Tag Archives: chocolate

Fruit Flavored Fudge

Earlier today I mentioned that I was over Christmas cookies. I have eaten more than my share for the rest of the year and once my daughter and I deliver the rest of the tins we put together for friends and business associates our house will officially be cookie-free. The only problem… it’s now a fudge-filled zone. Blame my neighbor. She just dropped off some fabulous homemade fudge (see recipes below). And not just any delicious chocolate fudge (that would have sufficed), nooooo she had to concoct fudge infused with cherries and eggnog. Oh how I love the holidays. CHOCOLATE … Continue reading →

Recipes for Leftover Halloween Candy

Do you have any leftover Halloween candy? Since my daughter’s unfortunate post-Halloween illness she hasn’t touched a single sweet treat. (Who would have imagined anything good could have resulted from 4 days of the stomach flu?) Needless to say, we are drowning in chocolate, Starburst, lollipops, Nerds, and Smarties. Last night as I was making my Thanksgiving shopping list I vowed that I would get rid of the candy someway or another. (Mind you I already gave away two big bags filled with Halloween leftovers.) I have to clear out the candy in order to make room for the Turkey … Continue reading →

Don’t Deny Your Chocolate Cravings

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First, I want to say that chocolate can be a deadly sin for many dieters. If you’re the kind of person who can eat three chocolate kisses and then stop, that is great. But if a small piece of chocolate will start you rolling down Hershey Bar Hill and you won’t be able to stop until you’ve hit the bottom and eaten every piece of chocolate in the house then forget it. What you have is not a craving but an addiction. If you have a simple occasional craving for chocolate while dieting, don’t deny it. British researchers found that … Continue reading →

Hershey’s Tricks Or Treats Online

Want a fun website that is packed with more treats than tricks? Check out the Hershey Chocolate website, where you’ll find many more treats than tricks. The Hershey’s Tricks Or Treats website is a lot of fun. When you first get to the main tricks or treats page, you are greeted with a little town at night. Spooky sounds, such as the howling moon play in the background. The sound can be adjusted or turned off, but it is really not obnoxious (no eerie screams, just one or two witchy cackles and nothing really scary). Once in a while strange … Continue reading →

German Chocolate Pie

I’m completely insane over Marie Callendar’s German Chocolate Pie. In fact, the year I turned ten, I told my parents I’d rather have that pie than cake. It’s that good. After much hunting, tweaking, and vast amounts of maniacal experimentation, I present to you a recipe which is as close as I can get to the actual pie. Are you ready? Crust: 18 Pecan Sandies cookies, crushed fine 1/3 c. melted butter Blend these together until the crumbs are moist, and then press into a pie tin. Sprinkle some crushed semi-sweet chocolate chips in a thin layer all over the … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! – I’m a Pickle

I’m sure you noticed I haven’t posted anything to this blog for a little while. I haven’t been sick or on vacation – I’ve been fat, and I’ve been too ashamed to blog about it. You see, when writing about weight issues on such a public forum, you’re really opening yourself up to criticism. It doesn’t come – you are all too nice to do that – but the fear of it is still there. What if I blog and tell everyone about the five pounds I lost and put back on? Will they think I’m a failure? It’s hard, … Continue reading →

Hey, Chocoholics!

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The next set of evidence about the health benefits of chocolate has arrived. A study from the University of Cologne in Germany found that dark chocolate seems to have a lowering effect on your blood pressure! Before you go digging into that box of chocolates, keep reading. According to the study, it doesn’t take a lot of chocolate to produce the beneficial effects for your heart. The volunteers in the German study ate about six grams of dark chocolate every day — that’s about one and a half Hershey’s Kisses. If ever there was a study I wish I could … Continue reading →

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971)and(2005)

The classic story of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” comes from the children’s book written by Roald Dahl in 1964, and has since been made into two major motion pictures, the first in 1971 and starring Gene Wilder (rated G)and the second in 2005 and starring Johnny Depp (rated PG). The story is, of course, the same in both movies. Charlie Bucket is a very poor boy who lives in a broken down shack with both sets of grandparents and his mother. (In the Depp film, he has a father as well.) Willy Wonka, famous candy maker, has a factory … Continue reading →

Do you Fondue?

I have a soft spot in my heart for fondue. When my husband proposed to me many, many years ago, he had a small engagement party waiting for me at his best friend’s house. I guess he must have been pretty certain of himself! Anyway, it was a fondue party. I hadn’t had fondue since I was a kid, and I loved it. I loved that the pieces were bite-sized, and I loved that care had gone into setting it up, and I loved that he would do something so out of the ordinary. There’s a fondue restaurant in our … Continue reading →

In The Name Of Love—Chocolates and Kisses

Valentine’s Day is less than 24 hours away… do you know what you are getting your sweetheart? In my book, nothing says love like a big box of chocolates. But, if you want to really impress your Valentine’s then you may want to kick it up a notch and take a hint from some of Hollywood’s biggest names that tend to think out of the box (or at least their personal shoppers do) when it comes to finding the perfect gift for their chocoholic lovers. In Tinseltown chocolate telegrams are all the rage. The sweet candy-grams are perfect for the … Continue reading →