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Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recently for National Hot Chocolate Day I wanted to mark the occasion. My friend and fellow blogger Nikki (Tikkido.com) has a recipe on her blog so we decided to make it together on my weekly instagram live. What ingredients are […]

Recipe: Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake

Recipe: Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake

Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake  If you love chocolate cake you are really going to love this Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake. What makes this cake Mexican? Along with the usual ingredients of a chocolate cake this cake has cayenne pepper and cinnamon.  They are both ingredients […]

Recipe: Delicious Tahini Brownies

Recipe: Delicious Tahini Brownies

Delicious Tahini Brownies Sitting at the table the other day I was thinking of delicious things I could add tahini to. The thought jumped into my head that if I could make brownies with peanut butter then I could make some with tahini! What is […]

Recipe: Delicious Shortbread Fingers with Melted Chocolate

Recipe: Delicious Shortbread Fingers with Melted Chocolate

Delicious Shortbread Fingers with Melted Chocolate I always think a cup of tea or coffee is too wet and needs a lovely biscuit to go with it.  These Shortbread Fingers are perfect for that afternoon refreshment break. Fingers of easy to make shortbread dipped in […]

Recipe: What are Fluffernutter Brownies?

Recipe: What are Fluffernutter Brownies?

What are Fluffernutter Brownies? When I was a child as a special treat we were able to have a fluffernutter sandwich. What is a fluffernutter sandwich you might ask. A fluffernutter is made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff.  Marshmallow fluff comes in a jar […]

Recipe: Peanut Butter Blondies

Recipe: Peanut Butter Blondies

Peanut Butter Blondies I have been craving peanut butter bakes lately.  This recipe for Peanut Butter blondies is one from a friend of mine Helen whose blog Fuss Free Flavours features this delicious recipe. I remember when Brownies were in every cafe and coffee shop […]

Recipe – Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans

Recipe – Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans I do love peanut butter cookies and I love chocolate chip cookies so it made sense to combine them, add some chopped pecan nuts and bake a really delicious cookie.  These are perfect to have with your afternoon […]

ChocFace – Custom Designed Chocolate

ChocFace – Custom Designed Chocolate

ChocFace – Custom Designed Chocolate It’s been a really trying time since early 2020. Many people not able to see those loved ones and friends for fear being attacked by an unseen predator. Light at the end of the tunnel. There is however light at […]

Flour Shortage Chocolate Brownies

Flour Shortage Chocolate Brownies

Here is a recipe for Chocolate Brownies in a flour shortage:- During the current Coronavirus we are experiencing loads of shortages in the supermarkets.  One item which has not been on the shelves for a couple of weeks is flour. I was looking through my […]

Recipe: Valentine’s Day Cake

Recipe: Valentine’s Day Cake

Nordic Ware have been making their iconic cast aluminium bundt baking tins since the early 1950s, constantly expanding their range.  They have become collector’s items. I have a rather large collection and recently have been sent a Three Tiered Heart Shaped cake pan to review. […]

Grenada: Recipe for Banana Bread, Chocolate & Spices

Grenada: Recipe for Banana Bread, Chocolate & Spices

My recipe for Banana Bread with Grenada Spices and Chocolate. I attended the 6th Grenada Chocolate Festival (this was my fifth time) and as part of the festival I was asked to do a demonstration to the festival guests. I decided to bake my favourite […]

Recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Brownies

Recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Brownies

Here is my recipe for Easy Peanut Butter Brownies, rich and chocolaty with the salty stripes of smooth peanut butter. Recently it was national chocolate day as well as national peanut butter day so naturally I decided to combine the two and make Peanut Butter […]

Giveaway: Two Beautiful Tins Filled with Chocolate and Love’s Mini Bars.

Giveaway: Two Beautiful Tins Filled with Chocolate and Love’s Mini Bars.

Do you want to win two beautiful tins filled with Chocolate and Love’s Mini Bars? I am very much in favour of good, unadulterated chocolate. Chocolate that melts in your mouth with your eyes closed and your thoughts drifting away to cocoa plantations in far […]

Grenada: like coming home!

Grenada: like coming home!

Visiting Grenada makes me feel like I am coming home! The country of Grenada is a small island but crammed full of experiences, food, spices and amazing places to stay.  This year will be my 4th visit to the island. We will be staying in […]

Giveaway: Chocolate and Love

Giveaway: Chocolate and Love

I was really pleased to meet the people from Chocolate and Love again this year at an event in July. They have a few new bars of their incredible chocolate and as such sent me the new collection to review. Their current collection contains eight […]

Grenada: 3rd Annual Grenada Chocolate Festival

Grenada: 3rd Annual Grenada Chocolate Festival

Grenada: 3rd Annual Chocolate Festival I was privileged to attend the 2nd Annual Grenada Chocolate Festival in 2015, the first time I had been to the Spice Island and I knew from day one it would not be the only visit! I was so touched […]