Holiday Challenge
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The Biscoff truffles are awesome. Will post pics later but they just look like truffles. Making the peanut butter balls now.0
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Bought my nieces & nephews a package of doughnuts from Wal-Mart's bakery to eat on Christmas morning. They were in the shape of a tree with icing on it & came in a six pack. Well I had two tonight only to make it an even amount for them haha (not).0
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You had to test it for poison, obviously.dunnodunno wrote: »Bought my nieces & nephews a package of doughnuts from Wal-Mart's bakery to eat on Christmas morning. They were in the shape of a tree with icing on it & came in a six pack. Well I had two tonight only to make it an even amount for them haha (not).
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For the biscoff (cookie butter) truffles I bought some more expensive chocolate-- Scharffen Berger-- that I happened across at Super Target. I'd never tried it before and honestly I'm not sure it was a lot better than Ghiradelli, which is what I usually get. At the last minute I decided to do peanut butter balls as well so I did the Wilton melting chocolate wafers for that. Surprisingly the melting wafers were a lot harder to use than the plain chocolate bars. You don't have to temper it, which is nice, but it's so thick it's hard to get them coated. I need a tempering thermometer for next year-- mine was close by eyeballing but not perfect. All in all I think that Ghiradelli wins as far as easy chopping/tempering/coating and flavor so I guess I'll go back to it. That probably makes me a chocolate heathen.
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Also, Dannon Light & Fit Greek yogurt has a new limited edition Salted Caramel flavor out. I tried it yesterday. It's decent. Not fantastic, but decent. I think it would be great with maybe some chocolate chips or something added to it to "beef" it up. But it's at least worth a try. I'm still in love with the Caramel Apple Pie flavor though.
I was going to ask how it compares to Caramel Apple Pie - but, you got it covered! I tried Caramel Macchiato and won't go back. Apple Pie it is for me if I want a sweet treat in Greek yogurt (though I like the blueberry, too and frequently have that for breakfast)!
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There's a brand of Greek yogurt called Stoneybrook or Stoneyfield or something like that-- they have a good caramel flavor. I was getting it really often for my lunches but then with no warning all the stores in my area stopped carrying it.
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »All in all I think that Ghiradelli wins as far as easy chopping/tempering/coating and flavor so I guess I'll go back to it. That probably makes me a chocolate heathen.
Out here in the SF Bay Area, Scharffen Berger (was Oakland, now SF I think after Hershey bought them) is regarded as higher quality than Ghirardelli (SF), and definitely so for tasting on its own or accompanied by something but still standing on its own (i.e., might serve wine or port with Scharffen Berger alone but probably wouldn't present it so confidently with Ghirardelli). However, it is regarded as more challenging and temperamental when using in many recipes. And I've heard more than a few talented folks lament trying to use SB chocolate in a favorite recipe. SO, you might be a heathen - but the measure of a dessert is how it works overall, and thinking a "higher end" chocolate coating makes or breaks a dessert is probably silly. Yours look great and I bet the taste better!
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1-tamales
2-Turkey day stuff. Strawberry cheesecake. Trader Joe's cookie butter cheesecake. Banana cake. Baklava.pumpkin pie.pumpkin beer.more cheesecake.more banana cake.
3-baklava and more baklava.
4-strawberry cheesecake, last of the baklava:(
5-peanut butter pie. Strawberry cheesecake. Banana cake.
6- 1/2 pint talenti pumpkin pie.
7- ^ other half of pumpkin pint
8- whole pizza.
9- 1/2 pint of old world egg nog and 65 grams of dryers cookie dough.
10- 2 smores quest bars. 2 home made pork tamales.
11- felix fire burger
12- 1\2 pint talenti caramel Apple pie with added caramel from the can experiment.
13- other half of caramel Apple. Pie.
14- talenti peppermint bark.
15- dreyers summer in the city cheesecake
16- pecan caramel croissant
17- 2400 calories of all you can eat McDonalds pancakes for a buck. Brown sugar jalapeno Hawaiian pizza for lunch.
18- everything I looked at. Summer in the city cheesecake.
19- Captain Crunch cereal.
20-summer in the city cheesecake ice cream.
21- work party. Prime rib, crab,oysters, crab mushrooms, bloody Mary's.
22- cinnamon roll,cinnamon twist,chocolate cake donut.
