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If this is what your daughter's doing at parties, I think you ought to
go as a chaperone ...

    slang names for food/drink like that - don't be surprised
    if when you zero in on the dish in question you'll have 
    come across more than one name for it!
    
    Monica

    >If this is what your daughter's doing at parties, I think you ought to
    >go as a chaperone ...
    
    Hey, as long as they think chocolate deserts are "better than sex"
    you're all set!
    
    Anyway, I've seen things called "better than sex" and "chocolate
    orgasms" and "death by chocolate" - many dishes with the same name,
    sometimes the same dish with different names, all variations on the
    theme: incredibly rich very moist all-chocolate concoctions.  I suspect
    there is no particular recipe for this...rather, many recipes that
    different people call that.
    
    Chocolate Orgasms, as defined by Baby Watson, are simply very rich
    fudge brownies, which are soft (like, uncooked) in the middle.
    
    D!

    One of the gentlemen in our group always makes "Sex in a Bowl" as a
    dessert for any of our parties. To the best of my recollection, it
    is layered in a trifle bowl and contains:
    
    		Cut up chocolate cake sprinkled with kahlua
                Chocolate pudding
                Whipped cream
    
    Layer these things until you run out, preferably finishing with
    the whipped cream.
    
    Sound anything like it?
    
    
    michele

Maybe this is what you're looking for!           
  

           Death by Chocolate (Copied without permission)  


Make a pan of brownies (some use chocolate cake)
Set aside to cool.

Make 3 boxes of chocolate mousse mix (some use pudding)
Put in fridge to set.

Crush up some heath bars

Pour a coffee liquor over cooled brownies
Let sink in.

In a trifle bowl but
1/2 the brownies 
1/2 the mousse
1/2 a 12 oz container of cool whip
1/2 the crushed heath bars

Then repeat with 4 more layers.

Enjoy!

re: .5

Well, it looked great until we got to the "cool whip". Shouldn't that be
real, honest-to-goodness, cholesterol-laden, darn-near-butter, whipped cream?

:^)
-Jack

> >If this is what your daughter's doing at parties, I think you ought to
> >go as a chaperone ...
>
> Hey, as long as they think chocolate deserts are "better than sex"
> you're all set!

Hey, I'm not worried about what they're doing at these parties ... I
think you should get yourself to parties where they manage to eat such
good stuff so you can try it out! :-).

It's delicious with the cool whip, regular whiped cream would probably break
down too fast!  Unless you make it with stabilizers...does cream of tartar
do that?

Lola

    Thanks for all the help!  Here is another version that was given to
    me:
    
    2 round layers choc. cake		2 pkg. choc. pudding
    2 lg. containers cool whip		kahula
    
    Cut cake into strips.  Layer in bowl:  cake (cut side down)
    					   sprinkle of kahula
    					   pudding
    					   cool whip
    Repeat layers.  Chill and serve.
    
    I've been told that if you don't like choc. this works just as well
    with white cake, vanilla pudding, and any flavored liquor.
    
    Enjoy!
    
    					   
    

    >>I've been told that if you don't like choc. this works just as well
    >>with white cake, vanilla pudding, and any flavored liquor.
    
    >>Enjoy!
    
      You must be kidding!  Not like chocolate???  Chocolate may not be
      better that sex..... but it sure runs a close second!
    
      -jer

    re: -1
    Think of those of us who have sensitivities to chocolate; either
    allergies or migraine triggers (which I suffer from) pity us!
    (I REALLY like chocolate too, which makes it all the worse).
    
    So, maybe there's a reason to use the vanilla version......
    
    Monica

    Better Than Sex Cake
    (Otherwise know as Mississippi Mud Pie)
    
    1st Layer:
    
    2 Sticks of Margarine   	Melt Butter, Add flour and walnuts
    2 Cups of Flour             Spread in 9 X 13 pan
    3/4 Cup Chopped Walnuts     Bake @ 350 for 15 Mins
    
    2nd Layer:
    
    1 8 0z. cream chesse	Beat 3 ingredients together & 
    1 Cup Powdered sugar	spread over 1st layer
    1/3 lg. cool whip
    
    3rd Layer:
    
    3 cups of milk		Beat & spread on top of 2nd layer
    2 Small bxs instant		Let Set
    Chocolate Pudding
    
    4th Layer:  Spread remaining cool whip and sprinkle W/Chopped walnuts.
    
    Good Luck!
    
    		 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

>    1st Layer:
    
>    2 Sticks of Margarine   	Melt Butter, Add flour and walnuts
>    2 Cups of Flour             Spread in 9 X 13 pan
>    3/4 Cup Chopped Walnuts     Bake @ 350 for 15 Mins




     Is there something missing here? 

     - Bob

                              Death by Chocolate

                                (Serves 20-25)




    Needs:

        1 Chocolate cake mix
        � Cup Coffee Liquer             (Or any other flavor you like)
        4 boxes Knorr's instant mousse  (Milk or dark chocolate)
        4 cartons of Cool Whip          (White or chocolate)
        8 Skor bars
        1 Large Hershey bar

        Large trifle bowl, or punch bowl


    Chill Skor bars & Hershey bar.

