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Death by Chocolate Kahlua Brownies

Posted by manda on December 25th, 2009

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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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The Fiery Almond by Kara Newman

Posted by manda on December 13th, 2009

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Finally another drink recipe!  At the Cook.Eat.Drink.Live 2009 event, we had this delicious drink which was brilliantly concocted by Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice.  Not only does this drink involve Kahlua (my fav!),  but also amaretto and cream, while the glass is rimmed with cocoa and chipotle powder.
So we tried to make this in our own home, but in our infinite wisdom we realized as we opened our spice cabinet that we did NOT have chipotle powder, so we went sans chipotle and it was just as good!
The drink on the left was our first try with light cream, and the one on the right was our second with heavy cream.  Both were utterly delicious

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