Chocolate

  • Peanut Butter Chip Ganache Bars

    Peanut Butter Chip Ganache Bars

    June 29th, 2013

      I know, I know.  I have been on a peanut butter craze as of late, and if you’re sick of the PB and chocolate combo, then I’m heartily sorry.  If, on the other hand, you’re a normal person, and you lick your lips at the thought of both fantastically wonderful ingredients forced together into […]

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  • Coconut Chocolate Layer Bars

    Coconut Chocolate Layer Bars

    June 12th, 2013

    I’m excited by these bars. You might say that I am excited by all bars, which wouldn’t be entirely wrong (remember the Lemon Bars?  Or the Cherry Chew Bars?  Or the Fudge-Stuffed Chocolate Cookie Brownie Bars, which I had almost forgotten about?).  Yeah, I do have  a thing for bars.  And now I have a […]

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  • Chocolate Oatmeal Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies

    Chocolate Oatmeal Marshmallow Cookie Sandwiches

    June 8th, 2013

    Any time you have an opportunity to sandwich two kick ass cookies together with Marshmallow Fluff as the glue, you know you’ve got a recipe for fun on your hands.  These cookies are a veritable party- and even if it’s just you in the house, have a party for one.  (Which might be better anyway, […]

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  • Coffee Crisp Fudge Brownies

    Triple Coffee Crisp Fudge Brownies

    May 29th, 2013

    Let’s get this over with upfront: I’d like to apologize to anyone who doesn’t live in Canada, because a key ingredient in this recipe is a mainstay on Canadian supermarket shelves, but elusive to Americans.  The Brits- I think you’re screwed too.  Not sure about anyone else out there.  You can totally get this important […]

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  • Incredible Peanut

    Incredible Peanut Butter Chocolate Ganache Pie

    May 11th, 2013

    Do you ever stumble upon a recipe and think “I so must make this”, and then the recipe gets buried under the piles of other recipes you think “I so must make this recipe, too”?  But every now and then you leaf through your “I so must make these recipes” file and you’re reminded of […]

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  • German Sweet Chocolate Cake

    Sweet German Chocolate Cake

    May 8th, 2013

    Any time you take a cake made with a particularly sweet kind of chocolate (which is really all that “German’s chocolate” is, a sweet chocolate made by some American guy with the last name of German… it’s not a “German” thing, like sausage or beer or Volkswagens), and layer an absolute mountain-full of coconutty-pecanny caramelly […]

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  • White Chocolate Pretzel Brownies

    White Chocolate Chunk & Pretzel Fudge Brownies

    April 27th, 2013

    You’re the type of person who either loves the whole sweet & salty combo, or who couldn’t care less. Let me tell you- this post is for my fellow friends who love a good dash of salt to balance the massive quantities of sweet.   As I’ve said before- how can you know what’s sweet […]

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  • Brownie Scrap Pile

    Brownie Scrap Pile

    April 6th, 2013

    Sometimes life needs to be easier, doesn’t it? I have a way to do that and still enjoy it fully while indulging in the pleasures of rich, dense, fudgy chocolate.  With whipped cream.  And ice cream.  And maybe chocolate sauce just for fun. Here’s the scoop: make a batch of the World’s Best Fudge Brownies, and cut […]

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  • Tunnel of Fudge Cake

    Tunnel of Fudge Cake

    April 3rd, 2013

      So I’ve been reading about this cake for a few years now, and always knew I’d get to it.  Really- how enticing is a chocolate cake with a tunnel of fudge literally running through it?  Enticing.  Very enticing indeed. A few months ago when trying to pass the horribleness of cardio time at the […]

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  • Coconut Ganache Nests

    Coconut Ganache Nests

    March 31st, 2013

    Mini Eggs. Need I say more? Sometimes you just need to create a dessert to highlight something special.  Like how I made the Baked Kahlua Pineapple Flutter– it was really all about the Kahlua.  Or the Bittersweet Chocolate Oatmeal Bars– we all know the oatmeal was used merely to envelop the massive layer of thick, […]

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  • Almond Dark Chocolate Bark

    Almond Dark Chocolate Brittle

    March 27th, 2013

    Toffee + chocolate + almonds = amazing.  Everyone knows that. But use dark chocolate, and you get to eliminate a bit of the guilt.  (Isn’t that a rule?  The antioxidant effects of the dark chocolate outweigh the artery-clogging effects of the butter?  I think I read that somewhere, maybe.) This brittle is one of my favorite […]

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  • Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse

    Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse

    March 16th, 2013

      When you think of St. Patrick’s Day do you feel the need to ingest Irish cream?  (Please say yes to that question, and no to green beer.  Please.) Are you looking for an excuse to build Irish cream into a dessert to be “festive”?  You’ve found it. Technically you can skip the Irish cream, […]

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  • Whole Wheat PB Dark Chocolate Bars

    Whole Wheat PB Dark Chocolate Bars

    March 13th, 2013

    These bars are schizophrenic. One one hand, they’re all “oooh, I’m a dessert, all soft and chocolately and chewy”, and then the next minute they’re all “respect me because I’ve got whole wheat in me, and powdered peanut butter which is fat-free and yet still fantastically tasty”. Can a dessert be crave-worthy and low-fat/high-fiber at the […]

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  • Fudge-Studded Chocolate Cookie Brownie Bars

    Fudge-Stuffed Chocolate Cookie Brownie Bars

    March 9th, 2013

    This recipe isn’t for the faint of heart. But you didn’t come to this site without a serious sugar and chocolate addiction, though, did you?  Welcome, my friend. So picture this: a bottom layer of The World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie, followed by a layer of the Ultimate Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie with chunks of Bittersweet […]

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  • Ultimate Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Ultimate Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

    March 6th, 2013

      Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. And everyone loves chocolate. So by my above-average powers of reasoning and just being generally not dumb, I have been able to deduce that a cookie made with chocolate chips and chocolate is a crowd pleaser.  (And don’t we all want to please crowds?) These cookies end up with that […]

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  • Bittersweet Chocolate Pecan Fudge

    Bittersweet Chocolate Pecan Fudge

    February 16th, 2013

      Sometimes you want something sweet and easy.  And rich.  And fast.  Any chocolatey.  Oh, and a little bit nutty, too. Well then, here you have it. This is SO not authentic or gourmet or legit or any other synonym for real and classy.  It’s a fudge for cheaters.  For you baking philanderers.  (Yes, I […]

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  • Chocolate Shortbread Heart Pops

    Chocolate Shortbread Heart Pops

    February 9th, 2013

    Heart-shaped cookies on a stick pretty much say it all. They’re fun, they take the guilt out of eating a butter-filled cookie (because how bad can something on a stick really be?  Except for corn dogs?), and the heart shape conveniently takes the place of the Valentine’s card that you forgot to get for your […]

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  • Chocolate Covered Strawberries

    Chocolate Covered Strawberries

    February 6th, 2013

    Love is in the air! So do something about it and stuff a giant chocolate-covered strawberry in your loved one’s mouth. BONUS 1:  This is a ridiculously easy treat to make, so you can do it right before your fancy-schmancy Valentine’s dinner and not be all covered in flour or glazy from a hot oven. […]

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