Chocolate Roll Cake
Chocolate Roll Cake It was a hot, muggy day in Virginia. Even the trees were too hot to stir. The air was thick and muggy– as if God had just stepped out of the shower and steamed up the whole…
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Chocolate, Glorious Chocolate!
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter are kind of like the high school sweethearts that everyone always knew belonged together. They just really work, somehow. These bars are both easy and beautiful– perfect for taking to a picnic. No one will…
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Regular vs. Dutch Process Cocoa
“Valentine’s Day was a holiday invented in cold, bleak February to give New Year’s dieters hope and a much needed chocolate reprieve.” — my Mom 🙂 Regular vs. Dutch Process Cocoa I’m sure you’ve been reading through a recipe at…
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Lowfat Mocha Sherbet
Yum Imagine a world where it’s January. You’ve just spent the previous month or two celebrating all the carb-happy holidays that make life worth living– Thanksgiving with that ooey gooey macaroni and cheese, stringing tendrils of loveliness each time you…
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Death by Chocolate Brownies
Yum Death by Chocolate Brownies are the cure for just about anything. Heartache? No problem. Breakup? Take two and call me in the morning. Bad day? Feeling blue? Check and double check. These are the true chocolate lovers’ brownie, based…
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Death by Chocolate Cheesecake
I think Death by Chocolate Cheesecake is probably the method I would choose for my demise. Just set me adrift in a little boat, in a billowing chocolate sea of the glorious stuff, and give me a spoon for a…
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Angelina Hot Chocolate
How to describe the Angelina Hot Chocolate that I had in Paris. Let’s see. Picture the worst breakup you’ve ever had, cured. Mix that with a little PMS screaming for chocolate relief, managed, and multiply that times the Chocolate Fountain…
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Peanut Butter Cream Pie
Yum Peanut Butter Cream Pie has not traditionally been one of my favorites. As a kid, I hated peanut butter. But then I tried a peanut butter pie so decadent . . . so silky . . . so delicious,…
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Mint Chocolate French Macarons
Yum Have you ever had a French Macaron? I mean, a REAL French macaron– not the American Coconut Macaroon. Macaron with 1 “o” is a delicate, utterly divine meringue cookie filled with your choice of filling. It is truly a…
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Whipped Chocolate Ganache Frosting
Yum I have long searched for a divinely fudgy, chocolate frosting. I have tried many many recipes, but I either found them too grainy, too “gritty” from added cocoa powder, or just plain yeeeeck from shortening. I had just about…
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