Hot chocolate is a wonderful way to treat yourself on a cold, wintery day. I’ll make it in the morning, but I tend to opt for coffee earlier in the day and make my hot chocolate a mid-day or evening treat instead. Powdered hot chocolate mix is the most common way to make …
A hot peppermint mocha is an indulgent way to take off the chill on a cold winter night. I love the combination of chocolate and peppermint – and it is even better once you throw a little bit of coffee in to the mix! My Peppermint Mocha Cream Cheese Brownies are a holiday …
Several years ago, Starbucks offered a Mocha Coconut Frappuccino on the menu as one of their summer blended drinks. Anyone who is a regular reader knows that I’m a big coconut fan, so it’s probably not a surprise to learn that the combination of coffee, chocolate and coconut really worked for me …
Snowball cookies are a great cookie to make during the winter because their look really fits the season, even if you don’t live somewhere where it snows. Snowball cookies are always covered in a layer of confectioners’ sugar that makes them resemble snowballs – hence the name – but they can come in …
The combination of coffee and chocolate – also known as mocha – is one of my favorite flavor pairings. Bittersweet coffee helps to bring out the fruity notes in chocolate and can help a chocolate dessert feel especially rich without it being overly sweet. Coffee pairs well with white, milk and dark chocolate, …
A pudding cake – also known as a self-saucing pudding – is a cake that bakes into two distinct layers: a fluffy cake and a rich, flavorful sauce to go with it. It’s almost like two desserts in one! These Individual Mocha Pudding Cakes are perfect for coffee-lovers like myself and are …
I love to work with good quality white chocolate. Though it is sweeter and contains more sugar than its darker counterparts, the vanilla and dairy flavors of a high quality, ultra-creamy white chocolate are hard to beat and work exceptionally well in many recipes. White chocolate is also unusual in that it …
Madeleines are one of the most perfect cookies to pair with with coffee or tea. This is probably because the cookies are actually a lot more like cakes than they are like cookies, which means that the cookie crumbs soak up all the flavor of your favorite beverage as you nibble them …
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