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More to Chocolate Than Meets the Taste Buds
While Easter will be different this year, I still decided to publish a few Easter posts. A little about chocolate, brunch, dinners, baskets… just a change — in contrast with the heavier pandemic posts and stay at home posts. You can still have a scaled-down Easter with the people you live with (isolating as needed). Something to look forward to right — if you celebrate this holiday. Chocolate Love If there’s one thing you expect to see during the Easter holiday, it is chocolate candy. Made into eggs, bunnies, and chicks, you will find chocolate candy everywhere! I loved getting my Easter basket as a child with the big old…
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Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles
It’s Valentine’s Day today! And February is National Chocolate Lover’s Month. There has been a lot of doubling up this month — perfect for planning posts! If you celebrate Valentine’s Day, have a beautiful day! I know it’s a commercial holiday, etc. etc… My husband likes to remind me of that. However, we find it a great excuse to have a date night. So we recognize but work with it! Anyway, today we have a lovely chocolate treat that you could use for Valentine’s Day. Looking for a delicious snack to satisfy your sweet tooth? Look no further than these decadent chocolate hazelnut truffles. The best part? Dates and a…
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Low-Fat Chocolate Desserts for Valentine’s Day
Chocolate is a staple for Valentine’s Day. You can’t really escape the day without something chocolate related. With that in mind, you may be wondering what you can do that incorporates the sweet part into your dessert without incorporating the fat. Here are some low-fat chocolate desserts to keep in mind. These still give you the chocolate you love without the fat you don’t need. Chocolate Crepes with Berry Sauce Chocolate crepes are easy to make and they don’t pack the fat punch that some other desserts do. All you need for this dessert is a crepe mix kit, the cocoa powder of your choice, and a berry sauce. Mix…
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Chocolate Layered Cake
It is almost the end of January. This month has a lot of cool holidays or themes like National Glaucoma Month, National Slow Cooker Month, National Cheese Lovers’ Day, and more. However, January 27th puts in double-duty. January is National Baking Month and the 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day. So in honor of this, we have a chocolate layer cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. I know earlier this month there was a slow cooker chocolate cake but this one is perfect and from scratch. Here is the lovely buttercream to finish your creation!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Parfaits
Today is National Peanut Butter Day! While I am not personally a peanut butter fan, my husband, father, and daughter all are. So that means I must have some peanut butter recipes in my repertoire! Both really love chocolate so it is in all of their wheelhouses. It’s nice to make so many people happy at once! If you want the recipes from this month in your mailbox, sign up here: Slow Cooker Challenge
