Chocolate Castles

  • Pesto Bread

    We were up at Big Bear, the weekend before it became the focus of a manhunt for a cop killer which I’m sure you have heard about. One of the friends up there one night cooked meatball soup and pesto bread. It was wonderful. She made little meatballs and dropped them in a hug pot… Read more

  • Houston’s Key Lime Pie

    We hit a home run. Yesterday, I had said on FB that we wanted Houston’s Key Lime pie, which is our top favorite pies in the world and because it was Valentines and I just knew I would earn more points if I was showing my “thriftiness” by trying to make one at home instead… Read more

  • Happy Valentines Day

    You are seeing a new look to Chocolate Castles today. Be patient with me, as I am working out the kinks and since I am old, it is taking me longer to do that…hope your Valentines evening is filled with wonderful food, great desserts and sweet new memories.  Read more

  • More Chocolate for Valentines-Chocolate Strawberry Thumbprints

    In my new Food Network Mag for March, it had a whole section called the United States of Chocolate and lists lots of places where you can go for chocolate meals, candy factories across the states or spas where you can have chocolate facials…..so this is now on my bucket lists, to go to every… Read more

  • Chocolate Strawberry Eclair Fantasy

    This amazing recipe came in on Fri on Just A Pinch Post and I just had to pass it on. It is just like a huge eclair filled with yummy strawberries and chocolate. What a way to begin Valentines Week….. 3/4 c water 6 Tbsp butter  get recipes @ goboldwithbutter.com 3/4 cup all -purpose flour 1/8… Read more

  • Bobby Flays Peanut Butter Cream-FIlled Cupcakes* Taken from Food Network Magazine

    Another great chocolate recipe for Valentines Month. I am hoping that this will be the recipe that will “convince” my sweet Valentine to let me order the matching His and Her’s iPhone covers that have I (half of a heart) on his and (half of a heart) You, so when they sit side by side,the… Read more