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This post contains affiliate Links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support. 2022 was not a great year for our family and to top it all off, I didn't get very many Hot Cocoa Bombs made. Happily, now that 2023 has begun, the weather has been a little more the way that it should be with rain and colder temperatures, so there is still time to enjoy some delicious Hot Cocoa Bombs to warm us all up! Hot Cocoa is such great comfort food! (or drink!) This particular flavor is one I came up with in 2017 and we made our first Hot Cocoa Bomb tutorial video about it! Since chocolate covered strawberries make a great Valentine's Day treat, I thought that I would share this post with you again just as we get into February! Enjoy!  Today is the big day! We are publishing our Hot Cocoa Bomb Video Tutorial! It is available for your viewing pleasure right here on this site, or on Facebook or on YouTube! Take your pick and watch it over and over again if you want. (I probably will!) While the tutorial basics are the same as in our picture tutorial that you can find here, this video also introduces a new flavor of Bomb that we are sure you will all love! It is Chocolate Strawberry! At Valentine's Day, one favorite gift is chocolate dipped strawberries, so we thought, why not a Chocolate Strawberry Bomb? And look how pretty they are with the Wilton iridescent Valentines sprinkles sitting in those cute cupcake cups. I found mine at Walmart, but there are similar ones here and here. These will definitely be making an appearance on our Valentine's Day breakfast table. Without further ado, here is the video! The basics for creating these Strawberry Bombs are the same as you will find on this link, but here are the differences that make this flavor unique.
 I will be telling you about that toile table runner in a later post! If you want a hard copy of the directions, You can find the printable version of our Hot Cocoa Bomb Idea Book in our Etsy shop! It contains many ideas for flavors and for decorating your Hot Cocoa Bombs. Once again, here is a link to the Wilton Molds that we use, here and here. For those of you who live in colder climates, Hot Cocoa Bombs are a great way to get cozy and warmed up on a cold winter's night. For those of us in Phoenix, we have to hurry and take advantage of our cooler mornings and nights for just a little bit longer and get in our Hot Cocoa Bomb fix while we can! Chocolate Strawberry, or Cherry Cordial are perfect for a cold Valentine's Day morning! After you watch the marshmallows pop up to the top of the cup, add some more, or whipped cream and sprinkles to make them extra sweetl for this sweetheart of a day!  If you are looking for recipes to make a wonderful, romantic dinner, check out Renny's Recipes! If Valentine's Day isn't your cup of tea, try these ideas from Alicia for an UnValentine's Day party or date. (Hot Cocoa Bombs will work in either situation though.) Let us know how you liked our video and if you try making Hot Cocoa Bombs, let us know how it went! We can give you some tips to help you be successful, if you have any questions.
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Last week I told you about my new digital kitchen scale and how I am experimenting with which measuring technique works better for me. I started out with Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and then I decided that my next try would be cupcakes. I had some bananas that were getting quite ripe, so I decided on a recipe for Banana Cupcakes. So far, I've made the weighed measurement ones, I will make the standard cup measurement recipe soon and let you know if there is any difference.
I am very happy with the way these cupcakes turned out. They are lighter than muffins, which was my goal. As they sat in my Tupperware over the next day of two, the banana in them became much more noticeable, which I loved. Of course, if you have very many kids, they won't last long.
Be sure to use nice ripe bananas in your recipe for the sweetness and flavor! I topped mine with a vanilla buttercream frosting. I did add a couple of Tablespoons of real butter to that recipe because I wanted a little of that real butter flavor with the banana flavor.
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I am a big fan of the Great British Baking Show. If you've watched it, you will have noticed that the bakers create their recipes using digital kitchen scales. It got me to wondering if there is a big difference in the results between the use of the scale compared to the standard way of measuring with cups and spoons. So, I asked for a digital kitchen scale for Christmas and I got one! (Thanks Maddy and Jacob!) Now, my experimentation has begun, much to my husband's delight.
This post contains affiliate Links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support.  Fancy journals that make you want to crack them open and write your inner most thoughts can be pricey. If you are a prolific writer of journals, crafting your own journal might be a fun option.
My creative granddaughter is always on board when it comes to doing a new craft or activity. I had been toying with the idea of creating journals using inexpensive composition books for awhile and when I mentioned the idea to Jayda, she was all in! |
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! 
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