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T68b - 27 Jan 2004 23:14 GMT
Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and large.
Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
chocolate??
I believe the small was 3-something, the large 5-something--but that was
several hours ago so now I dont remember!

Was by the coffee--not with the other lo-carb stuff.

Kathi
WhansaMi - 27 Jan 2004 23:22 GMT
>Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and
>large.
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>
>Kathi

Yep.  My husband is finding all kinds of interesting things to do with them,
too!  The latest was lemon juice, vanilla syrup, and water, blended with ice.
Pretty good!

Sheila
Lee B. - 28 Jan 2004 00:56 GMT
Is that a regular Wal-Mart or one of the super ones (that aren't
anywhere near me) ? I need some more syrup, but as cold as it is now, I
suspect DaVinci is having another shipping moratorium.

And yes, DV does make chocolate: Chocolate, German Chocolate Cake and
White Chocolate. I suspect you won't find the fancier ones at Wal-Mart.

Lee

> Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and large.
> Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
> chocolate??
T68b - 28 Jan 2004 04:28 GMT
>And yes, DV does make chocolate: Chocolate,

Too bad they didnt have even just the chocolate(tried Atkins--yuk!)
It was a super Walmart.
Kathi
emkay - 28 Jan 2004 00:58 GMT
>Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and large.
>Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
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>
>Kathi

They make more than 40 SF flavors (including chocolate):
http://www.davincigourmet.com/page.php?page=742&s=0&&category=2

Walmart only carries a few flavors.  There's a little bit of a wider
selection at TJ Maxx / Marshall's / Ross, but for the full flavor range,
your best bet is davinci's site or www.netrition.com.  (You might have to
wait for spring if you want to order them from netrition -- the bottles
freeze and break in the cold, so they don't ship them in the winter.)

Em
T68b - 28 Jan 2004 04:29 GMT
>Walmart only carries a few flavors.  There's a little bit of a wider
>selection at TJ Maxx / Marshall's / Ross, but for the full flavor range,
>your best bet is davinci's site or www.netrition.com.

Thanks!   Havent seen them at tjmaxx/marshall's/ross here.  Was surprised to
see them at walmart.
Kathi
<rosie> - 28 Jan 2004 13:21 GMT
speaking of DAVINCI..................
i absolutely LOVE the SF pancake syrup....................no
aftertaste, period!
(don't forget to refrigerate after opening!)

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> >Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and large.
> >Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
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>
> Em
Debbie Cusick - 28 Jan 2004 01:26 GMT
Yes, they do make chocolate. There are about 30 SF DaVinci flavors at least
I think.

Debbie

> Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and large.
> Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
> chocolate??
Jacqueline Davidson - 28 Jan 2004 04:44 GMT
BTW the SF coconut is excellent, SF peanut butter is not bad (I probably did
not use enough in the chocolate pudding)
Jackie

> Yes, they do make chocolate. There are about 30 SF DaVinci flavors at least
> I think.
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> > Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
> > chocolate??
T68b - 28 Jan 2004 04:30 GMT
mmmm coconut might be good...especially with chocolate!
Debbie Cusick - 29 Jan 2004 00:33 GMT
Yes, the SF coconut is one of my favorites!

Debbie

> mmmm coconut might be good...especially with chocolate!
Jean B. - 29 Jan 2004 12:28 GMT
> Yes, the SF coconut is one of my favorites!
>
> Debbie

Do you think you can make something like Coco Lopez from that and
unsweetened coconut milk?  Or would just the syrup be more like
it?

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emkay - 29 Jan 2004 00:36 GMT
>BTW the SF coconut is excellent, SF peanut butter is not bad (I probably did
>not use enough in the chocolate pudding)
>Jackie

The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious.  (I've tried about 25
or 30 of their SF flavors.  Coconut is one of the top two, in my opinion.)
The peanut butter is weak, though.  It doesn't taste bad; it just doesn't
taste much like anything.

Em
Fakalassie - 29 Jan 2004 02:34 GMT
>The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious

Ok guys - I picked up a bottle of coconut at TJ Maxx the other day -
What do you do with yours?  

I'm really not into flavored coffee, but I love the flavor of coconut in
cooking.  Any recipes/suggestions?
emkay - 29 Jan 2004 03:10 GMT
>>The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious
>
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>I'm really not into flavored coffee, but I love the flavor of coconut in
>cooking.  Any recipes/suggestions?

I like to add it to hot chocolate, to SF chocolate pudding, and to protein
shakes.

It makes nut crusts taste delicious: I use ground almonds, ground
unsweetened coconut, a little melted butter, and a few tablespoons of
coconut syrup in my crusts.

Instant fake thai peanut sauce:  I mix some peanut butter, cream, and some
coconut syrup (not sure of measurements -- just some of each, till the
taste and thickness seem right) and nuke for about 20 or 30 seconds.  I
love this stuff with veggies (for dipping), or over stir-fried chicken.

