This recipe comes from “Cooking Light”; another quick and easy neighbor gift and who doesn’t love fudge? 1 (14 oz) can fat free sweetened condensed milk, divided 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons unsweetened dark cocoa powder (I only had regular cocoa so used that) 1/4 teaspoon coffee granules (I left these out this … Continue reading
This recipe comes from http://www.kraftfoods.com and was super simple and quick to put together. It’s pictured here in one of those little take out containers that I got at Target. Yummy little neighbor gift! 1 cup chopped pretzels 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans, peanuts or walnuts 1 1/2 packages (8 squares each) semisweet chocolate, melted … Continue reading
I signed up to bring a dessert to our Christmas Bunco tonight and this is what I brought. It is from the Pampered Chef cookbook called “Chocolate” which is awesome! And this torte was awesome too! mousse: 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream 8 oz white chocolate, finely chopped (I used my Dove Chocolate Discoveries white … Continue reading
DON’T THROW AWAY THE LEFTOVER CHOCOLATE! After you’ve dipped anything (truffles, cake pops, candies, etc), there is usually some chocolate left over after you’ve dipped everything, don’t throw it away! When I know I’m going to dip anything, I always buy a bag of pretzels for the leftover chocolate. Who doesn’t love chocolate dipped pretzels? … Continue reading
And now some green truffles to go with the red ones! These are also a Kraft recipe but there are 2 different websites listed, http://www.kraftfoods.com and http://www.bakerschocolate.com where you can find this and other fun recipes! I think the red and green truffles will look so cute together in a gift container. 2 1/2 packages … Continue reading
Oh, Christmas! I get to bake and bake and bake and then bake some more! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! 🙂 These couldn’t be any easier to make and look how cute they are! The original recipe has them dipped in baking chocolate but I had a bag of red … Continue reading
I found this recipe on http://www.bettycrocker.com. I made them for our neighbors the Baldwins but kept a few for us to try and they are divine! cookie base: 1 (1 pound, 1.5 ounce) pouch Betty Crocker double chocolate chunk cookie mix (I’ll confess here that I used a Krusteaz chocolate chunk cookie mix, the kind … Continue reading
This could not be any easier to make and it seriously could not taste any better either. It was even better with a little (or big) dollop of Cool Whip on top. It comes from the Martha Stewart magazine, “Everyday Food”. 32 chocolate wafer cookies (about 8 ounces) or graham crackers 2 tablespoons sugar coarse … Continue reading
This is a fun and easy idea that I found on the Wilton website, placecards made out of candy! They are bigger than they look, almost the size of a regular candy bar. ingredients: white candy melts (I didn’t do any white ones, just orange and cocoa) orange candy melts dark cocoa candy melts (I … Continue reading
Here is whoopie pie recipe #2 from Wendy Paul’s “101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone”. These came our rounder and firmer and smaller than the other ones. There were some of these leftover and they are delicious! cookies: 1/2 cup butter, soft 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons food coloring (she … Continue reading
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