With the end of the year upon us it’s always fun to look back at the previous 12 months!
Here are the most popular posts from Chocolate Bytes for 2008. Did I include your favorite?

Make your own Oreos
Two-minute microwave fudge
Layered chocolate cheesecake bars
Chocolate cake in five minutes
How to check a label for expired candy
Grilled chocolate bananas
New chocolate biscuits baffle Brits
Lindt Excellence Chili Bar
Better Than WHAT Cake
Homemade Oreo ice cream
Flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
Chocolate chip blondies

Yes, fudge in the microwave, and speedy fudge at that!
Two-Minute Microwave Fudge
1 lb. powdered sugar (powdered sugar)
1/2 cup cocoa
1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine or butter
1/4 c. milk (any kind, even skim)
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1/4 – 1/2 c. pecans or walnuts (optional)
Mix sugar and cocoa together in a microwave safe bowl. Make a well in the center. Slice butter into the well and add milk. Microwave 2 minutes on High. Remove and stir. Add vanilla and nuts and stir. Turn into buttered pan and refrigerate.
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I found an awesome link over the weekend with instructions on how to make a single-serve chocolate cake in only five minutes using your microwave!
Five Minute Chocolate Cake
You’ll need:
4 Tablespoons cake flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
1 Mug
Instructions:
Mix flour, sugar and cocoa. Spoon in 1 egg and pour in milk and oil, and mix well. Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power (1000watt) and wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug. Tip contents out of mug onto saucer and enjoy!
Make sure you use cake flour – all purpose tends to …read more

Melting chocolate isn’t rocket science but it is something you need to pay attention to! The above video gives you tips and different techniques for melting chocolate (with more attention paid to microwave melting).

This video shows you how to add the melted chocolate to buttercream frosting. Who needs canned when you make the real stuff yourself?

A few days ago my neighbour stopped me out of the blue to tell me how to melt chocolate.  It didn’t seem that strange at the time, but looking back I have to wonder.  Do I look like I need to know how to melt chocolate?  I mean, aside from the constant chocolate smudges on my chin and clothing, how did she know that I am a chocoholic?  Besides, maybe I already knew how to melt chocolate (I really was just kind of winging it).
Turns out there was probably no sinister meaning behind her instructions to me.  She had simply …read more