This week my thoughts and prayers have been with all of the people affected by Hurricane Sandy as they try to put their lives back together. I am going to be participating in a food blogging event on Thursday bringing people together in support of those affected by the storm, so please check back then [...]
Although it is fun and exciting to eat Chanukkah gelt the first few days of the holiday, every year I find that by the end of the eight days there are leftover gelt sitting around that no one really wants to eat. Even the three year old seems tired of them. The chocolate gets nibbled [...]
The excited “look they have Reese’s” exclamations last week of both trick-or-treaters and their parents reminded me just how popular the combination of peanut butter and chocolate really are among people of all ages. It is certainly a favorite combination around here. Peanut butter brownies are certainly not safe in our house, especially if marshmallows [...]
Although in my family we are partial to the traditional flavors of hamentashen (we all love poppyseed) I can’t help but play around with new fillings every year. Not everyone is thrilled to get only poppyseed hamentashen in their Mishloach Manot and I like to provide our friends with interesting varieties they won’t be getting [...]
There are times when a dessert should be elegant. There are other times where it should be fun. For times when it should be both, these brilliant cookie dough truffles from Baked Perfection are the perfect solution. Elegant enough to sit on a cookie platter, they allow us to indulge our hidden desire to eat [...]
Butterscotch is one of my favorite flavors, so when I stumbled across the recipe for Chocolate Scotcheroos a few weeks ago on David Lebovitz’s site they immediately caught my eye. Peanut butter, rice cereal, chocolate, and butterscotch chips, what could be better for the perfect late night treat?Wanting to make them parve (and not being [...]
This summer I got a popsicle mold for the first time since I was a kid and I am absolutely loving making popsicles. Grapefruit, pina colada, and vanilla ice cream dipped in homemade magic shell; I love them all. With my own popsicle molds it is easy to make healthy treats for my little one [...]
It seems like lately any time I plan a dessert with more than a few steps or components I end up having to change plans at the last minute because I run out of time for anything complicated. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised each time I run short on time, since I have a [...]
Last year, while perusing the retro candy section at Dylan’s Candy Bar, my husband stumbled upon his favorite childhood candy. The Chick-o-Stick. As I nostalgically looked at the wax bottles filled with sweet colored liquid, the wax lips, and the candy buttons on the paper ribbon, resisting buying them because I knew they would only disappoint, he confidently [...]