Tag Archive: chocolate desserts

Chocolate Anise Truffles

Anisette refers to an anise-flavored liqueur popular in Spain, Italy, Portugal, and France. It is colorless and, unlike other famous anise-based liqueurs, it doesn't have licorice.

This liqueur has a strong and overwhelming flavor when you drink it straight, and could even irritate the throat because of its high alcoholic content. In mixed drinks, though, it yields a sweet tolerable flavor. What about in sweet treats?! Try this on for size!

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Red Velvet Chocolate Cake

Ever since I came across a red velvet cupcake some years back, I've been in love with red velvet cakes/cupcakes. I don't know about you, but I think it's one of the prettiest looking cakes known to humans.

Red velvet cake is described as a cake with either a dark red, bright red, or red-brown color. It is typically prepared as a layer cake that has cream cheese or cooked roux icing as topping. You get the reddish color by adding in beetroot or red food coloring.

The most commonly used ingredients are buttermilk, butter, and flour for the cake and cocoa, beetroot, or red food coloring for the color. The amount of cocoa differs depending on the recipe.

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Kahlua Creamy Fudge

According to Wikipedia: “Kahlúa is a Mexican coffee-flavored rum-based liqueur. It is dense and sweet, with the distinct taste of coffee, from which it is made. Kahlúa also contains sugar, corn syrup, and vanilla bean.”

This fudge recipe is a very rich and flavorful one. When you set it up nicely, it’s a fantastic addition to any party tables. It depends on how strong you want the Kahlua taste, you can add to the amount of Kahlua stated.

You need not use a candy thermometer, you just need a timer and it always turns out great. It’s definitely a keeper!

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Twix Ice Cream Pie

If you love ice cream and like working with it in the kitchen, this recipe is for you.

We all love ice cream. Some love eating it, others love making it and then eating it. Give your usual ice cream pie oomph, and take it to a whole new level of deliciousness! This time, use Twix candy bars. Nobody can say no to Twix!

It feels just right when you whip this up. It will lure in the young ones and the once young, I tell you! No matter the weather. 🙂

Twix Ice Cream Pie

• 1 prepared chocolate cookie crust
• 2 pints chocolate ice cream, softened
• 2 Twix bars, roughly chopped
• 2 cups whipped cream
• 2 tablespoons caramel sauce for drizzling

Spread one of the chopped Twix bars on the bottom of the cookie crust. Stir together the chocolate ice cream and spread it evenly over the Twix bar.
 
Dollop the whipped cream on top of the ice cream and toss the remaining chopped Twix bars on top, followed by a drizzle of caramel sauce.

Immediately cover the pie loosely with plastic wrap and freeze for at least four hours, or until ready to serve.

Enjoy! 🙂

 

Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Cake Roll

At some point in my life, I was crazy about Oreos. As a kid, I remember not being able to sleep if I didn't have my Oreo fix. I was the typical kid who would open the sandwich cookie, and lick the filling.  Then I would close it again, and dunk it in my tall glass of milk. You get the picture.

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