It will come as no surprise that chocolate was pretty high on my agenda when planning our Easter Bruges getaway. After getting our bearings with our walk around the centre, we figured we could explore the town some more while enjoying a bit of chocolate indulgence as we went along! I wanted to share this … Continue reading Bruges: A Self-Guided Chocolate Walking Tour
Guys, it’s Easter this weekend! Personally, I am really looking forward to a 4-day weekend and our little getaway to Bruges, but I couldn’t wait to start enjoying some chocolate crafty fun. I’ve never made Easter eggs before and always thought it looked fiddly and perhaps not worth the effort, but this year I wanted … Continue reading Homemade Kintsugi Easter Eggs
A couple of months ago I went to a friend's birthday at Hotel Chocolat's Bean to Bar class at their shop and school on Monmouth St, Covent Garden. I've done a couple of chocolate classes before for work events or hen parties, so I was interested to see how this one would compare. We were … Continue reading Bean to Bar: Making Chocolate at Hotel Chocolat
Dolce by Ferrero Rocher is a dessert pop up in Covent Garden that has been running since early December and serving what they're calling a "multi-layered dining experience". As soon as I heard about the pop up I snapped up a couple of tickets - this wasn't something I was going to miss! The event … Continue reading Dolce by Ferrero Rocher
You can't beat a good rocky road…unless you make one with booze in it and then of course that wins! These Black Cherries in Kirsch, another sample from Opies Foods, are good enough to eat on their own and I had to use all of my willpower not to eat them all while I was … Continue reading Black Forest rocky roads
A good friend of mine from Murcia in Spain introduced me to this Spanish chocolate and biscuit cake, Tarta de Galletas. I've made this many times since and it always goes down a treat! One friend called them "pillows of loveliness" which I thought was a pretty good description of what I was aiming for. … Continue reading Spanish Tarta de Galletas
If there's something people associate with the Easter holiday, it's chocolate! I wanted to make some little gifts for family and friends and some homemade chocolate bark seemed like the way to go. The recipe is as simple as recipes get; melt the chocolate of your choice in a bain marie over a low heat, … Continue reading Easter chocolate bark
