Consider me a fan of anything that includes both milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Putting both into any type of dessert always yields a more richer and more complex flavor. In fact, here’s a little tip: if you add both semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips to your chocolate chip cookies. . .they’ll be doubly delicious. Just add half of each (as opposed to double the amount of chocolate called for.) In any case, these are a great snack to warm up your home on a cold winter’s day. I’m fairly sure I heard them calling for hot chocolate when … Continue reading →

There is some speculation as to the origins of the Nanaimo bar. But it’s thought to have been named after Nanaimo, a city in British Columbia. It was submitted to a magazine in a national recipe contest by a housewife and when it won, it garnered national attention. Some other stories suggest that the bar originated in New York. Regardless, apparently, the city mascot of Nanaimo is known as the Nanaimo Barney and has the appearance of a giant nanaimo bar. There is even an official recipe of the city although various variations exist. Essentially, a nanaimo bar consists of … Continue reading →