Chocolate Castles

  • Five Golden Ring Recipe: Cherry Date Pecan Cake

    How did it get to be 5 days before Christmas? The days just go by so quickly before I make it halfway down my “to do” list of grand ideas to make this Christmas more special than ever. I haven’t even had time to sit by the fire and look through Christmas magazines yet this… Read more

  • Retirement for Dummies

    We have just completed our first week of Frosty’s retirement. All our friends have been asking him the last couple of years when he was going to retire. His answer was always the same, “I don’t know if I will ever retire” Every time we are leaving Walmart and the little old man at the… Read more

  • Bacon-Cheese Stuffed Shells

    From the Thanksgiving Issue of Taste of Home, this recipe “called” to me when I saw that most of the ingredients were different types of cheese. A great dish for company. 24 uncooked jumbo pasta shells 1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 tables, puls 1/4 cup butter, divided 1 1/2… Read more

  • Christmas Around the LazyBoy

    Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night; which seems like it comes faster and faster. The nights that is. I remember some years ago, not that many, actually, when I used to think, “well, I will get all the chores done during the day that need doing plus all the shopping for presents and… Read more

  • Triple Ginger Cookies

    This was my first time to participate in the Food Bloggers Cookie Swap. I received 3 different types of cookies from 3 other bloggers. One of the cookies that were sent to me were these delicious Triple Ginger Cookies from, “loveandflour.com”   There were amazing, so I went to her blog to obtain her recipe. This was also… Read more

  • Texas Pecan Pie Bars

    Originally posted on Chocolate Castles: This recipe needed reposting after taking them to a social last Wed evening. I watched as ladies would take a bite and hear their, “oh my gosh, who brought these?” They were the hit of the night. So different from regular pecan pie bars. A great dessert for any Christmas… Read more