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Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse

March 19, 2012 By Anne 96 Comments

One of the things I love the most about The Secret Recipe Club is that it allows me the possibility to make something I’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t, simply because I haven’t been able to find the best recipe yet. For example…..mousse. There are a million recipes out there for chocolate mousse, all quite different, but all basically the same, you know? So when I first looked at Tina’s blog, Mom’s Crazy Cooking…..I quickly found this recipe for White Chocolate Mousse and I knew it was what I wanted to make! Tina has one of those fabulous blogs that just makes you smile when you come upon it! And though I found this right away, each visit back had me second guessing my decision! Tina recently posted recipes for Chocolate Orange Brownies with Orange Cream Cheese Icing; and Carrot and Zucchini Bars with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting that I absolutely can’t wait to try! And she has many scrumptious looking recipes and ideas for dinner. (Her recent recipe for Slow Cooker Orange Chicken is on my to do list for this week!). But back to this mousse. It is divine! The one thing I liked about this recipe is that the white chocolate custard, before all the whipped cream is folded in, would make an amazing pastry cream! I made 2 batches of this luscious stuff. One I kept the traditional white mousse, and to the other, I added….. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creamy Desserts, The Secret Recipe Club Tagged With: creamy, raspberry, white chocolate

Chocolate Mint Thumbprints

October 23, 2011 By Anne 34 Comments

Another delicious recipe from BAKED SUNDAY MORNINGS! These cookies are not just for the holidays anymore. A nice, light minty chocolate cookie filled with peppermint white chocolate. I ran out of clear rolling sugar so I improvised with some colored sugar, non pareils and chocolate jimmies (that’s what we call chocolate sprinkles in New England!) These are easy and fun to make. Since the recipe calls for you to press your ‘thumbprint’ twice; once halfway through the baking!!!….I decided to use the rounded edge of the handle of one of my whisks. And I really think you could adapt both the cookie and the filling to accommodate any occasion. Leave out the minty flavor and use coffee or raspberry or rum; add the same flavors to the filling or use dark chocolate ganache or caramel! The variations for flavors and decorations are endless! On a scale of 1-5, I am giving this 4 whisks! [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baked Sunday Mornings, Cookies Tagged With: chocolate, Cookies, mint, white chocolate

Chocolate with Carmelized White Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

October 2, 2011 By Anne 22 Comments

“C IS FOR COOKIE. THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.” Cookie Monster

I have been thinking lately. Since my blog focuses primarily on desserts, I feel compelled to try to post things that are a little different or out of the box in some way. We all have our own great tried and true recipes for the perfect chocolate chip cookie, or that fabulous brownie. And we all have our family recipes that we will stick to no matter what! I may love the taste of your apple pie. And you may love the taste of mine. But come the holidays….we’re probably going to make our own apple pies. Unless…..there is a twist! And so it is with these seemingly simple chocolate sandwich cookies! I’m sure everyone reading this has a good one in their repertoire. So I thought I’d offer you a technique that I have tried for the first time. And it’s one that I’m sure you can adapt to many other recipes. You see…..that gorgeous filling in between the cookies is none other than carmelized white chocolate! Find out how to do this and what other fabulous ingredients give it this wonderful color and texture….. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cookies Tagged With: chocolate, Cookies, white chocolate

Chocolate Rocks & Twigs Bark

August 13, 2011 By Anne 26 Comments

“ROCKS? WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT EATING ROCKS?” Maurice Sendak/Where The Wild Things Are

Sometimes you come across a product that you are not looking for, never even knew existed, and don’t have a clue what you will do with it! And so it was that I happened to find these chocolate rocks! These are fun little pieces of chocolate candy which really do look like rocks! But the texture is light and crunchy. This weekend, I had a craving for chocolate bark and so I decided to incorporate these cute little pebbles into the mix! See what I did and tell me how you might make use of them……. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Candy Tagged With: Candy, chocolate, white chocolate

Iced Berries in Warm White Chocolate Cream

May 25, 2011 By Anne 7 Comments

“SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION.” Leonardo DaVinci

Sometimes the simple pleasures are the best. And there are some things in their natural form that just can’t be improved upon. Like biting into a peach on a hot summer day and feeling the juice trickle down your chin onto your favorite white tee shirt!

Well sometimes in the middle of the week, you need a pick me up. A dessert which feels a little more special than a bowl of berries, but which doesn’t take a lot of time. This treat is sublime! From the joyous clink of the berries, like ice cubes, into the glass….to the sweet rich cream which bathes and warms them back to their soft, sweet state.

I hope you will try this. The possibilities for variation are many! Switch up your chocolate, or berries, or add spice or liqueur. Just kick back, relax and enjoy!

And the recipe along with a picture of my favorite flower…..follows…… [Read more...]

Filed Under: Berries, Fruity & Fun Tagged With: dessert, Fruit, white chocolate