• hand lifting the full moon cocktail

    the full moon cocktail;

    October 15, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This full moon cocktail is black as night with swirls of iridescent glittering silver stars, and a cold, full moon. This halloween cocktail is a black raspberry lemonade–and black means black!

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  • Strawberry Lemonade Cheesecake Bars @ bestwithchocolate.com

    strawberry lemonade cheesecake bars;

    April 19, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Light and flavorful lightly lemon flavored cheesecake with a strawberry swirl all on a sugar cookie crust.  A perfect ratio if sometimes you find cheesecake too heavy or rich, you get a light cheesecake and a larger crust! – – This one was a hit at the office!  Another birthday special, although I was a few days late because of my trip to St. Louis, Missouri!  (Read part one of the culinary adventure: St. Louis here!)  But luckily this recipe helped smooth things over.  Not that anyone really cared, but I felt bad because I said I would make my co-worker something…

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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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