Tag Archives: chocolate

Chocolate and Strawberry Combos

The bubbly is optional, dental floss is not. Chocolate-Filled Strawberries 20 medium strawberries 4 ounces dark chocolate 2 tbsp finely chopped almonds 1.5 tbsp butter 1 tbsp Amaretto Wash and hull strawberries. Scoop out about a teaspoon of the top, … Continue reading

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Balsamic Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

By Katherine Strawberries may only be in season in California or Florida right now, but this is still a great Valentine’s Day dessert. It’s simple and can be made in advance. Also, it won’t weigh you down and goes great … Continue reading

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The Duck Blower*

The name of the drink we adapted this from is a little silly, but the drink is pretty tasty. Serve as a shot with chocolate chip cookies. What are you still serving those with milk? We changed the ratios of … Continue reading

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Twelve Days of Christmas: Butterscotch and Back-of-The-Bag Fudge

By Katherine I’ve had richer fudge, fudge with far pricier ingredients, better chocolate, but my mom’s fudge has always set the standard by which I judge all other fudges. It was a treat each Christmas. So when I had a … Continue reading

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Chocolate-Pecan Bread Pudding with Bourbon

By Katherine A bread pudding in the middle of summer, what are we crazy? Well, yes. But here’s the back story. I had a girls’ night and a friend brought two bags of baguette slices. At the end of the … Continue reading

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Chocolate Figs with Amaretti

We love watching Lidia Bastianich cook up Italian classics on PBS. This recipe was inspired by one we saw her make a year or so back. We can’t be sure that it was this recipe, since we didn’t write it … Continue reading

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Lazy Sunday with Chocolate

We’ll be back tomorrow with a new recipe, but thought today we’d just post one we recently tried from another blogger. The recipe for the chocolate zucchini bread above came from Nancy Creative. Here’s her original recipe. If you haven’t … Continue reading

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Breaking out the bubbly

Here are two cocktails that use champagne. We tend to use Prosecco, cava or sparkling wine, since they are all more affordable. The classic champagne cocktail calls for regular Angostura bitters, but we used chocolate instead. Orange or another flavor … Continue reading

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Chocolate and Strawberry Tall Cakes

By Katherine We tend to favor less fussy desserts and I’d been craving a simple strawberry and chocolate dessert using some leftover puff pastry. On the morning of our anniversary, I asked Greg if he’d roll it out and cut … Continue reading

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Irish Coffee Brownies

By Katherine One of my new coworkers quickly discovered I can say anything with a straight face. So when I told her the secret ingredient in these brownies was whiskey, she about died laughing. I wasn’t joking. Whiskey is serious … Continue reading

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