Death by Chocolate
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Death by Chocolate is a marketing term for various desserts that feature chocolate (especially dark chocolate or cocoa) as the primary ingredient. The trademark in the United States was owned by S&A Restaurant Group, the parent company of Bennigan's restaurants, but with the subsequent bankruptcy of the company the current legal status is unclear. In the United Kingdom, the registered trade mark rights belong to F.T. Wood & Sons Limited.[1][2][3][4][5][6]. F.T. Wood & Sons Limited also own the Community trade mark rights which apply to the European Union .[7] Nevertheless, unlicensed uses of the term are common.
The term was coined by Erik Russell in 1984 whilst working for London-based dessert manufacturer, Kaysens. On tasting the sample for a proposed new chocolate product he exclaimed, "This one's death by chocolate".[citation needed]
A dish called "Death by Chocolate" might be:
- A layered chocolate cake, with fudge, ganache, or chocolate mousse between the layers
- A molten chocolate cake
- A flourless chocolate cake (sometimes called "chocolate decadence")
"Death by Chocolate" is also the name of an ice cream flavor. In the ice cream, there is usually chocolate fudge, chocolate chunks and chocolate ice cream.
Chef Marcel Desaulniers wrote a book, Death by Chocolate, on the theme. Subsequent other books in the series had similar names.
The scottish band 'Simple Minds' wrote a song called: 'Death by chocolate', as did Australian singer Sia Furler
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Also could mean, falling in a vat of chocolate and dying. True story that happened to Vincent Smith Jr. on 7/8/09. Story can be seen at http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Man-Dies-In-Tank-of-Chocolate.html
Comedian Sarah Martin references this occurence in a joke comparing Vincent and Augustus Gloop from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
