Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

June 29th, 2007

Nestle Crunch Stixx

I also tried a Nestle Crunch Stixx while I was at it. The center of this one was solid chocolate and the coating was chocolate with little Crunch bits. However, with both products the outer coating melted extremely quickly, and that was just while holding it to take a bite so I think I’ll pop […]

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June 29th, 2007

Butterfinger Stixx

I tried a Butterfinger Stixx for the first time this afternoon. I didn’t know how much I’d like it because I’m not a big Butterfinger fan — anything that makes me work for a few minutes after I’ve eaten it (ie removing hard bits from between my teeth) tends to make me a little annoyed. […]

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June 28th, 2007

Whoopie Pies

By request, my whoopie pie recipe. I don’t claim they’re healthy in any way and I don’t make them often, but they’re a big hit when I do.

Whoopie Pies
2/3 c shortening
3/4 c sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2-1/4 c flour
1 c Quik chocolate drink mix
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 c milk
Cream together shortening, sugar, egg and […]

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June 27th, 2007

Charssi Spoon Fudge

Several months ago I tried something called spoon fudge. I was part of a message board and another member there is the creator of this particular fudge and sells it online. Every time someone placed and received their order a thread was started about how great and fantastic this spoon fudge was. Of course I […]

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June 26th, 2007

Trolling for Chocolate

I like surfing around the rest of the Home and Dining Channel and a few of the other sites have posted about chocolate or gadgets that could be used for chocolate:

- Baking Delights has a recipe for homemade Whoopie Pies. I’ve got a slightly different one that I’ll need to dig out and post sometime […]

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June 25th, 2007

Monday Afternoon Chocolate Fix

Perfectly acceptable use of leftover ganache, am I right?
We went camping over the weekend and I didn’t think to take pictures of the s’mores we made. We did have a lot of leftover graham crackers, though (can’t imagine why there was no leftover chocolate bars), which tasted fantastic with leftover ganache.
The ganache has been in […]

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June 22nd, 2007

Ganache Petits Fours

For my friend’s birthday yesterday we did a little “petits fours party.” I used Gale Gand’s recipe for the cake and fondant glaze (way too sweet) and made my regular ganache.
As tasty as they are I don’t know that I’d use the ganache for any kind of formal serving unless you made them a day […]

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June 21st, 2007

First Day of Summer = Chocolate Ice Cream

What better way to celebrate the first official day of summer than with a heaping bowl of homemade chocolate ice cream?
Very Chocolate Ice Cream
via allrecipes.com:
INGREDIENTS
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1 cup milk
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
* 3 egg yolk, lightly beaten
* 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
* 2 cups heavy cream
* 1 teaspoon […]

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June 20th, 2007

Han Solo in Chocolate

My friend’s birthday is tomorrow and she’s a Star Wars fan. For the hell of it I did some web searching and found the following: Recreate The Frozen Han Solo With Chocolate. (Full instructions here.)
Unfortunately I don’t have the time or supplies to make this for her, but how cool is that?
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Tags: Chocolate, […]

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June 19th, 2007

Muddy Buddies

I haven’t made these in a while but got a sudden craving for them this morning. I may have to stop by the store for the cereal while I’m out running errands today!
This is also called puppy chow (though I can’t bring myself to call it that) and for some reason, “trash.”
Muddy Buddies
9 c. […]

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