23- plain cake donut, dreyers chocolate chip cookie dough, medium popcorn at movie
24- waffles,butter,syrup..mmmm
25- monkey bread, sugar cookie dough,caramel sundae
26- dreyers cookie dough
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »All in all I think that Ghiradelli wins as far as easy chopping/tempering/coating and flavor so I guess I'll go back to it. That probably makes me a chocolate heathen.
Out here in the SF Bay Area, Scharffen Berger (was Oakland, now SF I think after Hershey bought them) is regarded as higher quality than Ghirardelli (SF), and definitely so for tasting on its own or accompanied by something but still standing on its own (i.e., might serve wine or port with Scharffen Berger alone but probably wouldn't present it so confidently with Ghirardelli). However, it is regarded as more challenging and temperamental when using in many recipes. And I've heard more than a few talented folks lament trying to use SB chocolate in a favorite recipe. SO, you might be a heathen - but the measure of a dessert is how it works overall, and thinking a "higher end" chocolate coating makes or breaks a dessert is probably silly. Yours look great and I bet the taste better!
That makes sense actually. I've heard amazing things about it and it was yummy. I should mention that there was a difference when I sampled it before cooking, I just couldn't really tell a huge difference once was all said and done, probably because the filling stole the show. And it was still easier to use than the cheap stuff. I think going with the mid-range brand for this recipe makes sense on several fronts.0 -
1-tamales
2-Turkey day stuff. Strawberry cheesecake. Trader Joe's cookie butter cheesecake. Banana cake. Baklava.pumpkin pie.pumpkin beer.more cheesecake.more banana cake.
3-baklava and more baklava.
4-strawberry cheesecake, last of the baklava:(
5-peanut butter pie. Strawberry cheesecake. Banana cake.
6- 1/2 pint talenti pumpkin pie.
7- ^ other half of pumpkin pint
8- whole pizza.
9- 1/2 pint of old world egg nog and 65 grams of dryers cookie dough.
10- 2 smores quest bars. 2 home made pork tamales.
11- felix fire burger
12- 1\2 pint talenti caramel Apple pie with added caramel from the can experiment.
13- other half of caramel Apple. Pie.
14- talenti peppermint bark.
15- dreyers summer in the city cheesecake
16- pecan caramel croissant
17- 2400 calories of all you can eat McDonalds pancakes for a buck. Brown sugar jalapeno Hawaiian pizza for lunch.
18- everything I looked at. Summer in the city cheesecake.
19- Captain Crunch cereal.
20-summer in the city cheesecake ice cream.
21- work party. Prime rib, crab,oysters, crab mushrooms, bloody Mary's.
22- cinnamon roll,cinnamon twist,chocolate cake donut.
23- plain cake donut, dreyers chocolate chip cookie dough, medium popcorn at movie
24- waffles,butter,syrup..mmmm
25- monkey bread, sugar cookie dough,caramel sundae
26- dreyers cookie dough
27- brownies, cookies.
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Had a few servings of Turkey Hill Egg Nog & a homemade Snickerdoodle cookies at work today.0
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Last night is a blur. There was hot cocoa, fudge and sugar cookies involved though.0
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Today so far had another one of the Wal-Mart Bakery Tree Donuts since my nieces & nephews were pretty meh about them, a homemade sugar cookie that was kind of meh, & seven white fudge Oreos. My sister bought me two boxes for Christmas (I looked at Wal-Mart last Thursday & couldn't find anymore boxes of them.0
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Merry Christmas! Love the Omaha gifts for you and Leo!
Karen that all looks delicious!0 -
That Tiramisu looks amazing.0
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1-tamales
2-Turkey day stuff. Strawberry cheesecake. Trader Joe's cookie butter cheesecake. Banana cake. Baklava.pumpkin pie.pumpkin beer.more cheesecake.more banana cake.
3-baklava and more baklava.
4-strawberry cheesecake, last of the baklava:(
5-peanut butter pie. Strawberry cheesecake. Banana cake.
6- 1/2 pint talenti pumpkin pie.
7- ^ other half of pumpkin pint
8- whole pizza.
9- 1/2 pint of old world egg nog and 65 grams of dryers cookie dough.
10- 2 smores quest bars. 2 home made pork tamales.
11- felix fire burger
12- 1\2 pint talenti caramel Apple pie with added caramel from the can experiment.
13- other half of caramel Apple. Pie.
14- talenti peppermint bark.
