This Chocolate Hazelnut Candy Cake has a chocolate cake base and a center of chocolate and hazelnut HemisFares gelato that’s wrapped in a layer of crushed hazelnut cookies. Finally, it’s enrobed in a layer of hazelnut-studded chocolate the creates a hard, candylike shell. Hollywood just had it’s biggest night. No, not the Oscars (ok, that…
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Chocolate Peppermint Energy Bites
These Five-Minute Chocolate Peppermint Energy Bites are a great last-minute Christmas recipe! The energy bites are secretly healthyish, easy to make, and super festive. Who’s excited for Christmas this year? I can’t believe it’s already here. I swear I was just making those no-bake blackberry cheesecakes just last month. But, nope, we’re just days from…
Peppermint Bark
Peppermint Bark might look fancy with its layers of semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, and crushed candy canes, it’s one of the easiest holiday recipes ever! I love the idea of fancy holiday desserts, but when it comes right down to it, simple holiday dessert recipes are way more practical to pull off during one of…
Gingerbread Latte
The Gingerbread Latte is the cozy winter latte! I’ve seen Gingerbread Lattes popping up at coffee shops all over the country, but I’m here to let you know that you can make it at home in no time with this easy recipe. I am all about flavored lattes. But, in the winter, seasonal lattes like…
Peppermint Cupcakes
These Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are delicious at any time of the year, but they’re dressed to impress for the holiday season! The combination of a rich chocolate cupcake base, peppermint buttercream frosting, and crushed candy canes make them impossible to resist. One of the things I love most about baking is how the flavors change…
Frozen Hot Chocolate
When the weather outside is frightful, there’s almost nothing I love more on chilly winter nights than cozying up with a mug of hot chocolate. But, if you’re wanting something a little different… this frozen hot chocolate is just the thing!
Holiday Gift Guide for Bakers
The holidays are coming! If you have a baker in your life you’d like to shop for, or you are a baker and wondering what to put on your wishlist, this holiday gift guide is a collection of must-have items bakers will love. It’s a combination of my favorite baking tools, plus a few things…
Dark Chocolate Truffles with Sea Salt
These Dark Chocolate Truffles with Sea Salt have a chocolate caramel ganache center, are enrobed in a layer of dark chocolate, then topped with flaky sea salt. They’re a great gift — whether that gift is for yourself or someone else! About ten years after I tried my first truffle, I set up a little…
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are mounds of rich, fudgy chocolate topped with snowy caps of powdered sugar. They’re one of my favorite Christmas cookies and I know you’ll love making this Chocolate Crinkles recipe this holiday season! When I’m missing snow, I go to the mountains or I bake Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Chocolate Crinkle cookies are…
The Five Best Baking Books Every Baker Needs
Every year, we’re treated to many new wonderful cookbooks. This year alone, there was Vanilla Bean Blog’s cookbook, My Name is Yeh’s Molly on the Range, Apartment 2B Baking Co.’s Sweeter Off the Vine, Adventures in Cooking’s Adventures in Chicken, Eat the Love’s Marbled, Swirled, and Layered and even a cookie-centric cookbook from the brilliant…
