Who says you have to stick with pumpkin desserts and treats for Thanksgiving?
Why not break tradition and try one of the delicious goodies below with fudge or cookies or fun crafty things to do with kids. If you don’t feel like shaking things up that much, put a chocolaty treat beside the pumpkin pie so your guests can choose.
~ Oreo Turkeys from Cookies and Cups
~ How to Frost a (Beautiful) Cake Tutorial at Savory Sweet Life
~ S’more Cupcakes from Annie’s Eats
~ Butter Toffee Crunch at Blue Ridge Baker
~ Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa from Wasabimon
~ Nutella and Dark Chocolate Truffles …read more

I have got to try this for Thanksgiving (or even before, because I don’t think I can wait two more weeks!). It comes from Pican Restaurant in Oakland, California, and was created by executive chef Dean Dupuis.

I don’t think that I would have ever thought to try white chocolate and sweet potatoes together before, but I’m definitely intrigued now:
White Chocolate & Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Filling
1½ pounds cream cheese
8 ounces granulated sugar
5 eggs
1 cup sweet potato puree (roast potatoes, then peel and pass through food mill)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
8 ounces white chocolate, melted over double boiler
Pinch salt
Crust
1 cup pecan halves or pieces, …read more

I’m all for eating chocolate, of course, but it can also be fun to decorate with it (temporarily!) for the upcoming holidays!

This gigantic chocolate turkey from Bissinger’s is touted as a “centerpiece” decoration for your Thanksgiving table. The semi-solid piece is made from milk chocolate with some nice darker chocolate accents, and stands at nine inches tall by 8.5 inches wide. It’s also gluten-free!
Though the real turkey and sides are the stars of the meal, I have to admit I’d be eyeballing the chocolate version if it were on my table!
Bissinger’s also has a lot of other Thanksgiving-related chocolate and …read more

I’m already burnt out with this week and there are still three days until Thanksgiving! Anyway, I dug around and found some yummy chocolate turkeys, which I think would work as cute place holders/favors for guests. Who wouldn’t want a chocolate turkey?

See’s Foil Chocolate Turkeys: 3 for $9.90
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Chocolate Fantasies Flat Chocolate Turkeys: 60 for $55.20
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Madelaine Chocolate Turkeys: 6oz 24ct $83.04
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Lake Champlain Chocolate Centerpiece Turkeys: $18.00 each
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The Chocolate Vault Molded Chocolate Placecards: 6 for $9.30 (plus .10 each for cards)

I don’t usually like to do so many recipe posts in a row, but I can’t help myself this time of year, especially with Thanksgiving just a few days away! I’m contemplating making this for my older daughter’s birthday on Wednesday. She requested a raspberry cake with chocolate frosting and I think I could pull this off and surprise her. That is, if I can still find candy corn somewhere!
Chocolate Gobbler Cake
- 1 box devil’s food cake mix
- water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1 container milk chocolate frosting
- 1 marshmallow
- Red colored sugar
- 35 …read more