• Matcha Cookies @ bestwithchocolate.com

    countdown to new years: matcha shortbread cookies;

    December 30, 2015bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So today was a flurry of shopping, baking, and cooking!  I’m exhausted but excited.  It was lucky that I took the day off from work so I had enough time to do everything that needed to be done for our kick-ass New Year’s Eve Party!  We pulled out all the stops.  I’ve got a whole trivia game about 2015 ready, set with prizes;  I made some props for us to use in a makeshift “photobooth” (more like a golden photo corner);  and of course, the drinks — a mimosa bar!  I’m super excited about it all but especially the mimosa…

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  • Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies @ bestwithchocolate.com

    cake batter chocolate chip cookies;

    November 18, 2015bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    These are yum and fun to pull out!  I found that the recipe I used (see below) was actually a bit sweet, and judging by my taste-test of the batter, I think the cookies lost some of their cake-batter-ness with the addition of the sugars.  No, I didn’t eat 4 cookies worth of dough … >.>.  Shhhhh.  Next time I think I’ll try leaving out the sugar. Or maybe make a full batch leaving all sugar out of one half, and adding only brown sugar to the other half.  Will have to do some experimenting.  I know all my friends…

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