Valentine’s Day Sweets & Treats
Valentine’s Day is right around corner so celebrate in style with your sweetheart or at your Valentine’s Day party by enjoying some delicious sweets and treats from Williams-Sonoma. I mean, who could possibly not be overjoyed and filled with delight to receive one of these scrumptious treats on Valentine’s Day. Talk about satisfying a sweet tooth!
So these are the sweet treats that we found (clockwise):
Heart Macarons – An irresistible Valentine treat. With an engaging heart shape, this treat is crisp on the outside, moist and chewy inside. Each pair of chocolaty red-velvet macarons is enhanced by a luscious ganache filling that combines white chocolate with heavy cream and fresh buttermilk for a hint of tangy richness.
Sweetie Pies for your Sweetie - Pure edible nostalgia, the heart-shaped treats recall the whoopie pies beloved by kids but with a decidedly sophisticated twist.
Perfect Ending’s Heart Red Velvet Cake – With a melt-in-your-mouth texture, this vintage cake makes a grand finale for Valentine’s Day celebrations. The heart-shaped version of the classic cake combines two luscious layers of rich, fudgy devil’s food cake with fluffy vanilla buttercream frosting, this one will be hard to resist.
Message Heart Cookies – What a cute and delish way to express your love for your sweetheart! Each crisp heart-shaped chocolate sugar cookie is topped with royal icing and inscribed with a heartfelt message, awe…
Valentine’s Heart Petit Fours - These will be perfect for your Valentine’s Day party. They are delightful with dessert wines and after-dinner coffee. Each petits fours is topped with delicate marzipan hearts.
Valentine’s Day Mini Cupcakes – Send me a box of these! Surprise and delight your valentine with a heart-shaped red box filled with luscious little cupcakes that are as sweet as can be! Each box includes 12 devil’s food cupcakes: six topped with chocolate-caramel cream and milk chocolate jimmies and six topped with chocolate truffle cream and dark chocolate jimmies.
Personalized Chocolate Heart – Melt your sweetie’s heart with a stunning chocolate valentine cake! How cute is this?
Enjoy!
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Super Bowl Sunday: It’s Party Time!
TGIF! It’s the weekend, better yet it’s SUPER BOWL WEEKEND! So what plans do you have? Well, if you’re planning a Super Bowl party and heading out to one on Sunday I am sure there will be a great deal of yummy food. I am looking forward to eating more than I am looking forward to watching the actual game!
If you need a game day menu, don’t look any further. We have some great munchies for you and your guest to enjoy while watching the Saints and the Colts fight it out to be the champions of Super Bowl 44.
On the menu for the 1st half is:
Shrimp-and-Chorizo Pizza – A tasty pizza topped with shrimp, escarole, tangy Manchego and spicy chorizo.
Mojito Jell-O Shots with White Rum and Fresh Mint – A mint-and-lime-spiced rum jello shot, sounds yummy!
How cute is this Grasshopper Cake. The cakes has pieces of mint cut to resemble footballs and a thick layer of buttercream frosting on a chocolate cake.
A rich and creamy Hot Spinach Dip that will pair great with baguette slices, breadsticks, pita chips or crackers.
On the menu for the 2nd half:
Blood Orange Margaritas – A sweet and savory cocktail that is ruby red in color from a flavorful and citrus fruit.
Chicken and Tortilla Enchilada Bake – Tender chicken, enchilada sauce, cheese, and corn tortillas are layered and baked together for a mighty big taste!
Pigs in a Blanket – A tasty recipe that is a Super Bowl party crowd pleaser.
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings - Sweet honey and spicy picante make an irresistible glaze for the crispy chicken wings, make plenty…these won’t last long
Chocolate-Malt Sandwiches – A double dose of chocolate (chopped semisweet and lots of cocoa powder) makes these sandwich cookies extra decadent.
So what will you serve up for Super Bowl 44?
Enjoy the game!
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Simply Posh: Swoon Worthy Chocolate
If it’s chocolate it has to be good… So if you love chocolate as much as I do, I know that you are absolutely SWOONING over this yummy display of chocolate. When I found these over at Bon Appétit I had a great idea, instead of heading out the the store this year and buying your sweetie a box of chocolate for Valentine’s Day, think out the box and cook up one of these mouthwatering chocolate treats instead. I mean seriously, which do you think you will get more sweet kisses for: homemade chocolate goodies or store brought candy? Okay, so what is the swooning all about? read more… »
A Chic & Mod Twist On Comfort Food
So yesterday was Groundhog Day and it seems that Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, which means there will be six more weeks of winter. If you live anywhere on the East Coast, you can attest to the fact that we have already had a bitterly cold, snowy, freezing rain winter and was looking forward to an early spring. Since an early spring is not in the forecast, I have come up with some tasty chic and modern comfort food. If it’s going to be cold outside, stay inside and cozy up with some delicious bites!
So here’s some comfort food recipes with an added twist of mod and chic… read more… »
