Chocolate Peppermint Bark Recipe For National Peppermint Bark Day

December 1st is National Peppermint Bark Day, celebrating one of our favorite holiday treats. Every year we purchase it from Enstrom, our favorite brand after tasting every one we could get our hands on over the years. It’s a symphony of white chocolate, dark chocolate, vanilla cookies, chocolate cookies, and crushed peppermint. This perfect combination…
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Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels: Gifts & Personal Pretzel Fantasies

[1] Extra Dark Pretzels from Uncle Jerry’s are our new favorite (all photos © Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels). [2] The eight-ounce bags are perfect for gift bags, stocking stuffers, and party favors. [3] We lost our heart to these Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites, in dark or milk chocolate. If you’re a fan of chocolate-peanut butter cups,…
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Southwestern Chai: Spicy Chai With New Mexico Chimayo Chiles

Since the early 1900s, the British-owned Indian Tea Association began to promote their version of chai—which began as an ancient ayurvedic beverage of a mixture of spices and herbs called masala, brewed in water. The origins of that beverage can be traced back 5,000 years, when Indian emperors drank a caffeine-free spiced drink to stay…
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An Olive Juice Gift & Recipe For Your Dirty Martini Pals

[1] Pure olive juice is the best mixer for a Dirty Martini (photo © Sonoma Syrup Co). [2] Most Dirty Martini lovers want more than one olive in their drink. You can also garnish a Dirty Martini with a sliver of roasted pepper, a preserved cherry pepper (photo © Our/New York Vodka | Facebook). [3]…
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It’s All About Bees! Honey~Luscious Flavored Honey Gifts

It’s All About Bees, a line of creamed honey, liquid honey, and honey-based condiments (BBQ and other sauces, fruit butters, jams, jellies, mustards, salsas, syrups) by third-generation beekeeper Wendy Fletcher. Her honey heritage dates to the 1930s when her grandfather kept bees in Homer, Nebraska. In the 1970s, the Fletchers started beekeeping full-time. Four families…
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