I’ve spent a lot of time over at MonkeySee, which was recommended to us by Sandy. It’s so much more professional than Youtube, and a lot of the videos are split up into segments so you can see just the parts you want or need to!

Anyway, I came across these quick videos on how to make and assemble “dirt cups.” With summer break starting next week I want to start spending some more time in the kitchen with my daughters to get them started on some of the basics, and I think something fun like this will really appeal to them!

I think these would also be yummy after ten or so minutes in the freezer on an especially hot day!

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So because I’m a little bit of a rush I leave you with a little bit of fluff: Speed painting of the Numa Numa kid

with chocolate and a spoon. I kid you not. Be safe and celebrate with some chocolate!

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There’s nothing like reading about chocolate and eating Oreos. Yum. I love my work.

Godiva may be a master chocolatier, but there is nothing like an Oreo and a big glass of milk. Do you agree?

Some Oreo info from Wikipedia:

Originally, Oreo cookies were mound-shaped. The source of the name “Oreo” comes from the Greek “ωραίο” – “oreo,” meaning “beautiful” or “nice.” The modern design of the Oreo cookie allows it to be eaten in several ways. Some people twist apart the wafers and eat the filling first; others eat the cookie without taking it apart. Some prefer to eat Oreo cookies after dunking them in milk.

According to a statement from Kim McMiller, an Associate Director of Consumer Relations, a two-stage process is used to make Oreo cookies. The base cake dough is formed into the familiar round cookies by a rotary mold at the entrance of a 300-foot-long oven. Key ingredients include sugar (later replaced with high fructose corn syrup), Dutch cocoa, and pure chocolate liquor purchased from outside suppliers in addition to flour which is milled at Nabisco’s flour mill.

And here is a video made by some other Oreo lovers to Weird Al Yankovic’s The White Stuff – which is a parody song about – you guessed it – Oreos. Watch this to see what my teeth look like right now. Yummy.

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