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Healthy Eating: Chocolate Oat Balls | February 1, 2011

Healthy Eating: Chocolate Oat Balls

This Chocolate Oat Ball recipe is so simple even kids can make it! Whenever I make them, they’re gone in no time!  I enjoy this recipe because when I’m craving something sweet, these Chocolate Oat Balls do the trick!  The best part about these sweet little treats, is that they’re delicious AND healthy!

Chocolate Oat Balls
By Devani Alderson

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups Oats Toasted

½ cup Your Favorite Creamy Nut Butter (we like almond butter)

½ cup Honey

½ cup Fruit & Nut Mix (your favorite blend)

½ cup Chocolate Chips

DIRECTIONS:

First, preheat the oven to 350˚F.  Put the oats on a cookie sheet, and … Read More »

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A Sweet Interview with Shocolaate | January 12, 2011

A Sweet Interview with Shocolaate

Valentines day is fast approaching and Cristina and Diana at Shocolaate are hard at work making sure it’s a sweet day for everyone. New to the world of chocolate, Shocolaate has caused quite a buzz with it’s fun and chic treats that are sure to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth.

CG: Being a chocolatier is not a typical job, how did you both decide this was what you wanted to do?

C&D: Cristina attended culinary school and chocolate was her favorite focus. It was a natural progression. Cristina and I have creative backgrounds so we followed the creative flow.

CG: What are the advantages and disadvantages … Read More »

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Whoopie Pies | January 29, 2009

Whoopie Pies

Everyone loves those new “cakesters”.  They just fly off of the shelves. My kids always try to slip some into my cart at the grocery store.  They are a bit pricey, and they are never as good as you imagine them to be.  Then it hit me.  I could try to make some from scratch!

I then remembered a friend from Pennsylvania who made these “whoopie pies” for a super bowl party I went to years ago.  She said that they sell them in Pennsylvania everywhere from roadside stands, to bake sales, to the grocery store.  I got her recipe for … Read More »

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