If you order your chocolate dipped fruit today it’ll arrive nice and fresh by Monday!

Enter this code and you’ll save $5 off your order from Saturday to Sunday

Code: VDAY0214

Click HERE to visit the Edible Arrangements

Chocolate Rabbits!  Last day for the Gift a Day Giveaway at Lindt.com!

Grand prize of $2,500 where the winner will be drawn o Christmas day!  Other prizes include FREE Lindt chocolates and daily cash prizes of $500.

If this wasn’t enough for you chocolate lovers out there, Lindt will be having 50% of or more off for their Boxing week sales at their 4 locations.

Visit Lindt.com for more details by clicking here

Participating Lindt stores for Boxing week include:

• Etobicoke – 1557 The Queensway
• Mississauga – 7090 Kennedy Road
• Scarborough – 2250 Marhkam Road
• Toronto Eaton Centre – 290 Yonge Street

TItle Photography by:  By Crash-Down

Today as I was going through baking ideas trying to come up with something to bring to a holiday event, I came across this fantastic recipe from my University days. I got this recipe for “Death Muffins”, ironically from my Christian residence’s Fall term cookbook. Every week we had an all-residence dinner hour where everyone was expected to attend dinner at the same time in order to build community. If you’re envisioning the a scene from The Waltons right now, you’re getting close. Anyway, these muffins are decadent, heavenly and utterly to die for…hence the name. If you’re stuck for something quick and easy to bring along to a party, I promise that these will be an instant hit!

The directions are incredibly easy and very fast if you decide to use a mix. I’ve done it both ways and I have to say, the mix is just as good if you’re pressed for time, so don’t feel guilty about the ‘not from scratch’ factor.
There are plenty of variations of this recipe out there if you look around. You can frost the muffins and turn them into cupcakes, omit the chocolate chips, add nuts, add food colouring to the cheese mix for a themed party…the sky is the limit! You can even swap up the chocolate cake for a white sponge and add fruit pieces to the cheese mix to create a slightly healthier version.

Chocolate-Cheese Cupcakes

(AKA: Death Muffins)

Cake:*
1½ c. flour (375 ml)
1 c. sugar (250 ml)
¼ c. cocoa (60 ml)
1 t. baking soda (5 ml)
¼ t. salt (2 ml)
1 c. water (250 ml)
5 T. salad oil (75 ml)
1 T. vinegar (15 ml)
1 t. vanilla (5 ml)

Filling:
1-8 oz pkg. cream cheese
1/3 c. sugar (80 ml)
1 egg
1-6 oz pkg. chocolate chips
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and eggs
together and stir in chocolate chips to
make filling.
• In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar,
cocoa, soda and salt.
• In a 2nd bowl, beat together the water,
oil, vinegar and vanilla.
• Gradually add this to dry ingredients,
beating until smooth.
• Fill 18 paper-lined cupcake tins about
half full of batter.
• Top each with a T. (15ml) of the filling.
• Sprinkle the tops with finely chopped
nuts, if desired.
• Bake at 350º (180°C) for 25 minutes, or
top springs back when pressed.
* Note: A cake mix can be used instead.

Ever think about those commercially driven and made up holidays to help push the consumers to spend some more dough?   I’ve never heard of National Dipped Fruit Week before but I’m guessing none of you out there has either but Edible Arrangements will help tempt your senses.

For one week only get a box of your favourite gourmet dipped fruit for only $10.

Website:  Click Here
Date:  October 7 – 24.2010

An interesting gift slash dessert for your Thanksgiving party tonight.   If you’re looking for something to bring and someone’s already called dibs on the cranberry sauce think about considering the gift of chocolate dipped fruit instead.

Happy Thanksgiving

Edible Arrangements:  Click Here
Promo Code:   INET1013

Photo by adr!@n

Here’s recipe for you sinners out there who love to sink their guilty pleasures into a chocolate layered dessert with pudding and whip cream..Enjoy!

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 tub whipped topping, 32 ounces
1 package (4oz) vanilla instant pudding
1 package (4oz) chocolate instant pudding
3 cups cold milk, divided
1 square semisweet chocolate, shaved, or mini semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation:

1. Combine flour, butter and pecans and press into a 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.
2. Combine cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar and spread over pecan mixture. Spread half of the whipped topping over the cream cheese layer.
3. Mix package of vanilla pudding using 1-1/2 cups of milk. Spoon evenly over the whipped topping; spread until layer is even. Mix package of chocolate pudding using remaining 1-1/2 cups milk. Spread on top of vanilla pudding.
4. Spread remaining whipped topping on top and sprinkle with shaved semisweet chocolate or mini chocolate chips.

Photo by Boise IT

Recipe from our friends at About.com

About three feet tall and made from 150 pounds of rich smooth creamy chocolate stands the Hershey’s Stanley Cup.  This massive block of chocolate is the sweetest life size replica Lord Stanely’s mug ever made.  Maybe they can wrap the chocolate in tin foil and make it the largest Hershey’s Kiss replica right after.

This replica was unveiled at the Hockey Hall of Fame yesterday to celebrate a multi-year partnership between the NHL and Hershey’s Canada making the chocolate giant the official chocolate & candy company of the national hockey league.

Watch the video of the making of Hershey’s Stanley cup below.

This picture of Nick Kypreos licking the chocolate cup might be the most creepy and repulsive image of the day!  What an ogre.

Introducing the newest member to the YummyLocal family, Tomato Pretz!

Tomato Pretz is all about the restaurant deals and is an eccentrically charged certified chocoholic.  Tomato Pretz works as an advertising executive and who better to spot a deal than a professional?

She loves fine dining, baking, Asian foods, and most importantly dessert!

This month is truly a love affair for chocolate fanatics in China. Beijing is hosting a 3 month long chocolate celebration with the “World’s Chocolate Dream Park” and Shanghai has a slightly smaller exhibit with the 3 day “Chocolate Exhibition” This might be the closest thing to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory but with a historical and cultural twist.

World Chocolate Dream Park
Location: The Olympic Green
Opening dates: January 29 to April 10, 2010
Opening times: Weekdays 9 AM to 5:30 PM; weekends 9 AM to 7:30 PM
Prices: RMB 60 (child) and 80 (adult)

Le Salon du Chocolat
Location: Shanghai Exhibition Center, 1000 Yan’an Zhong Lu, Jing An
Opening dates: January 21-23, 2010
Opening times: 9 AM to 5 PM
Prices: RMB 30 (child) and 60 (adult)

For those who love fine pastries using fresh natural ingredients, you must check out Frangipane.

At Frangipane you’ll find a large variety of tasty creations from cakes, tarts, cookies, chocolates and desserts for all occassions.  For people with a gluten allergy, they have many gluten-free alternatives too.  They even do custom orders.  As you can see, their work is just simply beautiful.  I’ve tried many of their tarts and cakes.  They taste as good as they look.  I’ve never been disappointed.  You can find Frangipane at 215 Madison Avenue at Dupont in Toronto.  They can also be reached at (416) 926-0303.

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