Here is something yummy and spooky for your Halloween table….soft yet slightly crispy chocolate spider web cookies. What could be more fun to serve your little guests after a cold night of trick-or-treating than a hot cocoa bar complete with chocolate spiderweb cookies, chocolate dipped Oreos, ghost-shaped Peep marshmallows and homemade chocolate spiders?
Archive for October, 2010
Legendary Pumpkin Bread Pudding and My Favorite Gongoozler
Posted in Other Desserts, Pumpkin, tagged pumpkin bread pudding on October 24, 2010 | 37 Comments »
First of all, you are probably now asking yourself two things…1)What makes THIS pumpkin bread pudding so extraordinary?and 2) What the HECK is a gongoozler? I will proceed to explain both if you are patient. Oh how I wish I could transport that nice little casserole dish to you so you could slowly chew the [...]
Fluffy, the Tarantula, and one Not-So-Scary Bundt Cake
Posted in Cakes, Chocolate, tagged chocolate bundt cake, chocolate macaroon bundt cake, coconut cake, Halloween spiderweb cake on October 11, 2010 | 22 Comments »
I absolutely adore Halloween. The next few posts will be devoted to my creatively borrowed ideas from all sorts of places for Halloween treats and fare, and this particular post is dedicated in “loving” memory of our pet tarantula, Fluffy. “WHO has a pet tarantula?!!!”, you ask yourself. Am I right? Well, it didn’t happen [...]
Therapeutic Sweet Potato Soup
Posted in Soup, tagged sweet potato soup on October 7, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Sit down, which I assume you are if you are reading this post. Take a deep breath, and tell me what’s been troubling you. Too long a list perhaps? Has your boss, spouse, kids, roommate, efriend got you down? Have your shoes and whole wardrobe, for that matter, reached their expiration date? Completely out of [...]
All For One and One for All – Three Musketeers Birthday Cupcakes
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Cupcakes, tagged family, parenting, Three Musketeer's Cake, Three Musketeers Cupcakes on October 3, 2010 | 41 Comments »
My son requested a Three Musketeers’ flavored birthday cake for his family birthday dinner tonight. He’s turning sixteen this week…that is absolutely one of the craziest things I have heard in awhile. Where has the time gone? Most of us find ourselves saying that now and again, especially as we watch our children grow. That [...]


