Boxes of Russell Stover chocolates pop up everywhere this time of year — more so than usual, anyway! Instead of spending money on a box of chocolates that you have no control over what’s in them, why not try making your own for a little bit of a special touch for family and friends?

Make sure you plan ahead since these need to sit overnight in the refrigerator. You can add some chopped pecans, walnuts or even almonds too, and present them in one of those cute holiday-themed aluminum tins with the plastic lids for gift-giving.
Homemade Russell Stover Coconut Chocolates
2 c. …read more

Sunday nights are dessert nights at my house (having a “set night” keeps the kids from asking every night!) and yesterday afternoon I realized I hadn’t made anything. I wasn’t in the mood to do anything too involved like a cake or even ice cream (it’s been one of those weeks), but I’m always up for cookies, so I set out to find something a little more substantial than an everyday chocolate chip cookie.

I found this recipe from My Baking Addiction, one of my favorite food blogs, and was very happy to realize that I had all the ingredients on …read more

During another excursion to Sam’s Club last week I came across a box of M&M’s new Limited Edition Coconut candies. I’ve heard about these but haven’t seen them anywhere else, so I somewhat grudgingly put the box in my cart (grudgingly because there’s always the chance they’ll be nasty, and then I’m stuck with a whole box of them!).

Thankfully, they’re pretty tasty! The pack is only 1.5 oz, and contained about 23 candies. The candies themselves are about the size of a peanut butter M&M (slightly bigger than a plain but smaller than a peanut), and come in dark brown, …read more

I loooove German chocolate cake, and I couldn’t pass up this picture for this week’s Chocolate Zen!
What’s your favorite kind of chocolate cake? Plain? Molten? Zucchini?
[image: flickr]