Creamy white chocolate in holiday colours with a sprinkle of crushed candy cane on top — what’s not to like? Just like my Customize-Your-Own Chocolate Bar, this would make for great Christmas gifts! I thought this up after seeing variations on foodie sites, and whipped it up yesterday. Oh so good! I was hard-pressed not…
Desserts Not Otherwise Categorized
Candy Confections: Make-Your-Own Customized Chocolate Bar
I went on a weekend road trip with some friends last week, doing some cross-border Christmas shopping (I *may* have done some shopping for myself) in the Niagara/Buffalo area. My friends and I went into a shopping area in Niagara and saw a candy shop, which of course I had to go into. It was…
Chocolate-Covered Honeycomb Candy, and Why I Heart My Greens
I’ve referenced this in a couple of posts, i.e here and here, but I’ve been working on making some toffee/brittle/honeycomb candy. I currently have two containers sitting in my fridge (the DH and I ate the third one), all full of honeycomb candy, some chocolate-covered and some not. It is, and I hesitate to say this,…
Tapas Party: Caramel Toffee Flan
It’s flan time! Flan is a Spanish version of custard, or crème caramel, or crème brulee. They’re all variations on a theme! In Veneuzuela, where the DH is from, they call it quesillo, and serve it with red jelly (i.e. jello) and birthday cake at parties. I thought he was joking the first time he told me…
Boeterkoekjes: Two-Bite Almond Blondies, Dutch-Style!
So I have a backlog of recipes to post. Tons of delicious things coming up! Today’s deliciousness is a recipe that I came up with last week, which was consumed within 12 hours of baking it. And I still crave more! What is this delicious dish? Boeterkoekjes! They’re basically two-bite almond blondies, super-moist and buttery…