Peach Pistachio Sugar Cookie Candy Toffee

“Toffee is sweet and buttery, sometimes sticky and always crunchy! It can be a blank canvas for adding nuts or dried fruit. It can be enrobed—covered in chocolate—to create an even more complete flavor profile.”  – Christy Graves, Griff’s Toffee. While this recipe was intended to be a Sugared Peach Pistachio Cookie recipe, my oven…

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Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream Fudge

From soft serve cones to pints of dairy-free ice cream, there’s no form of frozen treat that isn’t delicious. Generally, we want to eat our ice cream before it melts (although when it’s a little soft and drippy, it’s especially delicious). But, there are occasions on which a puddle of melted ice cream is actually…

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Chihuly Candy Bowls

May your day be filled with the LUCK OF THE IRISH 🍀, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 🌈, beautiful glass candy 🍭, and a lack of oven mishaps! 🌟 My intention of candy shamrocks didn’t quite come to fruition – The shamrock candy broke when releasing from the mold AND…

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Flashback: Mini Chocolate Almond Mounds of Joy

Last week I mentioned the honor of having not just one, but two of my dessert recipes featured in Tina Turbin‘s latest cookbook.  This goddess of Paleo Gluten Free Recipes found me and my love of coconut ~ I’m so pleased to share! Originally posted in March of 2013, these little delights reflect my childhood love…

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Raw Mini Chocolate Almond Mounds of Joy

Did you happen to catch the attempted play on words? Raw (miniature) Chocolate Almond Mounds of Joy “Almond Joy’s got nuts – Mounds Don’t!” Growing up I didn’t eat a lot of candy candy.  My consumption of sweets was in the category of “fancy.”  After all, I’m a fancy lady. Gourmet chocolate truffles, European gianduja,…

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