Dessert-o-licious

This past week, I had the joy and pleasure of being able to travel to Paris for 4 days! What ensued was a truly gastronomic experience and I can happily say that I achieved my goal of stopping for a pastry every couple of hours. Since we arrived late in the day, the first stop [...]

Aren’t these just stunning? Makes you want to make one of these and eat it right away doesn’t it? Originally posted on Flickr by bananagranola.

Flour is forbidden during Passover which doesn’t make having good desserts after the Seder possible that often. But what do you do if it is a family members birthday? Matzah cake? Recently, there has been a new trend to create flourless chocolate cake and this year I decided to give it a whirl.

This past weekend I made the most delicious triple chocolate cupcakes from Giada on Food Network. I’ve found that chocolate cupcakes can tend to wind up tasting really dry, but these cupcakes did not have that issue at all. The cake was moist and flavorful and rather than a traditional icing, the cupcakes were dipped [...]

Happy Friday everyone! Enjoy these chocolate covered strawberries! To make the tuxedo strawberry, dip a strawberry in either melted white chocolate or whipped cream. Then dip each side into melted semi-sweet chocolate.  Use a toothpick to help you create the “buttons” and bowtie.

Do you like that rich flavor only chocolate can bring? I’m not talking about a slight richness, I’m talking about a richness so rich you can’t eat more than 2 squares at a time. I am a self proclaimed chocoholic and even I could not handle more than 1 piece of Giada’s Cinnamon-Chocolate Fudge. The [...]

Something about the holiday time always makes me think of chocolate tarts. Maybe it’s the buttery, sweet crust. Maybe it’s the melt in your mouth chocolatey richness, but when I heard my family was going to come visit today, I just knew this has to be the dessert.

I was recently in Whole Foods and simply could not resist this gorgeous box of Christopher Norman Chocolates. The packaging was so beautiful I was immediately drawn to it. I raced home and anxiously removed the wrapping to taste the delicious-ness inside. But sadly, and I hate to say this, the chocolates did not hold [...]

I’ve had the recipe book “Baked: New Frontiers in Baking” by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito for quite a while and have never gotten around to making anything from it, but tonight I finally made Peanut Butter Crispy Bars. Although this recipe seemed really simple, it actually had a couple of things that tripped me [...]

I’ve made a couple of different chocolate pops or candies, but I’ve never tried making a shell or box. I wonder how difficult it would be to make these cute chocolate shells. http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Dessert-Shell-Piece-Mold/dp/B001CEE4FK/ref=pd_bbs_10?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1238469865&sr=8-10