These beauties were all inspired because I asked myself the question, can you make caramel in the microwave?! Turns out you can! Quite easily and within six minutes. But then what? I had to do something more so I made my own candies by coating them in a chocolate glaze. I also made them romantic […]
DIY Homemade Nutella
Chocolate Meringue Valentine’s Day Heart Cookies
After making Nadia G’s heart-stopping Chocolate Cheese Brownies I wanted to try making a more heart-friendly dessert for Valentine’s Day. I love meringues but have never made chocolate ones before so I thought they would make a great low fat chocolatey treat for that special someone. After making Bobby Flay’s egg yolk-ladden cinnamon crunch ice cream I […]
Taste of Home’s Halloween Ice Cream Treats
Taste of Home’s Halloween Batty Bark
Mocha Chip Cookies… My Favourite!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Recipe Review: Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls
These are my version of Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls which I wanted to add to my plate of holiday goodies for my friends because one of my friends tries to avoid carbs. Most rum balls are made with cookies but these ones are made with ground almonds bumping up the protein and bringing down […]
Recipe Review: Taste of Home’s Fudgy Pinwheel Cookies
Before I hit the wall of baking, I continued my treat-making odyssey to share with my friends for Christmas. I have never made a pinwheel cookie before so I took on Taste of Home’s Fudgy Pinwheel Cookies recipe. I used pecans instead of walnuts and I toasted them ahead of time so they were not super raw, my […]
Recipe Review: Taste of Home’s Chocolate Orange Meltaways (Truffles)
These Chocolate Orange Meltaways are actually truffles. Last year for my post “The Trouble With Truffles” I made the mistake of using a lot of bittersweet chocolate. This recipe calls for milk chocolate and semisweet chocolate so I felt much safer making them! If you are losing holiday baking steam and only have little bits of time […]