I had first heard of Ethel’s Chocolates a few years ago while living in Chicago, where they had multiple shops. Sadly according to Yelp, it appears that most (maybe all?) of their Chi-town locations have closed. I never knew that they were based in Las Vegas but figured what better place to revisit them than […]

Snow Day! What’d you do to celebrate? I made cookies!

I have been particularly happy with this month’s Every Day with Rachael Ray and not just because of their crazy in-depth pizza article. One of my favorite contributors to Rachael’s mag is Silvana Nardone. I made her Cheesecake-Filled Pumpkin Cupcakes from the November issue and as […]

The holidays are here! Are you in full-on holiday baking crazy mode? Me too!
I opened up the latest issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray and to find a feature about kitchen tools that are necessary for holiday cooking. At first I was surprised that they included the cookie press. I had received one as a […]

When I think of homemade baked goods, I generally dream of fuuudgy brownies and sofffft cookies. Soft and chewy treats are definitely my preference, however there are a few exceptions - one of which is the crispy, crunchy florentine.
Florentines are thin lace cookies traditionally made with chopped almonds. Unfortunately Taste Tester can’t eat nuts, so […]

I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to let go of summer just yet! Already there’s a slight chill in the air, and even though it’s the first day of September (how does that always come so fast?) I have still been craving the cold, refreshing desserts of summer.
Today’s recipe is for a […]

Taste Tester and I both celebrated birthdays last week, and you can be sure that there were plenty of desserts… and then more desserts, oh and then some MORE desserts, land some desserts after that. It was my kind of birthday!
SWEET AND SALTY
Early in the week, Taste Tester made these unbelievable Salted Fudge Brownies. They […]

Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in posts. I had some family obligations this week and wasn’t able to write - you know I wouldn’t skip out on my chocolate and peanut butter without good reason!
Lucky for me, it appears that you cpb lovers have telepathic powers because in my absence, you have been nice […]

Parties tend to sneak up on me during the summer. Suddenly you have to whip up something but you don’t have a ton of time and don’t feel like sweating it out in the kitchen. Luckily I have a solution if should you find yourself in such a predicament.
I discovered this yummy sounding but super […]

Uh oh, watch out - we’re on a cupcake kick again!
Taste Tester wanted to visit Sweet Revenge ages ago. It took us a while, but we recently gained the motivation to go from this list of New York’s Best Cupcakes by Nancy Olson of Gramery Tavern. Nancy raved about Sweet Revenge’s “The Sweet Revenge” peanut […]

Taste Tester found out about Brooklyn Kitchen’s Third Annual Cupcake Cookoff on Friday, three days in advance. Given the short notice, my immediate reaction was not to bother with it because there wasn’t enough time to prepare. But after a little more coaxing and a bit of obsessing over what kind of chocolate peanut butter […]