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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Popcorn Trivia For National Popcorn Poppin’ Month

[1] Sophisticated: lemon-dill popcorn. Here’s the recipe (photos #1, #3, #4 © The Popcorn Board). [2] For the purist: plain popcorn with butter or flavored oil (photo © Charles Deluvio | Unsplash). [3] Seasonal: white chocolate peppermint popcorn. Here’s the recipe. [4] Hot stuff: cheesy jalapeño popcorn. Here’s the recipe.   For more than 30…
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HALLOWEEN: Bat Cookies

You need a bat cookie cutter to make these cute cookies, but they’re worth it. If you can’t find one locally, buy a bat cookie cutter online and make bat cookies an annual tradition. The recipe is courtesy California Raisins, whose delicious raisins are used in the cookies. There are many more recipes on the…
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FOOD FUN: Secret Forest Corn Muffins

Surprise: a little tree (OK, it’s a broccoli floret) is inside. Photo and recipe © Betty Crocker.   Even George H.W. Bush could be convinced to eat broccoli, when it’s tucked away as a surprise in a delicious corn muffin. Make them for brunch or lunch, with soup or a bowl of chili. And, you…
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