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Valentine’s Weekend

We dumped our traditional “flowers & movie” combo for an all-out, chocolate-centric chowhound tour of the city for this Valentine’s Weekend.

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Death by Chocolate Kahlua Brownies

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Could there be a more decadent dessert? Within our family, the tongue-in-cheek name for these are “Better-than-Sex Brownies” ;) We only make them once a year, which is around the holidays, so we skimp on absolutely nothing! [continued...]

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Chocolate Candy Apples

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Halloween: the perfect excuse to eat all the chocolate you get your hands on.  And what better way to enjoy chocolate than a chocolate-coated Gala apple with M&Ms, peanut butter and granola, and drizzled with white chocolate (not all on one).  We had some old microwaveable dark and white chocolate wafers in our pantry, along with some half & half in our fridge, so we set up a ghetto double-boiler and went to work!
Directions:

Wash the apples and dry.  Remove the stems.  Poke chopstick through the core.
Set a pot with a few inches of water and put on high.  Set pyrex bowl large enough to rest in the pot.  Once boiling, turn to medium.
Line pan with foil and spray with non-stick spray.
Melt 1lb. dark chocolate in the bowl.  Add in half & half as necessary and stir frequently.  Once melted, keep at low.
Dip and spin apples in chocolate using spoon to cover completely.
Then dip and spin apples in bowl with your desired topping.  Place in pan to cool.
Once chocolate has hardened a bit, fridge the pan until ready

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