TIP OF THE DAY: Make Chocolate Chile Fudge Valentine Gifts

Chocolate and heat: perfect for Valentine’s Day. Photo courtesy Wisdairy.com.   Instead of shopping for chocolates for friends and family, make them! An easy option is chocolate fudge. This recipe, from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, has spicy heat, thanks to the addition of cinnamon and ground ancho chile. This recipe makes 64 pieces—enough to…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: A Luscious Butter Shortbread Gift

Who doesn’t like rich butter shortbread? Photo courtesy Biscottea.   Enjoy your tea, coffee, cappuccino or espresso with the perfect shortbread cookie. With free shipping included! The makers of Biscottea and Biscoffee have enhanced a classic Scottish shortbread recipe by adding organic tea or coffee to the fragrant butter cookies. (The coffee beans are also…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Christmas Cake Pops

How terrific are these Christmas tree cake pops? All photos courtesy Veronica’s.   Last week we reviewed a book on making your own cake pops. But we could never create spectacular cake pop designs like these. Fortunately, we don’t need to, because we can buy them from Veronica’s. Anyone will be delighted to receive Veronica’s…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Round Brownies, Individually Boxed

Not just good-looking: These brownies and blondies rock the taste buds, too. Photo courtesy Sugardaddy’s.   We taste loads of brownies each year, and the new contestants have yet to knock Sugardaddy’s off the podium. In addition to overall deliciousness, Sugardaddy’s brownies and blondies are different: round and individually boxed in reusable acrylic containers They’ve…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: St. Lucia Fruit Bread In 7 Flavors (Including Banana & Pumpkin)

Banana bread—and 5 other flavors—in acolorful keepsake box (the design is the Texas flag). Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE.   In handsome red, white and blue gift tins with the motif of the state flag, St. Lucia bakery has been shipping a “Little Taste of Texas” to anyone, anywhere, who’s in need of…
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