Em
Fakalassie - 29 Jan 2004 14:04 GMT
>It makes nut crusts taste delicious:
>
>Instant fake thai peanut sauce:
>
>Em

Thanks!  Both sound like winners.
Jean B. - 29 Jan 2004 13:45 GMT
> >The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious
>
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> I'm really not into flavored coffee, but I love the flavor of coconut in
> cooking.  Any recipes/suggestions?

Coconut at TJ Maxx?  I see another round of searches coming on.
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Jacqueline Davidson - 29 Jan 2004 04:00 GMT
Em, did you figure out something to use the peanut butter flavoring in?
Jackie
emkay - 29 Jan 2004 01:09 GMT
>Em, did you figure out something to use the peanut butter flavoring in?
>Jackie

I've used it in four things: protein shakes, fudge, protein bars, and hot
chocolate.  Found it disappointingly weak in all of those applications.

Em
Jean B. - 29 Jan 2004 12:29 GMT
> The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious.  (I've tried about 25
> or 30 of their SF flavors.  Coconut is one of the top two, in my opinion.)
> The peanut butter is weak, though.  It doesn't taste bad; it just doesn't
> taste much like anything.

What is your other favorite?  I may feel an order coming on.

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emkay - 29 Jan 2004 23:33 GMT
>> The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious.  (I've tried about 25
>> or 30 of their SF flavors.  Coconut is one of the top two, in my opinion.)
>> The peanut butter is weak, though.  It doesn't taste bad; it just doesn't
>> taste much like anything.
>>
>What is your other favorite?  I may feel an order coming on.

My other favorite besides coconut is Toasted Hazelnut.  It's great in hot
chocolate.  But this, along with the coconut, is purely my personal taste.

And in the "More Than You Could Possibly Want To Know" department, here are
my opinions of the flavors I have tried:

Almond -- The worst one.  Tastes like poison (and I love almonds!).

Blueberry -- Good, if you like blueberry-flavored things.
            Tastes sorta like Dunkin Donuts blueberry donut filling.

Caramel -- Good.  The flavor is very strong (compared to other DaVinci
          flavors).  When I use this one, I can get away with using
          a smaller amount than I would need to use for other flavors.
          It can tend to overpower whatever other ingredients I'm using
          though.

Chocolate -- Good.  I like to mix this one with others to get
            tasty flavor combinations: mint, coconut, caramel,
            toasted hazelnut, etc.  Mixed with vanilla in a
            protein shake (I usually use Designer Whey), it tastes
            just like a semi-melted Hoodsie.

Cinnamon -- I didn't like this one at all.  I was hoping for a
           apple-pie type of cinnamon flavor, but it's more of a
           little-red-candy-heart cinnamon.

Coconut -- Yum.

Creme de Menthe -- Good.  Not as strong as it could be -- often when
                  I use this one I need to add a little peppermint
                  extract as well.  I've used this in making shakes,
                  mousse, fudge, hot chocolate.  One of these days:
                  ice cream.

Danish Pastry - Another really vile one.  Apparently a lot of other
               people agreed, because it looks like DaVinci no
               longer carries this flavor.

Dulce de Leche -- Indistinguishable from the Caramel, to my tastebuds.

Egg Nog -- Good, if you like egg nog.  (I don't, but my husband does --
          he made a shake with it, and said it was very egg-noggy.)

English Toffee -- Good.  Pretty similar to the Caramel.

French Vanilla -- Also very similar to the Caramel, to me.  Didn't
                 really taste like French vanilla.

German Chocolate Cake -- Good, but to my tastes, a little too much
                        caramel flavor and not quite enough coconut.
                        I'll often use 2/3 of this and 1/3 coconut
                        to get the flavor balance I want.

Gingerbread -- Good.  Protein shakes made with this really do
              taste like liquid gingerbread.

Grape -- Okay.  I didn't like it at first (I was hoping to pair it
        with the Peanut Butter to make PB&J protein shakes, but
        they didn't taste very good.)  I like it in grape snow-cones,
        though.  I was hoping to try adding a small amount to plain
        water to duplicate grape Fruit2O, but it wasn't the same at
        all.  I think maybe adding a little citric acid would help.

Lemon Lime -- Same as grape -- the only good application I've found
             for it so far is snow-cones.  I'm sure it has other
             uses.

Orange -- Good.  With vanilla protein powder, makes a nice Creamsicle
         flavored shake.  Mixed with whipped cream and mascarpone,
         makes good Creamsicle Mousse.  (Like the peppermint flavors,
         this one is a little weak; I usually add a little orange
         extract when I use this flavor.)

