Sipping Chocolate
Good morning~ and a happy start to a new week! Bitter cold mornings make me not want to leave my bed much less the house. All I feel like doing on days like that are staying in, stoking the fire and...
View ArticleChocolat Chaud or French Hot Chocolate from Dorie Greenspan
As we are in the path of the storm of the century I have armed myself with all of the provisions needed especially a pile of books and a pot of chocolate chaud. What more could you ask for?This recipe...
View ArticleThe Best and Most Decadent Hot Chocolate EVER
I love hot chocolate and drink it everyday, sometimes twice a day. I have my "go to recipe" but am frequently searching for that chocolat chaud that takes me back to my travels in France and Italy. If...
View ArticleChocolate Babka French Toast
Recently I made a few loaves of this "Better Babka" from Smitten Kitchen and let me say it is delicious; rich, buttery and chocolaty. Deb os Smitten Kitchen writes the best recipes and things that seem...
View ArticleMy 25 Favorite Chocolate Desserts
What do you make for Valentine's Day? Do you go out, stay home and most importantly do your make a homemade treat?Browned Butter Chocolate Chip CookiesI have been thinking this week about Valentine's...
View ArticleFabulous Everyday Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you are like me than you are often in search of a new recipe to try, especially if it is for chocolate chip cookies, the more chips and chunks the better. I came across this great recipe from Baker...
View ArticleMom's Chocolate Cake
Is there anything better than cake? How about the cake you remember your mom making when you were little? My mom made the best cakes, layers of moist, chocolaty cake and tons of creamy chocolate...
View ArticleTriple Chocolate Brownies
Aside from chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate cake with lots of frosting, brownies are something I make a lot. In part because I love brownie batter, almost more than the brownies, but also because...
View ArticleThe 12 Best Peanut Butter and Chocolate Recipes to Celebrate National Peanut...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Egg CookiesToday is National Peanut Butter Day, who knew? I am a huge fan of peanut butter as long it is paired with a little chocolate. If you are looking for a few ideas to...
View ArticleChocolate Guinness Stout Brownies
This week is St. Patrick's day and there are a lot of great recipes out there to celebrate with. One of my absolute favorites are these Chocolate-Guiness Stout Brownies from Bon Appetit. This recipe is...
View ArticleNigella Lawson Guiness Stout Cake
Happy St.Patick's Day! I have been making all sorts of things this week with Guinness Stout, odd really because I do not drink beer.In addition to these Chocolate Stout Brownies I made Nigella Lawson's...
View ArticleFamous Brick Street Cake
A few months ago I started seeing Famous Brick Street Cake all over Pinterest and although it looked fabulous the recipes stated that it could only be made in a convection oven, which I do not have. So...
View ArticleMagleby's "Copycat" Chocolate Cake aka The Best Chocolate Cake Ever
Chocolate cake is one of my favorite desserts, especially if it has lots of creamy frosting and the cake is fudgy and moist. For the most part I go back again and again to this cake which is the...
View ArticleFudgy Cocoa Brownies
Brownies are one of my favorite things to bake because they are easy, fast and the batter is always so good. Not to mention the fact that they are easy to transport and seem to be the favorite of...
View ArticleNo Bake Turtle Tarts
Just because it's summer does't mean the end to sweet treats, I simply find ways to make things without the oven. I have been making this No bake turtle tart for about 10 years and everyone loves it,...
View ArticleFudgy Raspberry Brownies
I am always in search a my new "favorite" brownie, it has to be fudge, moist and most of all chocolaty. Usually I am a purist and like to eat them plain with no chips, chunks, or additions but this...
View ArticleBailey's Hot Fudge Sauce for the Perfect Sundae
Summer is all about ice cream and cool treats. They are the perfect things to make if you do not want to turn on the oven. When I was a child my favorite thing ever was hot fudge, I would eat it from...
View ArticleDevils Food Cake with Buttercream Icing
Cakes with lots of frosting are one of my favorite desserts, especially a good chocolate cake. I have several "go to" chocolate cake recipes but I have never made a devils food cake. When I was...
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