Take these crumbly, buttery maple flavored shortbread cookies and dip them in chocolate or drizzle them with maple glaze–or both! A fun assortment of fall flavors and cute cookies in this delicious dessert.
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Continue ReadingEver seen flavored chocolate chips at the grocery? Well I’m rating 5 different flavors so you know which ones to snap up, and which ones to stay away from.
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Merry Christmas (and Happy Holidays) to all! And to all a chocolatey night! Those are the best kinds of nights aren’t they? Here’s the wrap-up for this year to keep track of this year’s round of yummies! 2017 Features: [New!] maple bacon milk chocolate truffles Free dipped truffles with a creamy maple bacon center and sprinkled with bacon and salt The centers would be for molds, but I kinda like the salty bacony topping on the free-dipped truffles [New!] cinna-bun white chocolate truffles A slightly crunchy cinnamon cookie and cream cheese center makes for a wonderful bite of a cinnamon…
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Maple bacon is one of those trendy flavors right now and I have to say I don’t hate it. I’ve never been a huge maple person, especially next to say, my sister who could eat maple candies until the trees came home–that is to say, forever. Though she is particular about authenticity. In this case, unfortunately, I found that real maple syrup doesn’t add enough of an intense maple kick, so I had to out and spring for maple extract. Really, there’s not a good substitute. Potentially you might be able to concentrate traditional maple syrup by boiling it down,…
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Has anyone else seen these strange savory “jams” that are a thing now? I won’t lie, I still think they’re a little strange. Delicious yes, strange, also yes. But I’m a fan! Especially of anything bacon. And since maple bacon is also a wondrous thing, I thought this was a great combination! I basically just adapted my tomato onion jam (recipe made for the juicy lucy burger) to use bacon instead of tomatoes, and use maple syrup in addition to some water. It’s pretty simple, and was a hit at our New Year’s Eve party! They went on Brunch Burger Bombs, recipe…
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I recently discovered that I don’t mind brussel sprouts. I honestly had never tried them before last year when I first made this recipe. To be fair, it was because my mother hates them and obviously never made them for us growing up because she didn’t want to eat them. So to my young self, since everyone said brussel sprouts were icky, they were obviously icky! Child logic at work for you. I actually discovered that I liked brussel sprouts at a cooking class. I use the term “like” loosely here. I like them for a vegetable — they’re still…
