FOOD HOLIDAY: Heavenly Hash Day

[1] The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash, wrapped in sour cream (photo © When The Dinner Bell Rings | Blogspot [now closed]. [2] Heavenly Hash fudge, with chocolate chips, mini marshmallows and pecans. Here’s the recipe from Small Town Woman (photo © Small Town Woman). [3] Heavenly Hash ice cream, with chocolate chips, marshmallow…
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Cooking Video: Jacques Torres’ Chocolate-Covered Cornflake Recipe

  Here’s one of our favorite products from Jacques Torres: chocolate-covered cornflakes, a crunchy chocolate snack. In this week’s cooking video, Jacques Torres himself shows both how to temper chocolate and how to make his chocolate-covered cornflakes. Simple as they are to make, they’re also fancy enough to be a gift for your New Year’s…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Things To Do With Candy Canes

[1] The harbinger of Yuletide (photo © Candy Warehouse). [2] Multicolor candy canes from Hammond’s Candies, producer of “gourmet” candy canes (photo © Hammond’s Candies).   A candy cane is more than a snack or Christmas tree decoration. We also like to use them as dinner table decor: Fold a candy cane into each napkin,…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: The Best Toffee, Regular & Sugar-Free

Our vote for World’s Best Toffee. Photo We taste lots of toffee each year, but have never found one we like as much as Enstrom’s. It’s a very buttery toffee; and that rich, buttery flavor combined with excellent chocolate and nuts makes the product stand out. There’s so much butter that the company recommends refrigerating…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Deluxe Peppermint Sticks

Soft peppermint sticks won’t hurtteeth. Photo courtesy King Leo.   Here’s an inexpensive gift that every peppermint candy lover will cherish. King Leo Candy makes succulent chocolate-dipped soft peppermint sticks just once a year, for the holidays. Made with 100% pure peppermint oil, they’re very flavorful and melt in your mouth. There’s no hard candy…
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