Easy Chocolate Turtles

I have to admit I am not a huge fan of chocolate turtles. If I had a choice between turtles or something else, I would almost always pick the other thing. However, I have friends who absolutely love them. So I figure making batch of the chewy goodness would be a win-win situation for everyone. [...]

Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies

Would you believe even Culinary Cory doesn’t always have time to cook everything from scratch? Dare I say I occasionally turn to the semi-homemade way to save a little time? Insert screaming and crying here.
The holidays have been pretty busy for me with a ton of things to do and little time to do them. [...]

Sophie Turns One & Mini Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes

They sure do grow up so fast…don’t they? Soon Sophie will be asking for the car keys and $20 to go to the movies with her friends. Our fluffy ball of fur recently celebrated her first birthday, and I couldn’t help but celebrate with a little touch of whimsy. If you only knew how many [...]

Labor Day Weekend Adventures

My idea of a good workout involves whipping cream by hand. Brent, on the other hand, is a devoted volleyball player with a team that has the same drive for jumping, serving and spiking as I do for baking a delicious batch of cookies. The team traveled to Columbus, OH this weekend for a league [...]

Chocolate Pancakes

Are these pancakes for breakfast or for dessert?  How about both?  Hard to decide isn’t it?
The idea of making chocolate pancakes was actually inspired by an outlet shopping trip just outside of the Pittsburgh area.  I was sifting through a kitchen gadget store looking for anything I haven’t purchased yet when Brent found a box [...]

Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

I received a text message that said, “Your cookies were a huge hit! They were gone by 9 a.m.”
“I guess they really liked them,” I thought to myself.
It should be no surprise to hear that I typically don’t eat the entire portion of everything I cook.  If I did, my waistline would surely expand to [...]

Double Chocolate Swirl Bread

When I plunged my tense hands into the semi-dark dough, my frustrations began to melt away.  There was something wonderfully relaxing about kneading the dough when the only thing I wanted to do was scream at the stupidity that inspired me to bake bread in the first place.
I rarely bake breads for the simple fact [...]

Happy Birthday Chocolate Cake

Happy Birthday to me!  March 2nd is my birthday, and to celebrate, I decided to make a luscious two-tiered chocolate cake.  Now, don’t be fooled by the pictures.  This cake is quite intense, but not overly sweet.  That’s how I like it.  The combination of ingredients are designed to bring out the flavor of the [...]

Chocolate Peppermint Bark

Around this time of year, I always end up with a list of people that should receive some sort of holiday token beyond a simple card.  You know the one’s I’m talking about.  The teacher, neighbor, dog walker, landlord, coworker, bank teller, old high school sweethearts, extended family members, mail carrier, religious figure, and the [...]

Chocolate Caramel Crunch Cookies

When it comes to holiday cookies, I prefer the classics.  Give me a chewy chocolate chip, frosted sugar or rich peanut butter any day.  But there are times when I want to change things up and create a cookie that is pure decadent flavor.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been playing with my Classic Chocolate [...]

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