FOOD TRAVEL: Oregon Chocolate Festival

What’s in store at the Festival? Perhapssome chocolate cappuccino cups. Photo courtesy Oregon Chocolate Festival   If you need a weekend getaway, and if chocolate combined with the great outdoors rings a bell, consider the Oregon Chocolate Festival. The 7th annual Oregon Chocolate Festival will be held this weekend, March 4th through 6th. It will…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ideas For Decorating Cupcakes

Sorry if our three posts on the topic makes this seems like National Cupcake Day (which is December 15th; October 18th is National Chocolate Cupcake Day). Despite the predictions of certain experts that cupcakes are on the way out—to be replaced by pie shops—we think that cupcakes will be around for some time. Heck, there…
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CONTEST: Decorate Cupcakes With Jelly Beans

Our vote goes to these bacon-and-eggsjelly bean cupcakes by Eileen E. Photocourtesy Jelly Belly.   Are you ready for The $10,000 Jelly Belly Cupcake Challenge? The challenge is to create the “world’s most creative cupcake,” using Jelly Belly jelly beans as the decoration. The winner will receive a check for $10,000, so it’s worth a…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Shamrock Cupcake Recipe

You can make these clever shamrock cupcakes for St. Patrick’s Day. Using Jelly Belly jelly beans in six different green colors and flavors provides lots of variety. Each large shamrock pulls apart into three mini cupcakes. If you don’t have time to bake the cupcakes, you can purchase them and focus your time on decorating.…
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