• Hand unwrapping a cider caramel

    apple cider caramels;

    November 17, 2023bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Take a bite of fall flavor in these delicious, chewy apple cider caramels. Everything you know and love about caramel, but now with an apple cinnamon finish!

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  • apple cider slush;

    October 1, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    I said brrr, it’s cold in here. In the morning maybe, but then it’s hot again by the afternoon. This apple cider slush is cool and refreshing and has all the fall flavors you could want in an icy drink.

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  • Round potion bottle of swirling gold felix felicis, a Harry Potter inspired Halloween cocktail, and apples in the background

    liquid luck halloween cocktail;

    September 4, 2020bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A glorious golden Harry Potter-inspired elixer: this swirling felix felicis potion, also known as liquid luck will make you lucky—lucky you’re the life of the party with a good cider drink in your hand!

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  • Caramel Apple Sangria @ bestwithchocolate.com

    apple cider sangria;

    February 2, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Delicious caramel apple cider sangria, festive for fall, but delicious all year round! – – Who doesn’t love apples?  Who doesn’t love wine?  Who doesn’t love putting the two together?  If the answer is you, I’m not entirely sure why you’re reading this, but who am I to judge? First things first, chop some apples!  I really liked having the mix of red and green apples for some extra color, so for this recipe I used red delicious and granny smith.  If I had to pick one though, I’d go with the granny smith.  I like the little bit sour…

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  • Event Review: PA Bloomsburg Fair @ bestwithchocolate.com

    event review: PA bloomsburg fair;

    October 7, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This past weekend was our annual trip to Bloomsburg Fair!  For those of you wondering what’s so cool about the Bloomsburg fair and why it’s an annual trip, let me explain. My sister went to Lafayette college in PA, and I went to Bucknell university, also in PA. One of her friends grew up in Bloomsburg, and so they started going every year with their group of college friends. Once I got to college, they invited me along, and so I try to join them every year now!  It’s a blast. I don’t know that it’s the biggest fair, or…

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  • Jousting at the MD Renaissance Festival! Read about it @ bestwithchocolate.com

    Lords and Ladies, Welcome to Ye Old Maryland Renaissance Festival

    September 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    G’dday ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the Renaissance Faire of ye olde!  Jk, I’m not going to type the whole post like that.  Mostly because I had to think even long and hard about that one sentence!  But I wanted to share with everyone the fun we have at the now annual Renaissance Fair escapade!  My sister has gone with some of her college friends for a lot longer than I have (this was only my second year).  But now that I’m in the area, I get to tag along, and also provide a place to crash!  It’s a…

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  • Cider floats @ bestwithchocolate.com

    cider floats;

    February 17, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Here’s a new one for the books!  Who would have thought–cold cider floats!  I sure wouldn’t have. You can thank Cornell’s Grad students for this doozy. I was up in Ithaca visiting a friend this past weekend for “galentines” day, and their “TGIF” (Read: thank grads it’s Friday) served cider floats! Now I’ve only tried it specifically with McKenzie’s seasonal hard cider, and I will say that it would take some convincing to get me to try another. That’s for a couple reasons. Firstly, the winter seasonal (as I am assuming it is) definitely has some Christmas-spice notes that really…

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