Chocolate pizza

A slice of chocolate pizza in Brazil
A personal-sized chocolate pizza

Chocolate pizza is a type of pizza prepared using chocolate as a primary ingredient.[1] Various styles and preparation techniques exist. Chocolate pizza may be prepared as a dessert dish, as a savory dish, and as chocolate molded in the form of a pizza. Some companies specialize in chocolate pizzas.

Preparation

Some chocolate pizzas incorporate chocolate into the pizza dough.[2][3] Chocolate pizza may be served as a sweet, dessert-style dish,[4][5] or as a savory dish that includes chocolate. Chocolate pizza may be prepared using cooking chocolate as a spread before baking in the oven. Another variety is the use of a hazelnut spread after the pizza is baked.[5] In recent years, chocolate pizza preparations have included icing sugar, banana, strawberries,[5] marshmallows,[5] sprinkles,[5] smarties, and white chocolate chips.

History

Chocolate pizza combines chocolate and pizza, two popular ingredients among school-aged children.[6] The confluence of pizza and chocolate developed in parallel in several Western countries and has become a dessert purveyed in franchise and chain restaurants.

Chocolate pizza is also known as a Valentine's Day treat.[7]

Chocolate Pizza® is a registered trademark of Chocolate Pizza Company, Inc.

Companies

Chocolate Pizza Company, Inc. in the United States specializes in chocolate pizza.[8] The company's headquarters is in Marcellus, New York with another location in Cornelius, North Carolina.[9] Chocolate Pizza® is a registered trademark of Chocolate Pizza Company, Inc.

The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England purveys chocolate pizza prepared with Belgian chocolate.[10] These are dessert chocolate pizzas that are cold, with the chocolate shaped as a pizza.[10]
Moreover, Pisa LTD in Efford UK serves this pizza. A base baked with butter on and Nutella, marshmallows and chocolate chips, served hot.

The Papa Murphy’s take-and-bake pizza company purveys a S’mores Dessert Pizza, which is prepared with chocolate chips, marshmallows and a topping.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chocolate Pizza Company growing nationally". Local Syr. November 16, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Lebovitz, D. (2011). The Great Book of Chocolate: The Chocolate Lover's Guide with Recipes. Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony. p. pt-212. ISBN 978-1-60774-239-5.
  3. ↑ Hulin, B. (2007). The Everything Pizza Cookbook: 300 Crowd-Pleasing Slices of Heaven. F+W Media. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-60550-258-8.
  4. ↑ "Jordana Brewster on Chocolate Pizza, ‘Uplifting Podcasts,’ and Being Well". New York. May 21, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Review: Ask Italian, George Street, Oxford". Oxford Mail. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Three consecutive (1993, 1995, 1997) surveys of food intake, nutritional attitudes and knowledge, and lifestyle in 1000 French children, aged 9-11 years". Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 20: 241–251. doi:10.1111/j.1365-277X.2007.00773.x. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Nothing Says Valentine's Day Like Chocolate ... Pizza?". QSR Magazine. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Store specializes in chocolate pizza". The Herald Weekly. December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Monfiletto, Jonathan (December 10, 2015). "'Made that work': Marcellus' Chocolate Pizza Co. growing under young leader's vision". Auburn Citizen. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Mum’s slice of success is a pizza magic". Nottingham Post. September 29, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.

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