School has either started or will be started soon for kids everywhere. How do you make it special? You can bet mine usually involves chocolate!
~ I wrote a post last year about some fun lunchbox ideas for making going back to school special.
~ Homemade Back-to-School Treats: Chocolate Chip Cookies and Peanut Butter French Fries
~ Homemade ice cream sandwiches will brighten up any afternoon homework session.
~ Back to school kid-approved treats from the Food Network, including frozen chocolate bananas.
~ Check out the ideas for chocolate from lunches to electronics to gifts for teachers.
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The kids started back to school today. It’s always bittersweet because while it’s nice to sit in silence for the first time in three months I also miss them terribly.
Anyway, surprisingly they all wanted peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches for lunch, and I cut them into little star-shaped “puzzles” using the Lunch Box Builder that Tracey posted.
Now I need to go get some cleaning done (because now it’ll stay that way longer than 15 minutes!) but make sure you stop in tomorrow — the entire Home and Dining channel has something really fun planned!
Also, my b5 email address in …read more

I had a lot of fun coming up with ideas to combine chocolate with going back to school for the First Annual Home & Dining Back To School Showcase!
In The Lunchbox
The most obvious is chocolate in the lunchbox. Mass Recipes has a Lunchbox Chocolate Banana Snackin’ Bar that looks pretty good.
My girls also like the regular old mini candybars for a post-sandwich treat. Just make sure you pack it close to the ice pack for a little while longer.
I came across this Charlie & the Chocolate Factory old-school style lunchbox from Lunchbox.com. I didn’t even know they made the …read more