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Filed under: Chocolate, Recipes Several weeks ago on a Monday evening, Scott and I met up at home. Our individual days at work had battered us nearly beyond recognition and we needed something to raise our spirits. It was decided that the only thing that could help were brownie sundaes. I pulled Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Recipes Are you a recipe-creating whiz? Well here's your chance to make $5000 off of it. Tuttiefoodie and Scharffen Berger have just announced a chocolate recipe contest that sounds positively delicious. The Chocolate Adventure Contest seems like a great way to express your creativity, in this case with Scharffen ...

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to work with chocolate, you’re in luck. Chuck Siegel of Charles Chocolates will be giving chocolate classes. Head into the Charles Chocolates factory kitchen to learn the basics of working with chocolate through an entirely hands-on, intensive class led by Siegel himself. Starting with the basics ...

Filed under: Dessert, Dairy, Chocolate, Recipes, Holidays When I was a kid I was addicted to chocolate ice cream (side note: a lot of my posts start out talking about how I was addicted to some junk food when I was a kid - I'm amazed I don't weigh 350 lbs). But when I got older, my tastes changed from pure chocolate to other flavors, usually ...

Calling all cupcake lovers! Make them or buy them and share or just eat them, this Sunday at CupcakeCamp. Cupcake tastings will be scheduled at different time slots (e.g. by flavor, baker, or store) and categories to be judged include Best Frosting (flavor), Best Cake, Most Creative/Unique/Original/Bacon. For those bringing cupcakes, the limit ...

Filed under: Dessert, Chocolate, Recipes, Baking, Southern States, America Bourbon balls not your thing? Try a Derby Pie instead, a fudge-sweet chocolate and nut confection invented at Prospect, Kentucky's Melrose Inn. Traditionally served around Derby time, the treat typically calls for walnuts or pecans and a splash of Kentucky bourbon. The ...

Filed under: Dessert, Chocolate, Recipes First of all, please note how many ''Ms'' there are in the name of this dessert. If you spell it with 6 Ms or 8 Ms and then try to make it, it probably won't come out right. You've been warned. It's Mmmmmmmud Pie, and it comes from Gale Gurd. Is she still on Food Network? I haven't come across her show ...

Filed under: Snacks, Dessert, Chocolate, Recipes Some foods taste great but they don't exactly have names that instill confidence that they'll taste great. Other foods have a name that just makes you want to bite into the letters, and Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins is such a food. This recipe is from the always fun Cooking For 2 blog. But you can ...

I’ve been having deep thoughts about pudding lately. It all started when I was watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with my daughters. Twice in the movie, Luna Lovegood refers to eating pudding at a Hogwart’s feast. Every time I heard the word “pudding,” my mouth watered and I knew I had [...]

Filed under: Dessert, Recipes, Candy, Baking, Raves & Reviews, Sugar I'm a big fan of recipes that combine at least four or more ingredients that they are decadent enough to begin with, but combined, create this magical, sugar coma-inducing masterpiece, much like the one you see above. They're the kind of treats that are so sugary, so ...