Chocolate

Chocolate Covered Cherry Lime Dip

By Sherry K on April 18th, 2013

with Mini Profiterole Dunkin’ Sticks

My heart is filled with gratitude right now. Many of you read about my aunt and her “Easter feast” a couple of weeks ago. (If you missed the post, it is here: Easter Egg Nest Centerpiece.) Little did I know how close I came to [...]

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Easter Egg Nest Centerpiece

By Sherry K on March 21st, 2013

Every Easter, we head down to my aunt’s house for a huge feast. She really puts on a spread, complete with spiral ham, slow- cooker cheesy scalloped taters, asparagus casserole, and a huge array of desserts: carrot cake, German chocolate cake, pineapple chess pie, cherry cheesecake, the works!

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Phyllo (Fill-o) My Cup Bar

By Sherry K on February 21st, 2013

The other night, we had our friend Michelle over for a VERY important basketball game. Ya see, Indiana University was playing Michigan State, and it was a HUGE match-up, since they are 1 and 2 in the Big 10, respectively. More importantly, my S.O. and I are IU alums, [...]

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Cherry Lime Truffle Cups

By Sherry K on February 14th, 2013

And Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge!

It’s funny how inspiration comes in different forms. As a composer, I see inspiration all around me — in colors, textures, emotions and other elements of our everyday existence. For instance, I can hear a certain rhythm in the sound of children playing [...]

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Profiteroles

By Sherry K on January 17th, 2013

The other night, I was in the kitchen (go figure!), when the following conversation took place–

S.O.: What’cha making out there?

Me: Profiteroles

S.O.: Old dinner rolls?

Me: Profiteroles

S.O.: What kind of rolls?

Me: Cream puffs

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Chocolate Crepes with Orange Creme

By Sherry K on January 10th, 2013

My S.O.’s brother and sister-in-law (E and L) came for an overnight visit last weekend.

They have 2 dogs also, so you can imagine that this place was a racetrack for a couple of days! We were thoroughly entertained while watching them all romp around the house. One of [...]

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Spiced Cranberry Chocolate Cake

By Sherry K on December 14th, 2012

Here I go layering again.

I guess I just can’t help myself.

Just like I can’t help but add cranberries and cream cheese to a chocolate cake. I mean, who does these things?

At first it didn’t seem like a match made in [...]

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Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse Pie

By Sherry K on October 25th, 2012

I just love layers. I don’t know, maybe I am influenced by the Legos and Lincoln Logs of my youth; but there’s something about stacking that intrigues me.

So when it comes to stacking flavors, I’m particularly interested. And if those flavors happen to be pumpkin and chocolate, [...]

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Chocolate Nacho Pizza

By Sherry K on May 1st, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

Last weekend, my S.O. (Significant Other) and I went to the Saugatuck Brewery, in Saugatuck, Michigan. We enjoyed the most amazing hummus with homemade flour tortilla chips, but our ratio of chips to hummus leaned heavily on the chips, so we ended up bringing several of them home. Since [...]

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