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Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Posted on February 11, 2015 by nyfoodiefamily@gmail.com

I love making homemade cookies. They are usually really easy to make and often make a lot! I can send some into work with the Mr., store some in the freezer and still have plenty for us to snack on throughout the week. We feel so much better giving the kids homemade cookies versus the packaged kind….not that we don’t buy a package of cookies from the grocery store every now and then! I love that I can take cookies out of the freezer, put them in the kids’ lunch bags, and by lunchtime they are defrosted for them to enjoy. I had a bag of peanut butter chips sitting in the pantry for way too long. I was on a mission to use them and found this recipe. These cookies were really good..nice and soft and chewy. You can’t go wrong with the combination of chocolate and peanut butter!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
Recipe adapted from My Mommy Style

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups peanut butter chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time mixing until combined. Add vanilla and continue mixing.
Gradually add the flour mixture, beating well. Stir in the peanut butter chips.
Drop rounded teaspoons of cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-9 minutes (cookies will be soft, do not overbake).
Cool on cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing and adding to wire rack to cool completely.

February is National Chocolate Lover’s Month!

Posted on February 3, 2015 by nyfoodiefamily@gmail.com

Are you a chocolate lover? If you are, February is your month. To celebrate National Chocolate Lover’s Month (and just a reminder that Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching!) I have rounded up a collection of gift ideas for you or the chocolate lovers in your life!

How about joining a chocolate of the month club? Godiva, The Gourmet Chocolate of the Month Club, Lake Champlain Chocolates and many other companies offer monthly subscriptions.

If you want something on a smaller scale, gourmet candy bars are always a hit. Chocolate bars are being made with all types of ingredients including chilies, ginger, quinoa, wasabi, espresso beans, bacon, berries, and much more! We recently reviewed the Prestat Pink Equatorial Dark Chocolate with Pink Himalayan Sea Salt bar here.

Many people love chocolate covered strawberries. They can be ordered online from companies like Edible Arrangements and Shari’s Berries. Or they can be easily made at home. Check out Martha Stewart’s recipe for Chocolate Covered Strawberries here.

For those who like to cook how about silicone chocolate molds to make your own chocolates? And maybe a chocolate dessert cookbook to go along with it?

Do you like wine? How about the best of both worlds with a chocolate-infused wine? Blog Chocolate Wine gives a comprehensive review of the chocolate wine market, explaining the different types of chocolate wines and descriptions of the different wines available.

For edible, non-candy chocolate food items, maybe try some chocolate pasta, dark chocolate infused balsamic vinegar or chocolate and fruit jelly?

For those who want to be pampered, there are chocolate face masks, chocolate body scrubs, chocolate hair conditioner, chocolate lip balm and even chocolate perfumes!

And finally, there are tons of kitschy, as well as classy, chocolate lover themed aprons, shirts, mugs, wine glasses, etc. with quotes like “Just hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt” and “Chocolate: it’s cheaper than THERAPY and you don’t need an appointment.” Are you looking for a chocolate bar key chain calculator or messenger bag? They make it!

Amazon.com sells all of the items mentioned above and more! Specialty and gourmet stores may sell many of these products as well.

Please share some of your favorite chocolate gift recommendations!

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Prestat Chocolate – Pink Everest: Equatorial Dark Chocolate with Pink Himalayan Sea Salt

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nyfoodiefamily@gmail.com

I received this chocolate bar from my brother-in-law as part of my Christmas gift. I had never heard of Prestat before receiving this. Prestat is a United Kingdom based chocolate company that was established in London in 1902. This bar, named Pink Everest is a dark chocolate bar with pink Himalayan sea salt. Each piece of dark chocolate was engraved with the Prestat logo. Although you can’t tell in the picture below, this bar had pieces of pink Himalyan sea salt throughout. This chocolate was decadent. The dark chocolate was smooth and the pieces of sea salt complemented the flavor.

A quick browse of their website shows that they sell truffles in varieties like red velvet, London gin and dark sea salt caramel. Each chocolate bar has a name. Besides the Pink Everest, some other bars they sell include Tea Time Frolics: Earl grey tea with twists of lemon in milk chocolate and Knickerbocker Glory: Passion fruit, meringue, strawberry and almonds in white chocolate. Whatever your chocolate preference, Prestat has it. While I received this chocolate bar as a gift, the bars are a bit pricey. They retail on the site for 3.95 pounds which roughly equates to about $6 a bar. This chocolate is meant to be savored though and was eaten one square at a time over several days. A list of stores where Prestat chocolate products are sold can be found here. If you have tried Prestat chocolates, please share any recommendations!
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