• Loaf of focaccia beside breadsticks and cubed cinnamon focaccia

    sweet cinnamon focaccia;

    October 18, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Sweet cinnamon sugar focaccia bread is light and fluffy bread with a scrumptious cinnamon swirl and topped with a crust of cinnamon sugar. Drizzle with icing for extra sweetness!

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  • Oatmeal scattered about oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips

    perfectly chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies;

    August 23, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    My classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookies have perfectly crisp edges with a soft and chewy center with the right amount of sweet, oaty, and salty!

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  • picking up a bacon wrapped waterchestnut from the pan

    brown sugar bacon wrapped water chestnuts;

    December 31, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    These crunchy and delectable bites are the perfect party appetizer. Crunchy marinated water chestnuts cradled by crisp, juicy bacon, and coated in a sweet, umami-filled soy glaze makes these bacon wrapped water chestnuts perfect for any occasion.

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  • Cinnamon ice cream fresh from the freezer

    brown sugar cinnamon ice cream;

    October 23, 2020bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Homemade brown sugar cinnamon ice cream from scratch, perfect to pair with apple pie or eat straight from the cone!

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  • Maple Bacon Truffles @ bestwithchocolate.com

    maple bacon truffles;

    December 15, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Maple bacon is one of those trendy flavors right now and I have to say I don’t hate it. I’ve never been a huge maple person, especially next to say, my sister who could eat maple candies until the trees came home–that is to say, forever. Though she is particular about authenticity. In this case, unfortunately, I found that real maple syrup doesn’t add enough of an intense maple kick, so I had to out and spring for maple extract. Really, there’s not a good substitute. Potentially you might be able to concentrate traditional maple syrup by boiling it down,…

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  • Mini Cake Batter Buns @ tispychocochip.com

    mini cake batter buns;

    February 17, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Think cinnamon buns, but instead of a cinnamon filling, you have all the sugary cake batter flavor you’ve ever wanted!  Topped with sprinkles, of course. – – These are an easy little snack to whip up, and my goodness, they’re just de-lish!  They’re bite-sized, so watch out, because it’s so easy to say “Oh I’ll just have one or two” and find the whole pan–or two–gone in a flash!  Do I regret?  Nope. I always keep some funfetti cake batter on hand just for “cake-batter” flavored things.  I make them often enough (like cake batter pancakes or cake batter chocolate chip cookies) that…

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  • Apple Pie Moonshine @ bestwithchocolate.com

    apple pie moonshine;

    December 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Yup, I said it.  Apple. Pie. Moonshine.  I’m putting this warning up-front and center: BE CAREFUL.  THIS STUFF DOES NOT TASTE LIKE ALCOHOL.  In the best way possible.  It’s made with spyritus vodka, which is about the most alcoholic thing you can buy.  Like period.  It’s so alcoholic in fact, that you can’t buy it in VA, MD, or DC, but we had to travel up to NJ/NY area to find it. This recipe actually came from my sister’s friend Jesse, whose parents host of all of us crazy folk when we go to the PA bloomsburg fair (event review) every year!  Which was perfect,…

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  • Apple Ham Sandwiches @ bestwithchocolate.comApple Ham Sandwiches @ bestwithchocolate.com

    apple ham sandwich;

    November 19, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    What is soup without a sandwich?  Or a sandwich without soup?  Inconthevable!  (Anyone?  Princess Bride, yo.)  So of course I had to give you a bonus weekend post for all that yummy broccoli cheddar soup you’re planning to make, right?  We’ve had some apples lying about, and somehow pairing them with ham sounded good.  I’m not sure why, but I can attest that it was mighty delicious.  And super easy to make. I decided to top mine with tomatoes, which I really enjoyed as well, but I leave them off for Tyler since he pretty much hates them in their entirety.…

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  • Bloomin' Baked Apples @ tipsychocochip.com

    bloomin’ baked apples;

    December 10, 2015bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So let’s go with:  I’m going to whip these out again one day and impress someone.  They look amazing.  They taste even more amazing.  And you can pretend that they’re healthy (they’re not).  I did forget to add that extra drizzle of caramel, but you know, that’s how these things go.   I used McIntosh apples because that’s what I had lying around the house, and I wasn’t able to make the nice rings that the gunny sack described.  Because my apples were softer, I just cut out from the center instead, making sure not to cut through the base.…

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