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S’mores Cupcakes

July 13, 2011 | 82 Comments | Email | Print
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I absolutely adore s’mores. They bring back memories of high school bonfires, with crackles of fire dancing up into the night sky, and carefree summer days. So this past week when my Chief Culinary Consultant’s mom said she bought graham crackers, Hershey’s chocolate bars and marshmallows for s’mores one night, I was totally excited. Even [...]

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Sweet and Salty Brownies

June 7, 2011 | 66 Comments | Email | Print
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Last weekend my Chief Culinary Consultant and I braved the crowds (and the heat) at the outlets and did some Memorial Day weekend shopping. It just so happened that the first store we stumbled upon was the Williams-Sonoma outlet. Swoon. They had some some things outside for a “sidewalk sale” and I noticed a stack [...]

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Root Beer Float Cake

May 26, 2011 | 101 Comments | Email | Print
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Root beer floats. Cake. Root beer float cake. Totally genius. And so delicious. I adore root beer floats. Actually, floats of any kind. I have been known to throw a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a bowl and pour Diet Coke over it. There are many things I am not above doing all in [...]

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Peanut Butter Brownies

May 24, 2011 | 72 Comments | Email | Print
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It’s been a little while since I threw chocolate and peanut butter together in a sweet concoction. In fact, it’s been nearly a month since I made the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream. A month without chocolate and peanut butter together is much too long in my little world! Plus, I hadn’t been in [...]

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Chocolate Biscuit Cake {Royal Wedding Groom Cake}

April 29, 2011 | 55 Comments | Email | Print
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Happy Royal Wedding Day, folks! In just a few short hours Will & Kate will be saying their “I Do’s” and a vast majority of the world will be watching, no doubt bleary-eyed, waiting to see what the bride will be wearing and awing at the pomp and circumstance. I, for one, did not set [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream

April 28, 2011 | 38 Comments | Email | Print
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Back when I talked about my Florida vacation and all of the wonderful things about it, I included all of the ice cream that I ate. We made a habit of polishing off a cone just about every evening, which I of course loved! While on vacation, I fell in love with the Chocolate Peanut [...]

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S’mores Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 31, 2011 | 37 Comments | Email | Print
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Welcome to today’s guest blogger, Jenny! Jenny Flake is the author of the family friendly, home style cooking blog, Picky Palate.  She is a proud home cook and an on the go mom to 2 little boys and wife to her high school sweetie. Jenny loves creating original recipes, capturing food photography and sharing her [...]

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Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

March 30, 2011 | 23 Comments | Email | Print
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Today’s guest post comes from my wonderful sister, Lauren! Lauren is an Entertainment Producer and Graphic Designer, and she maintains a blog with all of her current design projects at LiLoLa Designs. You can follow Lauren on Twitter @LiLoLaDesigns and become a fan on Facebook. Recipe and text from Lauren. Photos from yours truly. When [...]

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Chocolate Mint Brownies

March 18, 2011 | 46 Comments | Email | Print
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I’m closing out the minty, green, boozy week of St. Patrick’s Day recipes with these chocolate mint brownies for all of you that may be using the Thursday holiday as an excuse to celebrate all weekend long   And also because this is one of the best brownie variations I have made in quite some [...]

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Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

March 14, 2011 | 441 Comments | Email | Print
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As I mentioned on Friday, I have been doing some experimentation with the beer and chocolate combination. The Guinness-chocolate ice cream that I made totally kicked butt, so I couldn’t wait to see how I liked beer and chocolate in my cake. The answer? I like it, a whole heck of a lot. This was [...]

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