Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Back in February 2011, Maine lawmakers were poised to make the “whoopie pie” the official state dessert – even though some claim the chocolate cake/cookie sandwich filled with white fluffy filling was actually invented in Pennsylvania. In the end, they plumped for the far healthier option of the Wild Blueberry Pie as the state dessert,…

zebra cookies

Zebra Biscuits

With some Amazon vouchers I received from a generous family member for Christmas, I decided to use it as an opportunity to snag a couple of new baking books. I had recently seen an advert for the celebrity Great British Bake-Off book, I remembered that I had been meaning to pick up their books for…

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…