Tag Archives: Chocolate Musings

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day

This is a winning combination in my house from way back, and in all forms. Cake, cookies, bars, ice cream—and candy, of course. This being the case, I’m not sure why it took us so long to go to Hershey … Continue reading

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Fudge Day

I wish I were better read and better traveled and could regale you with tales of Bloomsday, but you’ll need to go elsewhere for that. I struggled with Joyce and the trip to Ireland ain’t happening til the kid is … Continue reading

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Chocolate Ice Cream Day

People have all kinds of comfort food. Mashed potatoes, chicken soup, pancakes. Mine is chocolate ice cream. For years, my family only ate vanilla at home. We used it in milkshakes and ate it with chocolate syrup (which I would … Continue reading

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Beverage Day

I used to be a boozy girl. Given a choice, I would choose the cocktail. My mother tells a story of me going around a party during my first New Year’s Eve on this earth and dipping my pacifier in … Continue reading

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Truffle Day

Truffles are my mother’s favorite chocolate. When I was a kid, I honestly did not know that places like See’s or Fannie May or Godiva even made other confections—I didn’t even know there were different kinds of truffles. It was … Continue reading

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Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day

I know I just wrote about food yesterday, and I really do prefer to mix my topics up a bit more than that, but I have an absolutely great story about these that I am dying to share. Guy  I … Continue reading

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