i don't know how you could improve on raves from recipients, but jacques torres was rated #1 by these taste testers... "Best Fancypants Mix: Jacques Torres: This was like eating a melted chocolate bar, a really good dark one. "Would definitely drink a whole cup of this," agreed tasters. There's a half cup of milk per every 1/4 cup of mix (that's a whole 2-to-1 milk-to-chocolate ratio!), which contains solid chocolate nuggets mixed with the powder. It's definitely indulgent, but also very drinkable. Slightly salty to balance the sweetness." mariebelle sounds positively decadent: "Most Indulgent (and Priciest): Mariebelle Aztec Hot Chocolate: So thick, this almost reaches pudding levels. "Amazing. Like drinking liquid chocolate sauce!" You could definitely refrigerate this in a pie crust and serve it. There's a whole 2/3 cup of single-origin Colombian cacoa shards per every 1/2 cup of milk. That's more cacoa than milk! Each sip goes down slowly, painting your esophagus. It feels like it should be served over ice cream, a la hot fudge. This is a splurge�"it probably works out to a couple quarters per sip. And don't be confused by the "Aztec" part. It's not spicy, cinnamony, or spiked with any other unexpected spices." Here is a link that might be useful: jacques torres rated best by these tasters

Alex, There you go, Tom beat me to it. The Peach Bhuts i have came from him last year. I have been waiting to hear from you since we trade every year. email me a list of others you would like..John

In our house, the old standby recipe on the back of the Hershey's Cocoa box is the best. I've made it on the stove then put it in the crockpot to keep it hot. We used candy canes with white-chocolate-covered large marshmallows strung on them for stirrers (I've found that it's best to put the marshmallows on the candy canes first then dip them into the white chocolate, especially since marshmallows are not always cooperative.) Now that everyone is grown up and either dieting or diabetic, that treat is off the menu for us :^( Edie

I agree with you about the peduncle, but the potting media are not dry (at least to the touch). The leaves may look a bit wilted, but it is not from lack of water. I decided to pick all the chilies with dead looking stems; here they are:I wonder if I waited too long to pick them, but they had not been on the plant that long, and the white looking ones were never a bright orange. These are not great for cooking with, but I might make some sort of sauce with them this week-end and will store them in the fridge for now. I had to look up peduncle and found this interesting site. I was unaware of the capsaicin gland. The two plants were from Bonnie Plants, and so I might be cautious about buying those again. However, the plants I had gotten from HD before did look better. Here's how the ones from 2014 looked Oct 30, 2014 and they continued to produce through January-Feb 2015. After that, the chilies I got from these plants started to get smaller and smaller, but were still good. Here's the front plant in Feb 11, 2015: