Mmmm Kahlua Chocolate Cupcakes with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting
The beginning of my friendship with Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan, the powerhouse behind wildly successful culinary blog The Kitchn, was steeped in Kahlua. She was probably in the fifth grade. It’s a fun...
View ArticleHow to Make a Flower Pot Ice Cream Sundae
This tiny treat is just plain cute and got me thinking about the slice of leftover chocolate cake in the freezer. Honestly, you cannot screw this up. For example, chunks of frozen frosting on my cake...
View ArticleExtreme Kahlua Chocolate Mousse
It doesn’t get much better’n this. Besides being remarkably easy to make (thanks to the crockpot), once chilled, this food from the Gods becomes super dense, like the center of an incredible chocolate...
View ArticleMocha Marshmallows
Why make homemade marshmallows? Because they really are SO much better than store-bought. Fresh, fresh, yummy fresh. Another reason is, because you are a grownup now, so you can do stuff to them,...
View ArticleMocha Marshmallow Krispie Treats
Having produced a spectacular batch of Homemade Mocha Marshmallows, it dawned on me that Larry and I would never just sit and eat marshmallows. I get enough s’mores on Camp GetAway weekends. I asked...
View ArticleHow to Make Pots de Crème The Lazy Way
This is positively YUMM-O. I say yumm-o because Rachael Ray made this on Oprah. I used to watch Oprah religiously (now, she may have jumped the shark… we’ll discuss that another time). Rachael was...
View ArticleDouble-Ginger Chocolate Chunk Cookies from More Magazine
More Magazine is me me me. Besides being written for Women Of A Certain Age, the magazine publishes decent recipes. Such as “Cookies for Grown-ups.” I’m a grown-up and so is Larry. We like grown-up...
View ArticleMarcella’s Fudge
This is a big plus to attending Thanksgiving on my side of the family: Marcella’s Fudge may be eaten before dinner. It is right there with the appetizers. Most of us thought Marcella was a relative...
View ArticleEasy Almond Pecan Toffee
This recipe made me wonder if our candy thermometer was broken. It seemed stuck at 240 degrees, all the while the syrup was getting pretty tan. After some brain wracking, I remembered how to do the...
View ArticleMilk Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons
It’s a long story getting to these macaroons, starting with the chocolate. On the way home from niece Nicole’s wedding in San Diego, we stopped at John and Gail’s. Gail had “too much” chocolate from an...
View ArticleChocolate-Covered Pink Peppermint Patties
You are looking at obviously home-made peppermint patties. It probably sounds like a lot of work for something pretty good store-bought. Well, I once made marshmallows and proclaimed them infinitely...
View ArticleChocolate Dipped Peeps ~ It’s EASTER
I am definitely no food snob, witness this post. Believe it or not, Larry and I saw Chocolate Covered Peeps at a high-end cheese shop on LA‘s 3rd Street. Packaged, and expensive. So, of course, now...
View ArticleMilk Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies
Whenever a TV show had Husband “surprise” Wife with the news that a business associate was coming to dinner, I’d think, “Who really DOES that?” Surprise! Larry just did. Told me Tuesday that Bruce was...
View ArticleChocolate Kahlua Truffles
This is my adaptation of a candy recipe in Cooking Light, truffles made with bourbon. If a sweet recipe calls for bourbon, I already think it will be better with Kahlua. Chocolate Kahlua Truffles were...
View ArticleGuest Post ~ White Chocolate Orange Cranberry Bark by Jennifer at Savor The...
FROM JENNIFER at SAVOR THE THYME: When Patti asked me to guest post, I started thinking about what would be of interest to many of you and what you may be feeling just a few days before Christmas:...
View ArticleItinerary Ideas For A Foodie’s Trip to Paris
Going to Paris? Have a great passion for Good-Things-Foodie? While some people come to Paris with a list of restaurants to hit, I tend to bring lists of places and things to see. I’m a window shopper,...
View ArticleChocolate Mayonnaise Cake ~ a Southern Cake for the Groom
This Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake was the companion cake at my sister’s Friday night pre-wedding family shindig. Groom, Mike likes chocolate. I like chocolate. I like Mike and wanted to make him a...
View ArticleChocolate Kahlua Zucchini Bread
Instead of cooking up a healthy minestrone with zucchini my friend Cathi grew in her garden, I baked a boozy Chocolate Kahlua Zucchini Bread. It’s already wrapped up (minus two slices) for my upcoming...
View ArticleKahlua Chocolate Chip Brownies
These Kahlua Chocolate Chip Brownies have been featured on Worth The Whisk before – June, 2009 to be precise. They’re Larry’s go-to recipe, the one that made him famous by being featured in Bon...
View ArticleChocolate Coconut Crispies
Big week… My birthday. In escrow. Dad in hospital (back home now after a bad pancreas attack). Bridal shower for niece. The true foodie in me still didn’t take a break; I felt like making something as...
View ArticlePumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins ~ Guest Post by In Erika’s Kitchen
Thank you to Southern California food writer and working mom Erika Kerekes for these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins and guest post. Erika publishes the family-friendly food blog In Erika’s Kitchen as...
View ArticleKahlua Chocolate Decadence Brownie– A Perfect 5-Inch Cake to Save You...
Success is sweet. I feel like I kinda beat the system. My scratch-baked 5-inch Kahlua Chocolate Decadence Brownie fits in a mailable flat rate box. What started me on this project was the Harry and...
View ArticleCooking Light? Try THEIR Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cooking Light Magazine — my fav. I tend to tear my issue apart more than any other periodical to try recipes. Then guess what, they published a gigantic (500 page) book of their recipes, The New Way...
View ArticleClassic Kahlua Chocolate Mousse ~ Can You Dig It?
Kahlua Chocolate Mousse – do you CRAVE deep, dark, thick mmmmmmousse with the flavor of Kahlua? This mousse is “classic” because it put Kahlua on the map when it came to cooking with it. Decades ago,...
View ArticleKahlua Holiday Fudge + Drawing: Win 2 Vintage Kahlua Recipe Books
My cousin, Jeff, is horrified that I would post a Christmas Fudge recipe in the middle of October. Sorry, Jeff, this is important. People have LOST their Kahlua Recipe Book! Here is Kahlua White...
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