pommes Frites with Peanut Cumin Dipping Sauce

Didn’t those look delicious? If you think you can create an award winning recipe then stay tuned! Details for the 2010 Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure contest will be coming in autumn of 2010 so start planning and testing your recipes. Let me know if you need a taste tester…I’ll eat (almost) anything with chocolate in it! In the meantime, feel free to browse their award winning recipes or watch the video about judging the 2009 contest.

For more information about Scharffen Berger Chocolate products and their Chocolate Adventure recipe contest, please visit www.scharffenberger.com.

Photos and videos are courtesy of Scharffen Berger.

What’s Cooking at DD Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Giveaway!

Scharffen BergerThe Prize:

Three winners will receive the following Scharffen Berger Chocolate Baking Bars:

  • 3oz 41% Cacao Extra Rich Milk Chocolate
  • 3oz 62% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate
  • 3oz 70% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate
  • 3oz 82% Cacao Extra Dark Chocolate

To Enter:

  1. THIS ENTRY IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER ENTRIES TO BE VALID (+1): Remember to post this as a comment. Watch both videos and tell me which recipe is your favorite – Sweet or Savory – AND tell me one of the ingredients used in that recipe.

    Use this ENTRY FORM to earn credit for the following extra entries! I will be diligently removing non-qualifying entries from the comment section. Consider yourself warned. 🙂

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  3. Tweet about this giveaway using the “retweet” link at the top of this post or by tweeting “I’m taking a Chocolate Adventure with Scharffen Berger. Win gourmet baking chocolate in the @WCatDD Giveaway! http://bit.ly/anJMql” (+1)
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The Rules:

Three winners will be selected at random for this prize.

Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST, May 7, 2010.

Visit our Giveaway Rules page for general giveaway rules that also apply to this giveaway.

Disclaimer: This post consists of my (and/or fellow tester) opinions only. No compensation was given for this review/giveaway. This did not affect the outcome of this review.

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  19. I would love the sweet recipe since it used rice flour. Also the pandan leaves is a new ingredient that I have not ever heard of before and would love to try

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  20. I would love the sweet recipe since it used rice flour. Also the pandan leaves is a new ingredient that I have not ever heard of before and would love to try

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  45. I'd choose the sweet. Honestly, I've never heard of a lot of the ingredients such as rice flour & pandan leaves, but it looks wonderful.

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  46. I'd choose the sweet. Honestly, I've never heard of a lot of the ingredients such as rice flour & pandan leaves, but it looks wonderful.

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  53. The sweet recipe looked delicious but it uses ingredients I can't get here (like the leaves). I'm actually a bigger fan of savory, so the savory potato recipe would be my pick. One of the ingredients is raw honey.

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  54. The sweet recipe looked delicious but it uses ingredients I can't get here (like the leaves). I'm actually a bigger fan of savory, so the savory potato recipe would be my pick. One of the ingredients is raw honey.

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  67. The sweet with the coconut milk is interesting to me because I've never used that before.

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  68. The sweet with the coconut milk is interesting to me because I've never used that before.

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  75. Smoky Cocoa-Dusted Pommes Frites with Peanut Cumin Dipping SauceI love peanut and cumin together and cocoa sounds like an interesting wildcard ingredient

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  76. Smoky Cocoa-Dusted Pommes Frites with Peanut Cumin Dipping Sauce
    I love peanut and cumin together and cocoa sounds like an interesting wildcard ingredient

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  79. I like the sweet recipe cause dark chocolate and coconut were born to be together.It uses a strange ingredient called Pandan leaves..I will be making the dipping sauce from the other recipe, I bet anything would taste good in it! thanks.

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  80. I like the sweet recipe cause dark chocolate and coconut were born to be together.
    It uses a strange ingredient called Pandan leaves..
    I will be making the dipping sauce from the other recipe, I bet anything would taste good in it! thanks.

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  83. Yumm! The sweet recipe looks heavenly and fairly easy to make. I don't know if I'd be able to find the Pandan leaves in my small town, but I'd certainly look!

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  84. Yumm! The sweet recipe looks heavenly and fairly easy to make. I don't know if I'd be able to find the Pandan leaves in my small town, but I'd certainly look!

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  87. I prefer the savory to the sweet with a hint of sea salt!six_one_nine_girlie86 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  88. I prefer the savory to the sweet with a hint of sea salt!

    six_one_nine_girlie86 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  95. I have a serious sweet tooth so it would have to be sweet. I like that they use coconut milk.

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  97. I like the savory. One ingredient mayo. Never would have thought to partner it with chocolate. Another surprising ingredient – smoked salt. Sounds deelish!tclarkusa at gmail dot com

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  98. I like the savory. One ingredient mayo. Never would have thought to partner it with chocolate. Another surprising ingredient – smoked salt. Sounds deelish!

    tclarkusa at gmail dot com

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  99. I like the sweet – Trio of Layered Panna Cotta. Ingredient – 2 teaspoons powdered unflavored gelatin

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  100. I like the sweet – Trio of Layered Panna Cotta. Ingredient – 2 teaspoons powdered unflavored gelatin

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  119. I chose the Savory and 1 ingredient she told of is the fresh ginger. I love how she colored the coconut milk that pretty light shade of green also, very neat.
    skyskyaa11(at)gmail.com

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  124. I , of course, liked the sweet which used pandan leaves ground up and coconut, rice flour, and even ginger!

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  125. I , of course, liked the sweet which used pandan leaves ground up and coconut, rice flour, and even ginger!

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  126. I chose the Savory and 1 ingredient she told of is the fresh ginger. I love how she colored the coconut milk that pretty light shade of green also, very neat.skyskyaa11(at)gmail.com

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