Archive for Month: July 2011

Pea Cupcakes

Sweet Pea and Ricotta Cupcakes – Give Peas a Chance

Sure, we call them sweet peas, but most people don't think of peas as a sweet. Prior to making my sweet pea and ricotta cupcakes, I'd never had peas in a dessert. Although these …

Read more...

Cocoa Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Whipped Cream and Homemade White Chocolate Toppers

These yellow cupcakes look like vanilla cupcakes, and it's surprising that they aren't. Because they are made with cocoa butter instead of regular butter, they have a light, chocolaty flavor. If you weren't …

Read more...

Cocoa Butter Cookies – A Twist on a Classic

Close your eyes and you'll think you're eating chocolate chip cookies.   Open them, and you'll notice that there are no chocolate chips.  The cookie doesn't show any signs of having chocolate - no cocoa …

Read more...
Roasted Chickpeas

Sweet and Salty Crispy Roasted Chickpeas – Cheap, Easy, and Addictive

Prior to making sweet and salty crispy roasted chickpeas (garbanzo beans), chickpeas did not entice me at snack time. I always reached for chocolate, Graham crackers, and other snacks. Silly me! I now realize that …

Read more...