Peach -- Tastes like baby food to me.  But then, so does everything
        peach-flavored.

Peanut Butter -- Very weak.  About as peanut-buttery as smelling the
                lid of an open PB jar from about 25 feet away.

Peppermint Paddy -- Good.  Tastes the same to me as the Creme de Menthe,
                   except that it's green.

Raspberry -- Good.

Strawberry -- Good.

Toasted Hazelnut -- Yum.

Toasted Marshmallow -- I didn't like this one at first; it was too
                      sweet.  But I've gotten to like it in hot
                      chocolate lately.

Vanilla -- Good.  Very versatile.  In addition to shakes and hot chocolate,
          I use it in cooking a lot.

White Chocolate -- I can't judge this one, because I really dislike
                  white chocolate.  But my husband likes white
                  chocolate, and he says this is good.

I have not tried the rest of these.  In most cases, the flavor doesn't
sound like something that I (personally) would like.  One potential
exception: the Pancake one (but I have a several bottles of Maple Grove
Farms to use up first).

Amaretto
B-52
Banana
Butter Rum
Cherry
Cola
Cookie Dough
Green Apple
Hazelnut
Huckleberry
Irish Cream
Kahuli Caffe
Macadamia Nut
Pancake
Pineapple
Red Hot Cinnamon
Root Beer
Spice Blend
Watermelon

They make a lot more flavors with sugar that I wish they'd make sugar-free
varities of, too.

Em
Sheena - 30 Jan 2004 00:38 GMT
>Cherry
I like cherry on crushed ice.

>Irish Cream
Not very good in coffee, but that's all I have tried it in.
Chakolate - 30 Jan 2004 01:20 GMT
>>Cherry
> I like cherry on crushed ice.
>
>>Irish Cream
> Not very good in coffee, but that's all I have tried it in.

Try it in plain yogurt.  Then prepare to die because you will have sampled
the best life has to offer.  :-)

Chakolate

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Jean B. - 30 Jan 2004 01:22 GMT
> >> The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious.  (I've tried about 25
> >> or 30 of their SF flavors.  Coconut is one of the top two, in my opinion.)
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> And in the "More Than You Could Possibly Want To Know" department, here are
> my opinions of the flavors I have tried:

[wonderful reviews snipped but kept for future reference]

Wow!  Thanks!  I have hazelnut.  So there is also a toasted
hazelnut???  I have not even seen (or maybe noticed) all of those
flavors.

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emkay - 30 Jan 2004 02:59 GMT
>Wow!  Thanks!  I have hazelnut.  So there is also a toasted
>hazelnut???  I have not even seen (or maybe noticed) all of those
>flavors.

I've seen the Hazelnut locally, but I've been really reluctant to try it,
partly because I had such a strong dislike for the Almond flavor.  I was
thinking that maybe I only liked toasted nut flavors, and wouldn't like the
un-toasted hazelnut.  (That tends to be true of actual nuts, so it wouldn't
be unreasonable for it to be true for nut-flavored syrups too.)

I haven't seen the toasted hazelnut in local stores, so I end up having to
pay full mail-order price for it.  Too bad Marshall's and TJ Maxx have such
a limited (and unpredictable) selection.

Em
Jean B. - 30 Jan 2004 11:14 GMT
> I've seen the Hazelnut locally, but I've been really reluctant to try it,
> partly because I had such a strong dislike for the Almond flavor.  I was
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> pay full mail-order price for it.  Too bad Marshall's and TJ Maxx have such
> a limited (and unpredictable) selection.

Isn't it?!  I haven't had a surprise there for a while.  Are you
getting the DV from the distributor or???  I have to go back and
see if Netrition has them all, or does someone else have a better
deal (including postage and the aggravation factor_?

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emkay - 30 Jan 2004 13:17 GMT
>> I haven't seen the toasted hazelnut in local stores, so I end up having to
>> pay full mail-order price for it.  Too bad Marshall's and TJ Maxx have such
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>see if Netrition has them all, or does someone else have a better
>deal (including postage and the aggravation factor_?

For flavors that I can't find in stores, I order either from netrition or
from davinci's site.  (It's cheaper per bottle from davinci, except that if
you buy more than three bottles, netrition's lower shipping makes for a
better deal.  But sometimes there are flavors that are available from DV
but not from netrition.  So I use both.)

Right now netrition is only listing a couple of flavors (due to the cold
weather).  The rest of the year they carry almost the full line -- usually
there are only about 3 or 4 flavors that they don't carry.

Em
Jean B. - 30 Jan 2004 17:13 GMT
> For flavors that I can't find in stores, I order either from netrition or
> from davinci's site.  (It's cheaper per bottle from davinci, except that if
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> weather).  The rest of the year they carry almost the full line -- usually
> there are only about 3 or 4 flavors that they don't carry.

