To All:
Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

"Chuck Kopsho" > wrote in message
...
> To All:
> Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
> There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
> the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck Kopsho
> Oceanside, California
>
Unfortunately, no.

Elisa

In the old days, Haagen-Daaz Rum Raisin icecream had enough
booze in it that if you started from scratch and scarfed
down a pint, you'd feel an alcoholic buzz.

Truffles with liquor in them, unlikely.

Steve

Steve Pope wrote:
> In the old days, Haagen-Daaz Rum Raisin icecream had enough
> booze in it that if you started from scratch and scarfed
> down a pint, you'd feel an alcoholic buzz.
>
> Truffles with liquor in them, unlikely.
>
> Steve


Are you sure that wasn't a sugar_and_butterfat buzz? ;-)

Bob

In article >, says...
> In the old days, Haagen-Daaz Rum Raisin icecream had enough
> booze in it that if you started from scratch and scarfed
> down a pint, you'd feel an alcoholic buzz.
>
> Truffles with liquor in them, unlikely.
>
> Steve
>

I got a nice batch of home made cookies as a gift from a co-worker that
I know and love. We're both foodies so this was a treat, particularly
since I hadn't had the dough/nougat balls in a while.

But the rum cookies were my favorite.

I do have to say, this was the first holiday season in many years where
I drank more alcohol than ever before. It wasn't so much that it was a
tougher year per se, but that there was so much booze that I didn't have
to pay for.

Got to sample a few different wines, found out I definitely like fruity
wines more than dry. So overall it was a good season.

In article >,
(Chuck Kopsho) wrote:

> To All:
> Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
> There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
> the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck Kopsho
> Oceanside, California
>

No... ;-)

Not unless you are a _serious_ lightweight, and eat the entire box!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Chuck Kopsho wrote:
> To All:
> Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
> There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
> the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
> Thanks in advance.

Think about it. When eating only one of those, just consider if one
quarter or even one half a teaspoon of any straight alcoholic beverage
could possibly make you tipsy.

PickyP-shaws

The best info I could find was on a box of 5 chocolates, weighting a
total of 2.75 oz, with a total alcohol-by-weight content of 2.5 to 5%.
(The alcohol was vodka, so we can assume we're dealing with the
stronger stuff, as opposed to the brandy- or champagne-filled
chocolates, which may be somewhat lower in alcohol strenght in the
first place).

So in the whole box there will be less than .05 * 2.75 oz * 28.35 g/oz
* 1.27 ml/g = 4.95 ml of pure alcohol.

That's about the alcohol content of 4.95 / .4 = 12.4 ml of hard liquor.
An ounce is 28.35 ml, so you'd have to eat a dozen of these chocolates
to get a one-ounce shot of booze.

I think by then you'll be flying on the chemicals in the chocolate, and
the alcohol buzz will be an afterthought.

--Blair

In article >,
(Chuck Kopsho) wrote:

> To All:
> Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
> There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
> the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck Kopsho
> Oceanside, California

You'd have to eat an awful lot of them, I think, unless you're
particularly sensitive to the effects of alcohol.
-Barb
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 1-3-2006, Sam I Am! and Hello!

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> (Chuck Kopsho) wrote:
>
>
>>To All:
>> Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
>>There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
>>the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck Kopsho
>> Oceanside, California
>
>
> You'd have to eat an awful lot of them, I think, unless you're
> particularly sensitive to the effects of alcohol.
> -Barb

The Liqueur Candies are filled with the actual liqueurs, same taste
and same potency as what you get when you buy it bottled.

For many years, these candies were not sold in the USA, at least not
in New York because the authorities were afraid that children would
find them and eat them with adverse results. I remember bringing back
such candy from a trip to Europe and filling out that I did not have
any in my luggage. Nobody searched our bags.

However, coming back from Canada one time, the border officials looked
into the trunk of our car and found several boxes of liqueur candy
and confiscated them. Luckily, they did not find the box of Cuban
cigars which we had bought as a gift for someone. ) That could have
gotten us a stiff fine, especially if we had lied about it.

Liqueur candies are legally sold here now, but Cuban cigars are still
not allowed to be brought in, unless you are a foreign tourist and say
that you use the cigars only for yourself, during your stay here.

Thanks for all the input. The reason I asked was that I felt a warming
sensation after consuming those chocolates.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

"Chuck Kopsho" > wrote in message
...
> To All:
> Over Christmas I recieved a box of chocolates with assorted flavors.
> There were two that were alcoholic, a Grand Marnier, and a Cognac. Would
> the alcohol content be enough to make you tipsy?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck Kopsho
> Oceanside, California
>


Depends. The little bottle-shaped chocolates had me on the floor under the
coffee table -- but they were like hollow chocolate filled with a shot of
booze. Others have less alcohol... YMMV!



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