eCard of the Week #487: Chocolate Wasted

Let's get chocolate wasted!
Happy National Chocolate Day!
#chocolate #NationalChocolateDay

Happy National Chocolate Candy Day

Happy National Chocolate Candy Day!

All you need is Love. But a little

Chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

#candy #chocolate #NationalChocolateCandyDay

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

 

Ingredients:

1 Box of Yellow Cake Mix

1 Stick of Butter

2 Eggs

11.5 ounce bag of Chocolate Chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter in microwave in a microwave safe dish. (I use a mixing cup made of glass).

Pour yellow cake mix into a mixing bowl. 

Once butter is completely melted add to cake mix.

Add in both eggs and mix by hand until all the cake mix is wet.  

Add in chocolate chips 

(You can add more chocolate chips or not as much. I actually use two bags.)

Put into oven and bake for 25 minutes.

Enjoy!

Happy National Choose Your Chocolate Day!!!

What chocolate do you choose on this National Choose Your Chocolate Day?

eCard of the Week #369: Have You Ever?

Have you ever given the finger to a text message?

Or is that just me?

Happy National Chocolate Day!

Happy National Chocolate Day!

Happy National Chocolate Candy Day

Happy National Chocolate Candy Day!

All you need is Love.  But a little 

Chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

Happy National Chocolate Day 2017

Happy National Chocolate Day 2017

Chocolate comes from cocoa, which is a tree.

That makes it a plant. 

Chocolate is therefore a salad.

eCard of the Week #195: Chocolate & Coffee Are Vegetables?

Chocolate is made from beans.  

Coffee is made from beans.  

Beans are vegetables.  

Have you had your vegetables today?

Happy National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!  

National Chocolate Day 2016

National Chocolate Day is observed annually on October 28. While there are many specific chocolate related holidays throughout the year, National Chocolate Day celebrates all things chocolate. As America’s favorite flavor, chocolate is well deserving of its own day of honor and celebration. (Some sources designate July 7 or December 28 as Chocolate Day or International Chocolate Day.)

Source: www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chocolate-day-october-28/

eCard of the Week #151: More Than Chocolate

I miss you more than chocolate.

Easy Oreo Truffles

Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided
1 (8 ounce) package Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
2 (8 ounce) packages Bake's Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted

Directions
Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use. (Cookies can also be finely crushed in a resealable plastic bag using a rolling pin.) Crush remaining 36 cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese; mix until well blended. Roll cookie mixture into 42 balls, about 1-inch in diameter.

Dip balls in chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover chocolate can be stored at room temperature for another use.) Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs.
Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator.

Source: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/127491/easy-oreo-truffles

30 Days of Love - Day 24: Chocolate

In honor of National Chocolate Day - Day 24 is dedicated to chocolate.

Chocolate is one of my "comfort foods", which has helped me through

many of life's ups and downs.  So, Happy National Chocolate Day to Everyone!

As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. 

There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine 

whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: 

any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U 

is the proper time for chocolate.

-- Sandra Boynton

Dirt Cake

Dirt Cake Ingredients:

1 lb. package of Oreo cookies
1 8-oz. package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 cups milk
1 12-oz. tub of Cool Whip
2 3 1/2-oz. packages of instant chocolate or vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Gummy worms
Plastic flowers

Directions:
In a blender, crush Oreos into a powder. Place 1/3 of the crushed Oreos into a new, clean flower pot or small plastic beach bucket (if your pot has a hole in the bottom, you will need to plug it up first). Set aside. Combine butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.

In a separate mixing bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix, and fold the Cool Whip into the pudding. Fold the pudding mixture into butter and cream cheese mixture. Layer 1/2 of the mixture over the crushed cookies in the pot. Cover the pudding mixture with 1/3 of the crushed cookies, then add the rest of the pudding mixture. Push a few gummy worms partway into the pudding mixture and top with the remaining cookie crumbs.

Chill in refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours. Before serving, “plant” a few plastic flowers and/or fresh mint sprigs in the soil. You may want to serve it with a new, clean garden trowel or plastic shovel.

Source: http://farmersalmanac.com/food/recipes/2010/09/24/dirt-cake/

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Dip

Ingredients:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup (6 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Graham cracker sticks

Directions:
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add the sugars and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Serve with graham cracker sticks. Yield: 2 cups.

Source: www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-chip-dip/

Rotten eCard of the Week #8: Only Source of Chocolate

We must Save the Earth!!!!

A Few of My Favorite Things: Cake

Today's Blogging A to Z Challenge, with my theme of "A Few of My Favorite Things",  is all about the letter "C".

My most favorite cake is Mississippi Mud Cake and my mother used to make the best one ever.  Mississippi Mud Cake is very rich and I can only eat one piece.  But it is oh so yummy.  I don't have mom's recipe but about a year ago I found a similar recipe at www.food.com.

                                                                          Source: food.com viaShannon on Pinterest

Mississippi Mud Cake

Cake
1 cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs , slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 dash salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups pecans (optional)
4 cups mini marshmallows

Chocolate frosting
1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar , sifted
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 cup softened butter

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch pan. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the cocoa and stir. Remove from the heat. Pour butter mixture into a mixing bowl and add sugar and eggs. Mix until blended. Add the vanilla. Mix in the flour and salt.Stir in the pecans. Put batter into prepared pan and cook for 35 minutes or until done.

Remove from oven and sprinkle with marshmallows. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

For the frosting: Combine all of the ingredients and mix until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled cake. If your frosting is too thick, add more milk.