It seems to me that DaVinci told me I could order from their
distributor.  I forget the details.  I probably have them in one
of my email folders though.

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Debbie Cusick - 31 Jan 2004 02:39 GMT
I have not tried the Almond flavor, but I love the Amaretto.

Debbie  - also love coconut, and german chocolate cake

> I've seen the Hazelnut locally, but I've been really reluctant to try it,
> partly because I had such a strong dislike for the Almond flavor.
Atalanta Pendragonne - 30 Jan 2004 01:56 GMT
>Almond -- The worst one.  Tastes like poison (and I love almonds!).

Really? I recall liking the almond. Maybe it's Amaretto I'm thinking
of. I used to mix a little with a little Cherry, a dollop of cream,
and club soda.

>Lemon Lime -- Same as grape -- the only good application I've found
>              for it so far is snow-cones.  I'm sure it has other
>              uses.

This one, I hated.

>Raspberry -- Good.
>
>Strawberry -- Good.

Two of my favorites as well!

>I have not tried the rest of these.  In most cases, the flavor doesn't
>sound like something that I (personally) would like.  One potential
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>Spice Blend
>Watermelon

If you like their Strawberry and Raspberry, and you like cherries,
you'll probably like their Cherry. I seem to recall Macadamia as being
pretty bland, though. The Hazelnut is nice, a bit mild... I'm just
about to mix myself a Hazelnut-Raspberry soda! I wish Fiesta (the
store where I usually do my grocery shopping) carried more flavors, I
can't really afford to get many mail-order and there are quite a few
flavors I'd like to try.

Atalanta Pendragonne
emkay - 30 Jan 2004 03:06 GMT
>>Almond -- The worst one.  Tastes like poison (and I love almonds!).
>
>Really? I recall liking the almond. Maybe it's Amaretto I'm thinking
>of. I used to mix a little with a little Cherry, a dollop of cream,
>and club soda.

I'm starting to wonder if I just got a defective batch of Almond.  There's
no way they could sell that stuff to anyone more than once if it tastes
like mine did.  Maybe I will give it one more try...  I wish they made a
Toasted Almond flavor.

>If you like their Strawberry and Raspberry, and you like cherries,
>you'll probably like their Cherry.

I was thinking it would be like cherry candy rather than like actual
cherries, so I never tried it.  Although, I like cherry Jello, so maybe
even if it is a little candy-flavored I'd like it.

We usually have the berry flavors in protein shakes with a few real berries
along with it; we're not likely to make a cherry shake though.  Maybe a
cherry-cream-mascarpone dish would be tasty.

>I seem to recall Macadamia as being
>pretty bland, though.

I never tried this one because I'm not a fan of macadamia nuts.  They don't
seem to have a whole lot of flavor (which would explain why the syrup is
bland, too, I guess.)

Em
Jacqueline Davidson - 30 Jan 2004 03:43 GMT
we love the egg nog flavor.  Put it in Hoods whole milk low carb.  Just
great.  Put in a dash of cream too, and it is just wonderful.
Jackie

> >> The coconut is one of my favorites!  It's delicious.  (I've tried about 25
> >> or 30 of their SF flavors.  Coconut is one of the top two, in my opinion.)
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>
> Em
Debbie Cusick - 31 Jan 2004 02:41 GMT
I have a bottle of eggnog just recently purchased which I'm about to try
tomorrow! Also will try the gingerbread one I bought. Any reports on this
one?

Debbie

> we love the egg nog flavor.  Put it in Hoods whole milk low carb.  Just
> great.  Put in a dash of cream too, and it is just wonderful.
RRzVRR - 30 Jan 2004 11:03 GMT
I've found...

> B-52

... is good in SF hot chocolate.

> Cherry

... good with crushed ice and in lemon/lime soda for a ricky(sp?)

> Kahuli Caffe

... don't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

> Watermelon

... I liked it on crushed ice, must people don't.

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Cailleachschilde - 28 Jan 2004 06:03 GMT
>> Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
>> chocolate??

I love using the raspberry syrup with some fresh raspberries when making
homemade my ice cream.  Yum Yum!

Yvonne
Dogstar - 28 Jan 2004 02:22 GMT
Being a frugal Dutchwoman, I started buying Toriani syrups.  I still have
some of the Da Vinci, but the Toriani are about 1/2 the cost. ($3.99 for 750
ml bottle)
Flavors taste the same to me and both are made with Splenda.

> Walmart (at least this one!) is carrying the syrups...small bottles and large.
> Had at least the vanilla, hazelnut, irish creme ones....do they even make
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>
> Kathi
T68b - 28 Jan 2004 04:31 GMT
> I started buying Toriani syrups.

I saw the Toriani syrups at Cost Market..but that was before I read any
recommendations about them.
 
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