Tag: chocolate

Chocolate Granola with Hazelnuts

Chocolate Granola with Hazelnuts

Homemade granola is a staple item in my pantry. I love to have granola on hand for quick snacks and easy breakfasts. Plus, I love how much culinary freedom making my own granola gives me—I can add whatever ingredients I want! Recently I decided to 

6 Chocolate Recipes for Valentine’s Day

6 Chocolate Recipes for Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day! Below I have rounded up six delicious chocolate recipes to celebrate your and your loved ones today. If the commercialization of Valentine’s Day isn’t your thing, that’s ok – I’m a bit of a Valentine’s Grinch myself – but who doesn’t love 

Chocolate Pecan Toffee Bars

Chocolate Pecan Toffee Bars

Valentine’s Day is less than a week away and what better way to celebrate than with chocolate? Continue reading Chocolate Pecan Toffee Bars

Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Cups with Toasted Buckwheat

Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Cups with Toasted Buckwheat

Back in December I went to the One of a Kind Show in Toronto to get a bit of holiday shopping out of the way. For those of you that are not familiar, the One of a Kind Show is a large multi-day convention of Canadian 

Strawberry & Pistachio Bark with Flaky Salt

Strawberry & Pistachio Bark with Flaky Salt

It’s no secret that I love chocolate. I have never been huge on candy, but chocolate is something that I always keep on hand. I especially love dark chocolate. If we’re getting specific, I love the Lindt Excellence Ecuador 75% Cacao chocolate the most. I 

Decadent Hot Chocolate

Decadent Hot Chocolate

With the unfortunate resurgence of winter weather we are currently experiencing here in Southern Ontario, I thought there would be no time like the present to share one of my favourite winter recipes, but who am I kidding? I make this hot chocolate recipe all year around, but it is especially nice to enjoy whilst curled up by the fire watching snowflakes flutter down outside your window or while staying indoors to avoid the frigid wind chills like I am currently doing. Continue reading Decadent Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate Cookies

Hot Chocolate Cookies

Happy (almost) holidays everyone! It has been quite the year and I for one am very excited to have a bit of down time over the next couple of weeks to enjoy time with friends and family and to eat some delicious food of course!

Salted Caramel Dream Bars

Salted Caramel Dream Bars

A few months back I was at Shoppers Drug Mart with some friends and made the happy discovery that my all-time favourite dark chocolate was on sale. Usually I can deter myself from buying chocolate simply because it is so damn expensive, but it was 

Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread with Walnuts

Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread with Walnuts

Hi Friends! I Know that it has been quite some time since I last wrote.. I’ve been completely swamped by the workload that accompanies first year university. I have really missed writing and creating, so I decided to take my study break tonight to write up a new (and super YUM) recipe. But first, a little update about my life recently. Continue reading Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread with Walnuts

Vegan Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Vegan Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I work at a bakery, which is pretty ironic considering that I can’t eat 99% of the product that we sell. Lucky for me we do have delicious gluten free and vegan muffins (yay!). Honest to