Archive for the ‘Sweet’ Category

Trippin’ Down Memory Lane with Gummy Bears

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Back in the day, when I was small enough to fit in the seat of a shopping cart and too small to drink out of anything other than a tumbler, Mom and I would go food shopping together at the A&P.In fact, I went food shopping with her every opportunity ...

Mini-Chocolate Line

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Since I still fantasize about being Chef Torrés' sous chef, I practice and study chocolate in my spare time. As a final project for something I involved myself in at school, I decided to express myself through chocolate (um, yeah I watch Food Network competitions a lot...)Aside from being super ...

Chai in A Teapot

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Thanks to an earlier incident this week on nearly choking on a piece of cinnamon, I decided to brew my spicy concoction of chai tea in my Chococat teapot.And I live to tell about it. :D

Chocolate Cóco Ice Cream

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

After much personal anticipation, I decided to toast coconut flakes under the broiler tonight. Then I did that spooning technique to make egg-shaped ellipsoids of chocolate ice cream to be topped off with rainbow sprinkles and the toasted coconut.But that wasn't enough. That wasn't it. No, there was more.To finish ...

Magnificent Marzipan

Friday, January 12th, 2007

After many queries, most notably between myself and Erick, I finally had the opportunity to try marzipan.Marzipan, as I had learned beforehand on Wikipedia, is confection made from almond paste and sugar. It has the consistency of Play-Doh and most people will take advantage of this property by molding marzipan ...

Vanilla Chai

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Eugene is a hand model. Only on some days. Emack and Bolio's is an ice cream chain that I discovered this past summer either by reading an AMNY article on ice cream places in NYC or by using Menupages. I can't decide, because I can't remember.The location I went to ...

Frangelico Chocolate Bark

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

There was leftover truffle base. And a baking mat. And unopened bags of Ghiradelli, because Hang is awesome and bought over plenty when we were baking a few weeks ago.The key to making Frangelico bark is to be patient and have room in the fridge to cool each layer. This ...

Freshly Baked Frozen Pies

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

There are certain areas in baking that I am not quite ready to attack.And pies would be one of them. But thanks to having no shame in using frozen pies, ala Mrs. Smith, pies are usually a dessert option in my household during the holidays.My favorite since childhood would have ...