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US 10,959,445 B2Granted
Food products with shells that are dissolved or melted to release ingredients and form heated beverages
AssigneeChocolate House Incubator Retail, LLC
InventorKatherine T. Weiser
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Abstract
A food product includes at least one shell that contains one or more ingredients within the at least one shell. The at least one shell can be dissolved or melted into a heated liquid to release the one or more ingredients and form a heated beverage. As a particular example, multiple shells could be formed from chocolate and can contain ingredients for hot cocoa (such as cocoa mix and marshmallows). The multiple shells could be arranged in a particular pattern and decorated to form a character, such as a snowman.
Claims21
A food product comprising:
- first and second shells that contain one or more ingredients within the shells and that are attached to each other by a first edible bonding agent separate from the shells;
- and
- a base to which the first shell is attached by a second edible bonding agent separate from the shells and the base such that the first shell is secured to the base;
- wherein the shells are configured to be dissolved or melted into a heated liquid to release the one or more ingredients and the base and the edible bonding agents are configured to be dissolved or melted into the heated liquid in order to form a heated beverage, and
- wherein the first shell contains a first ingredient that dissolves to form the heated beverage and the second shell contains a second ingredient that does not dissolve.
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A method comprising:
- forming first and second shells;
- placing one or more ingredients within the shells;
- attaching the shells to each other using a first edible bonding agent separate from the shells;
- and
- attaching the first shell to a base using a second edible bonding agent separate from the shells and the base such that the first shell is secured to the base;
- wherein the shells are configured to be dissolved or melted into a heated liquid to release the one or more ingredients and the base and the edible bonding agents are configured to be dissolved or melted into the heated liquid in order to form a heated beverage, and
- wherein the first shell contains a first ingredient that dissolves to form the heated beverage and the second shell contains a second ingredient that does not dissolve.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a food product comprising (i) first and second shells that contain one or more ingredients within the shells and that are attached to each other by a first edible bonding agent separate from the shells and (ii) a base to which the first shell is attached by a second edible bonding agent separate from the shells and the base such that the first shell is secured to the base;
- and
- dissolving or melting the shells into a heated liquid to release the one or more ingredients and dissolving or melting the base and the edible bonding agents into the heated liquid in order to form a heated beverage,
- wherein the first shell contains a first ingredient that dissolves to form the heated beverage and the second shell contains a second ingredient that does not dissolve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.