Aunt Noni’s Christmas Fudge makes a great base for a steamy cup of Fudgy Hot Chocolate. Just add hot milk, and marshmallows if you like. You can even add a shot of espresso for an invigorating mocha flavor.
Tag: Chocolate
Aunt Hen’s Chocolate Angel Pie
Aunt Hen’s Chocolate Angel Pie nestles a chocolate cream filling into a crust of crunchy sweet meringue. The result is a pie that strikes an elegant balance between light and satisfying.
Chewy Chocolate Meringue Cookies
This recipe takes Meringue Cookies to a new level of intensity and relevance, producing a cookie that is dense, chewy, flavorful and abundantly satisfying. Besides that, it is gluten free.
White Chocolate Almond Brownies (Blondies)
I once had a recipe for the perfect summer dessert bar: White Chocolate Brownies. The photo was luscious 80’s elegance, a stack of pale squarely sliced bars drizzled with a grid of dark chocolate and arranged on a red plate. They looked picnic ready and utterly delectable. I swooned and clipped the page…
Aunt Hen’s Chocolate Bar Pie
Chocolate Bar Pie is a simple recipe. All you need to make it is two basic ingredients along with water, a pinch of salt and the pie shell of your choice. Still it is a crowd pleaser. Aunt Hen recognized the value of such a recipe. Classically light and sweet, it was easy to make, easy to enjoy and still made her guests feel special.
Meringue Torte
I love February. I like the way it sounds, beginning with a frisky fricative followed suddenly by the pairing of two unlikely mid-word consonants in a mismatch that invites us to think before speaking. I like the way it begins with that famous rodent checking the shadows for promises of […]
A Simple Amaretto Chocolate Mousse
Silken Tofu makes a wonderful addition to this Simple Amaretto Chocolate Mousse. The recipe is super easy, wholesome and delicious…plus few would ever guess the secret ingredient in this creamy smooth chocolate mousse unless you told them.
Spiced Chocolate Cream Cheese Spread
A little brown sugar, along with cinnamon, chili and chocolate, adds an appealing hint of heat to velvety cool cream cheese. Top with chocolate curls and cocoa powder then serve with ginger snaps or shortbread cookies for a pretty deconstructed cheesecake to share with friends.
Kentucky Derby Bars
This recipe transforms Aunt Hen’s Brownie Pie into a bar cookie that spreads the nut-studded chocolate-y wealth of a dessert for eight into thirty or so delicious four-bite portions.
Triple Chocolate Guinness Brownies
I have just discovered a truly awesome dessert for St. Patrick’s Day. The recipe is flavored with a full bottle of Guinness Stout and is easily prepared from ingredients you are likely to have on hand, especially on St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
Hot Chocolate
It is a gorgeous Valentine’s Day here in Memphis! It is bright and sunny and the temperature is in the neighborhood of 60F. It is the perfect atmosphere for sunny smiles and red high heels. Out for lunch at Houston’s it was great to see folks of all ages dressed […]
Oreo Streusel Ribbon Cake
After a challenging month it is time to count my blessings! I want to celebrate friends and family, people who have gone out of their way to help me …