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Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Toasted Coconut Double Chocolate Brownies

Yep, it’s blowing a gale outside but inside, it’s warm, cozy and smells like the most decadent chocolate and tropical coconut ever. I’m happy that the small lingers because I actually made these Toasted Coconut Double Chocolate Brownies before work this morning because frankly, I thought we’d lose power and internet this afternoon, but so far, we’re doing ok. There is a LOT (a lot, a lot) of snow falling, but that is ok. Digging out my car tomorrow won’t be much fun, but that’s what living in New England is all about.

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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Bakery-Style Triple Chocolate Cookies, Dressed up for Valentines Day

I’ve gotten to be pretty known for my “Biggie” cookies — the oversized, deli-style cookies as big as your hand. So I decided to make a rile chocolate variety of them to include with the Valentine’s Day set. As with the others, these are huge (about 4-4 1/2 inches in diameter), both crunchy on the edges and gooey in the middle. The M&Ms didn’t still particularly stick well so when I make these in the future, I think that I will still with White Chocolate Melting Wafers as the decoration.

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Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks

Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cocoa Crumble

These Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cocoa Crumble turned out to be really, really yummy, with one caveat. They are great within a few hours coming out of the oven. The tangy raspberries play well with the chocolate chips and the crumble is a nice addition. But in a rare time that I say “eat them right away or make a half batch” they didn’t hold up well after a few hours. Mainly because the crumble got really hard, surprisingly quickly. So that was a disappointment. I suppose that you could also make them with regular (non-cocoa) crumble that doesn’t get rock hard, or just eat them very expeditiously.

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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting + a Sea Salt Caramel Drizzle

It’s my best friend’s birthday weekend and pretty much every year, she asks for Red Velvet “something” — from cake to cupcakes to whoopie pies. This year, I went back to the cupcake plan, but went a bit overboard with the white chocolate (which she also loves) cream cheese frosting, topped with an over indulgent a sea salt caramel drizzle, Yum. Too bad that she actually won’t get these cupcakes for her birthday, because my car ended up at the repair station on Friday afternoon and won’t be ready until Monday, so I ended up not at her place, but I’ll remake them next week hen I see her again and in the meantime, the mechanics at the shop will get a nice treat when I pick up my Volkswagen

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