Have you heard of the study where the rats that ate the cardboard box came out healthier than their counterparts who had the cereal?
White & Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunks
Monday, 10 December 2007 By 3 Comments
Warning: This turns brainy and docile old ladies into scatty, hyperactive big kids. Let me explain.
The annual Hockley Scrabble Christmas party was coming up and I volunteered to make my favourite chocolate cake. As luck would have it, a few days before the event our old and half-useless oven gave in and with its last sigh tripped the house’s electricity. It goes without saying that the chocolate cake promise went down the drain. After pondering for a few days I decided to get adventurous and try out this dessert.
Chocolate & Coconut Clusters
Wednesday, 22 August 2007 By 20 Comments
When I was about 4 years old my mother made finger foods for the church on every odd Sunday. These are one of the recipes she made. Like any typical kid I especially wanted to help her make these blobs of chocolate heaven. Constantly I was told to keep my fingers out of the sweet, thick mixture but how could I resist? At least I got to lick the pot out afterwards. During sermons all I could think about was my “sjokolade jungle oat koekies”, wishing the dominie (reverend) would come to a conclusion. Any conclusion, even if we all burn in hell I simply didn’t care for as long as I could eat my “koekies” first I will die happy.
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