    Prepare Chocolate cake mix as directed, pour into 3 8" cake pans and
    bake @350�F for 20 minutes.

    Leave in pans and poke holes with a large fork, then pour over Coffee
    Liquer while still hot. Leave to cool.

    Prepare Knorr's instant mousse as directed. Chill.

    Smash Skor bars to bits on counter.

    Large trifle bowl at hand, break up Chocolate cake and make the bottom
    layer, next a layer of chocolate mousse, next some of the Skor bar
    bits, next some Cool Whip.

    Continue layers till bowl is full, last layer is Cool Whip. Now grate
    the Hershey bar on top. Keep chilled till served.


James	:-)

    I had something once called "Chocolate Decadence".  It was a dessert
    featured at a resturant in Greenwich, CT, the name of which escapes me
    ("Greenback's" rings bell).
    
    I don't know what it was, and it wasn't really THAT appealing looking. 
    It was a very dark, almost black, chocolate wedge about 1/4 to 1/2 inch
    high.  It was about the size of the triangle you get if you hold your
    hands so that your thumbs touch, and your forefingers touch.
    
    The waiter, when he told us the name of the item on the dessert cart,
    told us that the two of us TOGETHER would not be able to finish it.  We
    scoffed at him.  Remember, this is smaller and thinner than a KitKat
    bar.  And I and my dinner companion at the time LOVED chocolate!
    
    Well, amazingly enough, the waiter was right.  There was no way the two
    of us could put this thing away.  It was THAT rich.  I would give
    ANYTHING to know what on earth was in that stuff.  I'm not big into
    food, but tthats one dish I'll never forget.
    
    Jim
    

    	I want to make "sex in a bowl" for an office B-day party.  The
    problem is it will be a morning party so I don't think I want to add
    the Khalua.  Are there any other alternatives (non-alchoholic) any one
    out there would reccomend other than just omitting it??
    
    
    							Thanks in advance
    
                                                              Salet

    Kahlua is coffee-flavored liqueur, so you'll need a coffee-flavored
    substitution.  I'd suggest espresso, or very strong coffee, using it in
    the recipe as you would have used the Kahlua.
    
    Sue

>    	I want to make "sex in a bowl" for an office B-day party.  The
>    problem is it will be a morning party so I don't think I want to add
>    the Khalua.

 Are two or three of you planning on having the entire thing to yourselves?
You don't really think anyone would be affected by the small amount of alcohol,
do you? 

    They make coffee flavored syrup (for milk shakes and such).  It would
    probably make a good substitute.  If there is another source of
    sugar in the recipe I would reduce it as the syrups are (needless to
    say) quite sweet.
    
    
    				-David

    	Thanks for all your ideas.  The reason I am not using alchohol
    is because the majority rather not have it in there if possible. 
    Another suggestion was to boil the khalua for 30 seconds or so to get
    rid of the alchohol.  I think my mom has some coffee flavored syrup so
    I think that's what I'll be using.  

    As for the topic of boiling the Kaluha to get rid of the alcohol....
    
    This letter was in this month's issue of Cook's Illustrated.  Reprinted
    without permission:
    
    "I need a definative answer regarding cooking with wine.  I frequently
    cook for friends who are recovering alcoholics.  Is it true that
    alcohol burns off during the cooking process?  Are there some methods
    of cooking that eliminate more alcohol than others?  Should wine be
    reduced before using to ensure that no alcohol remains, and if so, by
    how much?  What about cooking with other alcoholic beverages?
    
    				Unsigned,
    
    				Duluth, MN
    
    Studies conducted at Washington State University indicate that alcohol
    does not completely burn off during cooking, as many cooks once supposed.
    In general, dishes that cook briefly will retain more alcohol than
    simmering stews.  For instance, reasearchers found thatpot roast cooked
    in red wine for 2 1/2 hours retained about 5% of its original alcohol
    content.  In contrast, a chicken breast and white wine saute still had
    40% of its alcohol after 10 minutes of simmering, and cherries jubilee
    kept 75% of its alcohol after being flambeed in brandy for one
    minute...."
    
    I would conclude from the article that boiling Kaluha for 30 seconds
    would leave a significant amount of alcohol.
    
    
    				-David

    Non-drinking alcoholics strenuously avoid even trace amounts of alcohol
    in food.  Something to keep in mind if you're making food for people at
    work whom you don't know well.
    
    At least tell people if there's alcohol in your food.
    
    Laura
    

    Also, bear in mind, that if the office party is in a DEC US office, the
    orange book expressly prohibits alcohol (not just in beverage form)!

 So what you're saying is that every time the Tobin's makes "beef burgundy,"
or chicken marsala they are breaking the rules?

You think there's Burgundy in the Beef Burgundy?

    You think that there's Beef in the Beef Burgundy?
    
    q
    :-)
    

>You think there's Burgundy in the Beef Burgundy?

 Not Bourgogne (AOC) burgundy, but "burgundy" as in Gallo "Hearty Burgundy"
or similar plonk.