Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

It has always baffled me as to why there are not more chocolate breakfast recipes. I suppose it’s because it’s not good to admit to eating chocolate in the morning? But to me it only makes sense. Coffee and chocolate are natural compliments in flavor and they even say dark chocolate is healthy! So by that reasoning, you can have cake with chocolate in it in the morning and still call it a complete breakfast! Right?!? (Hey, if Cocoa Puffs is part of a complete breakfast then chocolate chip coffee cake is too!) This coffee cake is super easy to … Continue reading

All About Chocolate

Valentine’s Day is not so very far away and in our house, Valentine’s Day is an excuse to eat lots and lots of chocolate! How much do you know about this tasty treat? Read on, and see how much you already knew about chocolate! Origins and History The Mayans were the first recorded people to use chocolate. They mixed it together with chilies and spices to make a drink. The first ‘hot chocolate’ was used as an offering to the gods, as well as in royal ceremonies. It was very bitter and nothing at all like the hot chocolate we’re … Continue reading