Last year’s Grand Prize winner in the Sweet category, Chocolate Wasabi Pom Poms.

Enter at ChocolateAdventureContest.com. You can also find plenty of delicious chocolate recipes.

Hot chocolate in regular or mint—go for the mint.

Dashing through the snow (and we have plenty of it in the Northeast right now), we raced into Williams-Sonoma for some last-minute holiday gifts. There are plenty of good things to eat there. We had been to the store a week earlier, and had the opportunity to nibble on chocolatier Michael Recchiuti’s Champagne truffles (Recchiuti is a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week), some delicious Five Apple Cider with mulling spices and this lovely Mint Hot Chocolate, made from flakes of Guittard chocolate, one of the world’s finest (and noteworthy for making a chocolaty yet not-very-sweet beverage). You can see the difference between cocoa and hot chocolate in the photo. Hot chocolate is made from shaved chocolate bars, cocoa from ground cocoa powder. Guess which is richer! (Note that “rich” does not mean sweet and cloying.)

Will your avocado video score a touchdown…and $5,000?

For more information and to enter, visit AvocadoFiesta.com.

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Find brownie, cake cookie and pie recipes on TheNibble.com.

Dig into our Cake Glossary.

Take our Brownie Trivia Quiz.

The Black Forest Cake is a chocolate layer cake, with added layers of whipped cream and Kirsch-soaked morello cherries. The cake is then decorated with more whipped cream, morello or maraschino cherries, and chocolate curls or shavings. The cake layers are also soaked in a Kirsch syrup (although brandy or rum can be used). The spirits can also be omitted to make the cake more family-friendly.

The Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Cake is sure to make ‘em smile when you bring it out. Each slice of this fun cake looks like Rudolph. In fact, don’t be surprised if everyone breaks into a chorus of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.

-Black Forest Cake Recipe
-Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Cake Recipe

It’s the burger that started Morton’s. Co-founders Klaus Fritsch and Arnie Morton first worked together at the Playboy Club in Chicago. Klaus made his signature hamburger and sent it out for Arnie to taste. Morton proclaimed it the best hamburger he’d ever eaten. From that day, they started the business partnership that has become Morton’s The Steakhouse.

Check out THE NIBBLE’s burger tips.
Take our burger trivia quiz.
Not a beef person? Here’s a delicious chicken burger recipe.

Is this a gag? Big companies like Burger King tend not to have a sense of humor…although the film clip of the naked (discretely draped) Burger King lying on the lion skin in front of the roaring fire is pretty funny (just don’t look at it on a full stomach).

Who is the target market for this fragrance? Judging from the mood music and the visual of the bathtub surrounded by flowers and many flickering candles—and the fact that the New York City retail outlet is Ricky’s, a bastion of makeup and other beauty products—we think BK is betting that women will buy it for their men.

But what kind of women? We cheddar to think.

And now, because we need a stiff drink to clear our minds, join us for a visit to the Cocktails Section of THE NIBBLE.

• Alligator tenderloin (5 lbs., $136.25)
• Boneless turtle meat (5 lbs., $156.00)
• Kangaroo boneless loin (approximately 24 lbs., $319.00)
• Live geoduck, a sashimi rarity (1.5-2 lbs., $97.00)
• Wild boar tenderloin (approximately 9 lbs., $185.25)

We didn’t say it was inexpensive, but you can bet that no one else will be giving him/her the same gift (unless they also read THE NIBBLE blog).

-Egg Nog Wreath Cookies Recipe
-White Chocolate Egg Nog Fudge Recipe
-Egg Nog Pound Cake Recipe

We also have several egg nog recipes, to please any palate.

-Chocolate Egg Nog Recipe
-Coconut Egg Nog Recipe
-Diet Egg Nog Recipe

Find more sweet treats in our Cookies & Brownies Section, and more holiday drinks in our Cocktails Section.