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Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch

December 12, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is the perfect candy for the holiday season–keep it in a Christmas tin or even exchange it at a holiday cookie party!  I have said it before and I will say it again. Food blogging when you have a GI bug sucks. So I am going to keep this short… 

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Filed Under: almonds, candy, chocolate Tagged With: almonds, butter crunch, buttercrunch, candy, chocolate, confections, milk chocolate, nuts, toffee

Nibby Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies: #Choctoberfest

October 5, 2015 By Laura 20 Comments

These Nibby-Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies are delicious and unique! Because they are slice and bake, they can be made ahead to bake off for your holiday table or any other occasion.

These Nibby Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies are easy, sophisticated and not too sweet, with a hint of salt to complement the chocolate goodness. And because they are slice and bake, they are perfect for making ahead for your holiday cookie tray. I am participating in Choctoberfest, which is basically a weeklong smorgasbord of chocolate recipes… 

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Filed Under: almonds, blog events, cacao nibs, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies Tagged With: #choctoberfest, almond meal, cacao nibs, chocolate, cocoa nibs, cookies, dark chocolate, extra virgin olive oil, milk chocolate, nibs, olive oil, slice and bake

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate: #CreativeCookieExchange

September 16, 2014 By Laura 19 Comments

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate--don't let lack a lack of chocolate chips stop you from making this cookies!

These Chocolate Chip Cookies are slightly crispy on the outside, hefty, chewy and, in my opinion, perfect. With this recipe I feel I have solved my lifetime search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie! I received Zulka brown sugar in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link… 

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Milk Chocolate Ganache Glazed Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Bundtlettes

October 7, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

Milk Chocolate Ganache Draped Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Mini Peanut Butter Cakes

Guys I am so excited to tell you about the weekend I just had in Chicago courtesy of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, but I just cannot think of  a way to work it around to this mini cakes. So it will have to wait, but suffice to say I am tired and a little… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, candy, chocolate, cupcakes, ganache, kids cooking, peanut butter Tagged With: cake, candy, cupcake, Halloween, milk chocolate, mini cake, peanut butter, peanut butter cup, Reese's

Snickers and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 16, 2013 By Laura 9 Comments

Snickers and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

Some days are blue skied, breezy and warm. Beautiful and happy. And some days deserve Snickers cookies.

Filed Under: candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, peanuts, whole grains Tagged With: candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookies, milk chocolate, peanuts, Snickers

Browned Butter Milk Chocolate Brownies

March 24, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

Browned Butter Milk Chocolate Brownies

This is the difference between a blogger-baker and a baker: when I needed to make a dessert for the teachers at my kids’ school for conference week and I was short on time, I chose my easy fallback, brownies. But because I am a blogger, I looked for a recipe I hadn’t made before instead… 

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Filed Under: browned butter, brownies, chocolate Tagged With: browned butter, brownies, chocolate, milk chocolate

No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Bars

September 5, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Bars

Do you ever have moments where something–a memory, a smell, a sensation, etc.–triggers a feeling and all of a sudden you can perfectly imagine being somewhere other than where you are? Maybe a smell that reminds you of your grandma’s house or the sensation of snapping beans that takes you back to a summer day… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, chocolate, cookies, No Bake Desserts, oats, peanut butter Tagged With: bar cookies, bars, chocolate, milk chocolate, no bake, oatmeal, oats, peanut butter, semi sweet chocolate

Milk Chocolate Chunk Chocolate Loaf Cake

May 23, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that I have a capacity for endless experimentation with chocolate chip cookie recipes. As it turns out, I think we can add chocolate cake recipes to that category.  Unfrosted ones, mind you (although a glaze is acceptable and sometimes even desired).  I love chocolate cake. If I remember correctly, I think my… 

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Filed Under: cakes, chocolate, kids cooking Tagged With: cake, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cake, loaf cake, milk chocolate

Grown Up Crispy Chocolate Globs

January 12, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

Ostensibly this post is about food, Crispy Chocolate Globs to be exact.  But first I need to share something more exciting–Skamp has arrived!

Filed Under: candy, chocolate, misc. dessert Tagged With: chocolate, confection, macadamia, milk chocolate, nuts, puppy, rice krispies, white chocolate

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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