• Ciderworks tasting glasses, read the review @ bestwithchocolate.com

    winery review: ciderworks cidery

    January 13, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    While most of the wineries we typically go to are out toward western Virginia, occasionally we’ll make the trek up to Maryland!  There’s some nice places up there too, and specifically some unique places. The Orchid Cellar Meadery is one (post to come!) and Ciderworks is another!  It makes the Antietam Wine Trail perfect to do a little tasting of all your favorite alcoholic beverages!  I’ll save the mead and wine for other times, but Ciderworks is one of my favorites because it’s so unique.  It reminds me a little of Great Shoals actually (read the review), because it’s not made…

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  • Pineapple Party Punch @ bestwithchocolate.com

    pineapple party punch;

    October 5, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Do you ever have one of those nights where you want to relax with a drink, but all of your go-to drinks and cocktails don’t feel like they’re going to cut it?  Well here’s where this pineapple party punch comes in!  It’s that classy tropical drink that will whisk you away to paradise…am I overselling this?  It’s good, but it’s no week-long vacation that’s for sure. But it might be just what you need for a mini stay-cation! Or you can just be like T and me and make this on a typical Friday night while making a drinking game…

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  • Mimosa Sunrise @ bestwithchocolate.com

    mimosa sunrise;

    May 15, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So…I made this cocktail by accident!  You can thank my lazy Sunday.  The past few weeks have been a bit crazy, and even Saturday this weekend was crazy!  Fun crazy, but crazy nonetheless.  Friday we went to grab drinks before seeing Captain America!  It was good, and T and I had a nice walk back chatting about our thoughts about the movie!  And then Saturday, T went running (he’s training for a marathon) for 6 miles, and I actually got my butt to the gym.  Then we had to take Kenichi on a long walk to tire him out a bit…

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  • mimosa bar @ bestwithchocolate.com

    countdown to new year’s: mimosa bar;

    January 1, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    The mimosa bar for our New Year’s Eve Countdown Bash came out super cute!  I decided that four was the perfect number: four fruits, four juices, four champagnes! Champagne Now we decided to use Andre as the champagne.  It’s not classy, but if you’re going to mix with super sweet juices and mix the champagne, no need for the good stuff.  We did reserve a bottle of “good stuff” for the actual midnight toast though! For champagne varietals, we had: (1) Brut, (2) Extra Dry, (3) Spumante, and (4) Blush.  We also had some sparkling cider which is a perfect non-alcoholic varietal!…

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