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Salted Butterscotch Chocolate Almond Bark

I'm sorry I've been neglecting you. I haven't felt very inspired for a while now, but I think I am getting my groove back. So here is where I'm at. Tis the Season! To make Christmas gifts. At least that's what we do. See Christmas is such a busy time of year. There is so much chaos...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 12-08-2010
Daring Bakers Challenge-May 2010 Piece Montee

Piece Montée, which literally means “mounted piece” is the traditional wedding cake in France. It is a dessert piece made out of Pate a Choux, filled, dipped in chocolate, stacked then bound and decorated using threads of caramel. It is usually attached to a conical structure but it can be formed into...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 05-31-2010
Treats for your sweet for Easter.

So what do you get when you take this... ...and mix it with this? You get, well, this. Chocolate Rice Krispies. Now there are many things you can do with this mixture. But taking my cue from Mowielicious I made bird nests out of them. I added a few of these homemade peeps and some candy coated chocolate...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 04-01-2010
Graham Crackers and Nanimo Bars - Daring Bakers Challenge January 2010

Have you ever thought about making your own graham crackers? Well neither have I. I mean, why go through all the trouble when the store bought ones are just about as good as it gets? Well, I'll tell you why. Because they are soooo much better when you make them yourself. You can control the quality...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 01-27-2010
National Pie Day-January 23, 2009

I first caught eye of this "holiday" last week and thought "why don't we get this day off from work?". Of course, being a stay-at-home mom, I don't get ANY day off but it would still be nice for those out there who do have "jobs" to go to everyday. It's NATIONAL...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 01-24-2010
Healthier Chocolate Cheesecake Squares

Are you tired of turkey? Crying over cranberries? Disgusted with dressing? Well so am I! I am so glad that the chaotic Thanksgiving frenzy is over. Ok, maybe the frenzy was only at our holiday table. What with all the turkey, potatoes, corn, cranberry sauce, dressing, and gravy it's any wonder someone...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 12-01-2008
Nutter Butter Balls/PB&J Bites

More chocolate! More trials and tests. Here is another versions I made this past week of the chocolate covered bites. I adapted the recipe from Bakerella again. This time I made some with jelly in the middle of them to mimick Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Although my Pb&j sandwiches were never...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 09-19-2008
More bites

I recently bought a new melting pot for my chocolate. It works a lot better than melting and re-melting and re-melting some more. Would that be re-re-melting? Something to think about. So anyway, I decided to try some of the new flavor combo's I have been considering. I melted two pans of white chocolate...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 09-08-2008
S'more pops

I've been captivated by the cake pops made on the Martha Stewart Show for months now. I made them for my babies 1st birthday instead of cake and they were a hit. Since then though I have been tinkering with the idea of doing gourmet type cake pops. More on what flavors I've come up with later...

Posted to Recipes (Weblog) by christy on 09-02-2008

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