Wow, the chocolate and poppy pastry rolls look pretty awesome.
Salivating to take a serious bite.
But don’t advise for that before taking a drug test.
I heard the poppy seeds may give a false positive. 😉
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Category Archives: Dessert
Chocolate Dreaming
Don’t know about you but these looked pretty darn good at Costco.
“Chocolate Dream”
Chocolate cream, whipped cream, and chocolate cookie.
Now, how could that be bad?
Dreaming chocolate…
It reminds me of the other day when I saw someone daydreaming.
I said to him, “Are you okay?”
He replies, “I am far away!”
It sounded good, so I said, “Can you take me with you?”
Got a good laugh from him. 😉
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Favorite Chocolate Pastries
So these are my favorite chocolate pastries.
They are liked over-sized or really supersized Rugelach.
When these come out of the oven, the soft, hot pastry dough interspersed with overflowing, dripping layers of chocolate are unbelievable!
This mound of chocolate pastries is from Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
OMG, I can’t wait to visit again and have one (or more) of these–totally lose all self control! LOL 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Cheesecake Heaven
So I never met a piece of cheesecake that I didn’t like.
This was an awesome display of the varieties of it at the Cheesecake Factory.
I remember my mom used to make a pretty darn great cheesecake (and a lot of other good food)!
I still can see the graham cracker crust with the sweet hot creamy cheese filling coming out of the oven.
Unfortunately one of the conundrum of life is that all the good tasting things are so darn fattening and bad for us.
I think though if they can make fake burgers like Beyond that taste like the real thing, then surely at some point they will figure out how to make a skinny cheesecake that tastes good.
There are still some mysteries left in this universe for us to unravel. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Making Chocolate
This Is What You Smell
Great sign at the nut stand at Sugarloaf Festival.
“This Is What You Smell!”
Hot cinnamon pecans or almonds.
Wow, did that smell nice.
I got a tiny bag of the pecans, and when I opened it, the smell and taste that hot cinnamon really took over.
Were there other smells present as well?
Probably, but I chose to focus on the cinnamon nuts.
The other smells will have to wait for their special sign and appropriate attention to deal with it. 😉
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Out of Control Ice Cream
I’m not sure how you control yourself around this Alpaca Ice Cream.
But somehow I managed not to get any…this time.
I promise!
LOL
These are made with fresh hot waffles wrapped around your choice of ice cream and toppings.
As you can see these are pretty big and scrumptious!
Anyway, they have a store in Rockville and I absolutely must stay away from it.
Oh, maybe I just go in once for a taste. 😉
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@Mazel Tov Bethesda (Hyatt Regency)
Rainbow Cake :)
Rainbow cake is happy.
Price is not bad for $3.99.
Calories are horrific at 750!
What happened to the broken blue part of the cake at the bottom–maybe that’s where another 50 calories got lopped off.
Anyway, it’s Friday and I want to wish everyone a happy Rainbow Cake weekend and a Shabbat Shalom!
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Fav Ice Cream
So this is one of my absolute favorite ice creams.
Soft chocolate swirl ice cream topped in a hard chocolate shell that literally melts in your mouth.
OMG, this is to die for.
This is not something you get every day…it’s a special treat.
They have this ice cream locally in the mall, and sometimes I just go there, literally, just a taste of this.
Usually, I get the small and then share this, but even that is too much really.
It is like a meal in and of itself.
So rich, creamy, cold, and chocolatey flavorful.
Who needs caramel (sitting next to it) when you have chocolate!
Love it, love it, love it.
Yum, yum, yum. 😉
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