This Hot Chocolate recipe is so good that I wouldn’t be surprised if someone told me it came straight from the Chocolate River in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It’s positively scrumdiddlyumptious! For me, Hot Chocolate is a treat. So, ditch the powdered mix and make this splendiferous stuff instead. It would be an extra-special delight…
Tag: Cocoa
Christmas Cocoa Ice-Cream
I genuinely believe that if aliens ever visit our planet, the first thing we should do – is give them chocolate. I can’t think of any special relationship that would be better built on, than a bridge of chocolate. Let’s be honest, no-one is going to be declaring war with a mouth full of scrumptious…
Dark Chocolate Earl Grey Truffles
Who knew that dark chocolate and Earl Grey worked so well together? It’s not a familiar or typical combination, but it definitely works. I used good-quality loose-leaf tea in this recipe, so the flavour of the tea really came through in the finished truffles. I would recommend doing the same, but if you are planning…
Blackberry Cheesecake Brownies
Gooey. Fudgy. Squidgy. Chocolatey. Hedonistic. Lush. Try as you might, there’s no one-word that truly encapsulates what a chocolate brownie is. It’s a humble thing made with humble ingredients, but it deserves adjectives. If you don’t offer them up initially, it will illicit them from you after the first bite. I made these to take…
Salted Caramel Syrup
2008 was The Year of Salted Caramel. Can you believe that it is over a decade ago since Starbucks started selling their Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate? Starbucks being the yardstick for when a trend has truly made it to the big-time, of course. Yet by 2008, Salted Caramel was already over thirty years old. It…
Gingerbread Syrup
Baby, it’s cold outside… This is the time of year when the Alpine weather visits Zurich and our little city transforms into Narnia. The mercury has dipped to minus 5, a taste of the cold weather ahead, and everything outside is covered in a blanket of pure white snow. It makes me want to hibernate…
Gen's Christmas Kitchen 