Biscotti Baileys Fudge

Those that have known me for a little while will know that for a few years now I have made edible Christmas gifts.  I always find gift buying so stressful. I never knew what to get people, and always feared that what I did get would end up either in a charity shop or gathering…

Egg Nog Chocolate bark

Egg Nog Chocolate Bark

There are certain flavours that scream Christmas – gingerbread, cinnamon, nutmeg, cranberry and of course egg nog. Last year I made chocolate bark for the first time as part of my edible Christmas gift hamper. It was extremely popular, so I wanted to include some again, but much like with the fudge, I didn’t want…

Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies are probably one of the most versatile of all cookies. You can get cookie cutters in so many shapes these days that you can make them to suit every holiday or occasion. I already have an obscene amount yet still more seem to find their way into my online shopping basket. I decided…

Coconut Ice

If you like coconut, then you will love coconut ice! It’s soft, and coconutty and oh-so-sweet. This recipe is soft, melt in the mouth. You can make it firmer by adding more icing sugar, coconut, or by leaving it out longer to allow the icing to set. The best thing about this recipe is that…

Dark Chocolate and Walnut Fudge

Fudge is one of those things that people say to me all the time, they wish they could make it. Well, you can! I realise that it appears to be like some kind of alchemy, and I suppose in some way, it is as you are changing the structure of the sugar crystals via intense…

chocolate bark

Cranberry and Pistachio Chocolate Bark

Chocolate Bark is something that has been growing in popularity over here in the UK the last few years. I first saw it in Hotel Chocolat about 5 years ago, and it was quite expensive. I am not sure why it has taken me this long to have a go at making it, as it…