15- dreyers summer in the city cheesecake
16- pecan caramel croissant
17- 2400 calories of all you can eat McDonalds pancakes for a buck. Brown sugar jalapeno Hawaiian pizza for lunch.
18- everything I looked at. Summer in the city cheesecake.
19- Captain Crunch cereal.
20-summer in the city cheesecake ice cream.
21- work party. Prime rib, crab,oysters, crab mushrooms, bloody Mary's.
22- cinnamon roll,cinnamon twist,chocolate cake donut.
23- plain cake donut, dreyers chocolate chip cookie dough, medium popcorn at movie
24- waffles,butter,syrup..mmmm
25- monkey bread, sugar cookie dough,caramel sundae
26- dreyers cookie dough
27- brownies, cookies.
28- everything. Baklava. Cheesecakes. Peanut butter cookies
29-more than I needed of the aforementioned items
30- donut. Chocolate a bunch of them.
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1-tamales
2-Turkey day stuff. Strawberry cheesecake. Trader Joe's cookie butter cheesecake. Banana cake. Baklava.pumpkin pie.pumpkin beer.more cheesecake.more banana cake.
3-baklava and more baklava.
4-strawberry cheesecake, last of the baklava:(
5-peanut butter pie. Strawberry cheesecake. Banana cake.
6- 1/2 pint talenti pumpkin pie.
7- ^ other half of pumpkin pint
8- whole pizza.
9- 1/2 pint of old world egg nog and 65 grams of dryers cookie dough.
10- 2 smores quest bars. 2 home made pork tamales.
11- felix fire burger
12- 1\2 pint talenti caramel Apple pie with added caramel from the can experiment.
13- other half of caramel Apple. Pie.
14- talenti peppermint bark.
15- dreyers summer in the city cheesecake
16- pecan caramel croissant
17- 2400 calories of all you can eat McDonalds pancakes for a buck. Brown sugar jalapeno Hawaiian pizza for lunch.
18- everything I looked at. Summer in the city cheesecake.
19- Captain Crunch cereal.
20-summer in the city cheesecake ice cream.
21- work party. Prime rib, crab,oysters, crab mushrooms, bloody Mary's.
22- cinnamon roll,cinnamon twist,chocolate cake donut.
23- plain cake donut, dreyers chocolate chip cookie dough, medium popcorn at movie
24- waffles,butter,syrup..mmmm
25- monkey bread, sugar cookie dough,caramel sundae
26- dreyers cookie dough
27- brownies, cookies.
28- everything. Baklava. Cheesecakes. Peanut butter cookies
29-more than I needed of the aforementioned items
30- donut. Chocolate a bunch of them.
31-blue bunny. Birthday party
32-fried catfish and beer
33-donuts and ice cream.
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I'm not in the forums much when I'm not at work because I try to stay off my computer and only check in via phone (app) or my nook. Its also harder to post pics but I miss you guys!Where is everybody?
I lost count with the holiday challenge when we hit the actual holidays... it was sort of a blur of monkeybread, salami and cheese, dollar rolls, assorted soups, cookies, beer and wine....
Yesterday we went to KC for the Chiefs game which was awesome. Today we took my sister to lunch before she headed back home. Starting tonight the goal will be to finish off leftovers from the weekend without being too much of a glutton, eat an occasional vegetable, and start legitimately exercising again.
Celebrations aren't completely over, I have drinks with a friend tomorrow.to exchange gifts, New Years Day is my FIL's 80th bday and we are having a party, and Saturday night I have a very belated birthday dinner with some girlfriends.0 -
Where is everybody?
Sorry everyone, I kinda abandoned my own challenge.
I didn't have a very good Christmas week in terms of eating (if you're on my friend list you know that I've been having some health issues that are severely limiting what I can eat). Seeing everyone else enjoying everything so much was kinda bumming me out. But I did have some truffles and some fudge. I'm told everything I made turned out fantastic so that always makes me happy. Although, at one point I thought I might take a sledgehammer to my mom's oven.0 -
Happy New Year everyone!0
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Happy New Year! Here's too lots of gelato eating in 20150
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Sorry, I've been soooo exhausted lately.... waiting for baby's arrival (hopefully) soon. I've got 17 days left until my due date.
I'm having pizza today cause I'm lazy and hungry. :P0 -
Had some shrimp for lunch. Happy New Year.0
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