HALLOWEEN: Custom Chocolate Bars

Scrumptious fun: custom-decorated Belgian chocolate bars for Halloween. Photo courtesy Chocomize.com.   Some of our favorite, affordable gifts are customized chocolate bars from Chocomize.com, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week and ongoing favorite. The base chocolate bar, excellent Belgian chocolate in your choice of dark (72% cacao), milk (34% cacao) or white, is $4.50…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Pierogi Day

Today is National Pierogi Day and October is National Apple Month. So how about combining the two in an easy-to-prepare lunch or dinner? The recipe below, courtesy of Mrs. T’s, combines lightly browned apple slices with cooked sweet onions and sautéed pierogies. The dish is topped with a sour cream-cinnamon mixture that smoothly ties the…
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HALLOWEEN: Ghost Cookies

What’s QVC’s David Venable making for Halloween? These ghost shortbread cookies, iced with white chocolate! He shared the recipe with us: If you need ghost cookie cutters, here’s a “ghost family” (four sizes, for mom, dad and kids) If you prefer, you can make gingerbread ghosts. Here’s a gluten-free gingerbread cookie recipe.   RECIPE: GHOST…
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