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Buttery goodnessCoconut is another optionHomemade hazelnut chocolate spread, slathered on crusty bread.Gordon Ramsay's pineapple souffleHazelnut chocolate Linzer cookiesNot too sweetHazelnut-chocolate swirl ice cream.Go bananasChocolate chip cookiesRich, creamyThomas Keller's chocolate bouchons

<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-chocolaterec17a-2008dec17,0,5931668.story" target="_blank">Not enough cash to grab your honey and jet north for a dinner at French Laundry? Make French Laundry come to you: Chef Thomas Keller's chocolate bouchons have a texture somewhere between dense cake and denser brownies. Click here for the recipe.</a>

Thomas Keller's chocolate bouchons

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Not enough cash to grab your honey and jet north for a dinner at French Laundry? Make French Laundry come to you: Chef Thomas Keller's chocolate bouchons have a texture somewhere between dense cake and denser brownies. Click here for the recipe.

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