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December 1, 2014 at 8:35 am
· Filed under Giftable, Kitchenware-Tabletop, Tip Of The Day, Top Pick Of The Week
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For an inexpensive holiday gift or stocking stuffer, give one of your favorite kitchen gadgets—one that most people probably don’t have, but you wouldn’t want to be without.
Last year for us it was a serrated peeler, two years ago a mushroom brush.
But this year, it’s going to be a Wavy Knife from Crisp Cooking. Just by slicing in a normal fashion, it provides a decorative side to fruits and vegetables, whether cooked (including fries) or for crudités and salads.
We have an old-fashioned crinkle cutter, but the wavy knife is an improvement, easier to use and potentially safer.
The ergonomic handle provides a sure, comfortable grip and better cutting control. The offset blade provides plenty of “knuckle room” while cutting.
At $12.99, it’s pricier than the peeler or mushroom brush, but it’s also a more substantial gift.
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This year’s gift to everyone old enough to cook: a Wavy Knife. Photo courtesy PeanutButterAndPeppers.com
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Check it out at CrispCooking.com.
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December 1, 2014 at 7:52 am
· Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Giftable, Party Favors-Stocking Stuffers
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It’s raining microchips: Hallelujah! Photo
courtesy JK Chocolates. |
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Tiny cookies, 1/2-inch in diameter. When we first received them as a gift, we thought: What to do with these? Sprinkle them on ice cream? We’d rather eat one big cookie than fuss with tiny ones.
But we were the minority opinion. Squeals of delight from kids and adults alike. So: Heres a holiday gift that is way different and sure to please.
Since 1984, Julie and Karleen, the J and K of JK Chocolates, have been creating delicious chocolate sauces. What started as homemade teacher gifts evolved into a business, as people asked to buy them year-round.
Over the years, as word circulated about the chocolate sauce flavors, they subsequently developed Microchip Cookies, teensy weensy little bites. To imagine the Chocolate Chip Microchip, think of a chocolate chip covered in just enough cookie dough to bury the chip. It’s a half inch wide.
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We received a gift set of two flavors, Chocolate Chip and Pecan Sweeties (like sandies). Our original reaction was, “These are cute, these are tasty, but for the money ($14.75 for a 4.75-ounce jar), we’d just as soon have some standard size cookies.”
We were the minority opinion. Everyone else oohed and ahhed over them.
So there you have it: a gourmet chocolate chip novelty that delights.
But Chocolate Chip isn’t the only Microchip in town. the line includes:
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Cheddar Cheesies with Texas Heat
Midnight Chocolate Chip
Original Chocolate Chip
Peanut Butter Chip with Sea Salt
Pecan Sweeties
Six-Spice Gingersnap
White Chocolate Chip Crunch
You can purchase individual jars or gift sets, the latter packaged in a reusable black gift box with a ribbon and a gift card.
In addition to the single jar option, there are numerous other options, some of which are:
A four-jar gift box for $56 and a seven-jar box tower for $84
A stack of three smaller jars for $26
Single flavor tins for $38 and $62
Tin towers for $48, $114 and $186
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An individual jar of Microchips is a unique treat. Photo courtesy JK Chocolates.
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Get yours at JKChocolates.com.
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November 30, 2014 at 8:44 am
· Filed under Chocolate, Giftable
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The chocolate is made in individually-
wrapped tiles. Photo courtesy Sushumna. |
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For the person who meditates or does yoga, consider a gift of Sushumna chocolate. This line of “chakra-choc” includes seven flavors that correlate to the seven major energy points (chakras) in the body developed.
Hindus refer to the chakras as the intersections of energy lines. One of them, sushumna, leads to the crown chakra, and is said to be the path to self-realization.
Will these flavored chocolates lead you there? No promises are made, but at 30 calories per tile, anyone can enjoy a tile or two daily to find out.
What is the Chakra-Chocolate correlation?
According to the owners, on the chakra Ladder, these energy points are represented by color, emotive and physical attributes. They found natural correlations to these attributes among various nuts, spices, herbs and essences that they then married to chocolate.
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The creators describe their chakra-based chocolates:
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Compassionate: Sweet dried cherries provide a burst of dark, luscious fruit flavor to complement the 70% dark chocolate. An explosion of flavor reminds you to keep your heart open.
Connected: Transform that “fire in your belly” into positive action with this sumptuous vanilla bean and white chocolate infusion. The universal aroma and flavor of pure vanilla blended with white chocolate strengthens and soothes this fiery, action-oriented power chakra.
Expressive: Vibrant, refreshing peppermint and 70% dark chocolate vivify this chakra and strengthen your innate ability to know and speak your truth.
Grounded: The warm, earthy flavors of sweet potato pie are blended with the familiar crunch of crisped rice, and swathed in luscious, smooth milk chocolate. This medley was created to help focus and realign your connection with the earth and all that’s primal through the “root chakra.”
Insightful: This blend of port-soaked currants with 70% dark chocolate captures the mystery and wonder of intuition. Help strengthen and balance your “third eye” chakra for a new perspective and way of seeing the world.
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The tiles in a gift canister. Photo courtesy Sushmna.
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Sensual: Cardamom, nutmeg and a whisper of cinnamon are blended into chai chocolate. Spices, a touch of heat and milk chocolate stimulate your second chakra—the energetic portal of the senses, and the source of creativity.
Transcendant: A savory blend of hemp oil, exotic mushroom extract, rich raw cashews, and silky milk chocolate which help you connect to your crown chakra: the connection to the cosmos and spirit.
There are gift sets from $15 to $50.
Individually wrapped squares are $1.00; the Tea Boxed Set of 21 tiles is $28.00.
The Media Boxed Set, a reusable gift box with each of the 7 flavors, is $15.
Get yours at SushumnaChocolat.com.
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