In honor of the one month anniversary of Christmas Eve, here’s a box of chocolate made completely out of chocolate.

Our generation* has seen many brilliant innovations. The most fabulous one of them all (at this moment, in my head, at least) is the ‘container filled with stuff made from that stuff’ invention. I will now attempt to list as many as I’ve been able to think of in the last two minutes. First, we [...]

The Oceans Of Chocolate Will Never Stop Flowing!!!

I am dedicating this post to all of the chocolate I have managed to acquire in the past few weeks. I do this to document the madness of it all, as well as to record the piles for posterity. This way, when the Chocolate Famine strikes 30 years from now because the cocoa beans achieve [...]

Banana Bread, Filled with Chocolate Chips and Joy

Sometimes, you just have too many bananas. This predicament can be more common then one might think. Bananas, as compared to many other produce items, are generally dirt cheap. And so, it happened that I bought a bunch of bananas during a shopping stint, and then proceeded to buy another bunch of bananas just a [...]

A Rainbow of Taste (Yogurt + M&Ms = Joy)

I’ve recently come to the realization that yogurt + fruit + granola is a rather gratifying sort of breakfast. But you know what makes it even better? Adding M&Ms. It’s like a party in your mouth! The strategy is to mix it up just enough. You want the colors to swirl around and look all [...]

Brownies, and the Hacking of a Cake Mix

Apparently I’m obligated to make a post about brownies once every 2 weeks or so. I called them mayflies, recently, based on their tendency to not live more then one day. Brownies are a bit like mosquitoes as well, hovering about on a regular basis. Except they’re the sort of mosquitoes that you really want [...]

Brownies: The Mayflies of the Food World

Brownies are, indeed, the mayflies of the food world. I do not know of any other dessert item whose lifespan is so short as that of a brownie. Especially a slightly undercooked brownie. These were a weird brownie/cookie hybrid. Not quite as good as a delightfully undercooked brownie in my opinion, but nonetheless, still pretty [...]

All About Cookies (Vegan or Otherwise)

As I rule, I tend to think of ‘delicious vegan baked goods’ as an oxymoron. But only in the ‘vegan’ attached to ‘delicious baked goods’ sense. I have had food that is both delicious and vegan. I have had more experiences then I could ever count where I’ve had ‘delicious’ plus ‘baked goods’. In any [...]

Chocolate Pie++

The only thing better then chocolate is chocolate with chocolate. The only thing better then chocolate with chocolate is chocolate with chocolate and chocolate. The only thing better then chocolate with chocolate and chocolate is — Wait. This has the grand potential of becoming mindnumbing and repetitive. Or, as I prefer to say, repetetetitititive. It’s [...]

Overcooked versus Undercooked Food

So there was this discussion about brownies going on, after having just baked a delightful batch of not quite chocolatey enough brownies. See, undercooked brownies are always superior to any other sort of brownies, as it is the only real way to guarantee that the brownies will be appropriately squishy. It’s not that no-gooey brownies [...]

Chocolate Chip Brownie Cheesecake Dealio

So this was an exercise in ridiculousness that ended up being an exercise in bloat. But then again, so goes many things. See, I ended up with an unexpected block of cheesecake, due to parentals leaving town for awhile and not wishing to throw out perfectly good groceries. So like any red-blooded American, my immediate [...]

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