• Irish Coffee Truffles
    Chocolate and Candy

    Irish Coffee Truffles

    Irish Coffee – that iconic combination of strong black coffee and whiskey with a dollop of slightly sweetened cream on top – is an amazing combination of flavors in and of itself, but add those flavors to chocolate? DIVINE. Enter Irish Coffee Truffles. Silky, creamy, and slightly boozy, these truffles will make your St. Patrick’s Day this year – trust me. And if you are generous enough to share with your friends, they’ll think you’ve found the end of the rainbow. That’s how good they are. Plus, they only have 4 ingredients and are incredibly easy to make. Have I convinced you yet? Good. Let’s make Irish Coffee Truffles! Basic…

  • Dulce de leche
    Chocolate and Candy,  Condiments and Sauces

    Homemade Dulce de Leche

    I’m a big caramel fan. I love it all – caramel lattes, caramel apples, caramel corn, even fake caramel-flavored coffee (though I’m embarrassed to admit that!). But my absolute, hands-down favorite is the thick, creamy, completely addicting caramel sauce known as Dulce de Leche (Spanish for “candy of milk”). This treat is made by slowly cooking sweetened milk until it caramelizes and thickens, resulting in one of the most delicious things ever. This recipe is the simplest way I’ve seen to make Dulce de Leche. You boil UNOPENED (yes, really) cans of sweetened condensed milk in a water bath for a few hours, and BAM! Just like magic, you have…