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1 Make Homemade Fudge For the Holidays
Cooking Basics
2 Sweet Success: 10 Tips For Baking the Perfect Macaron
3 Sweet and Savory Sandwich: Recipe for a Chocolate Peanut Butter Treat
Valentine's Day
4 Chocolate-Covered Strawberries in No Time at All
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5 Peppermint Patties Make a Festive Holiday Gift
Valentine's Day
6 Light My Fire: 10 Hot V-Day Recipes
YumSugarTV
7 What Sugar High’s Duff Goldman Really Thinks of Cupcakes
Valentine's Day
8 A Little Love Goes a Long Way: Basic French Macarons
recipes
9 Scream For It! Rocky Road Ice Cream
Valentine's Day
10 Say "I Love You" With Nutella Pound Cake
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11 The Perfect New Year's Sweet Treat: Sparkling Champagne Cupcakes
2011 Summer
12 No-Bake Cheesecake Is an Awesome, Easy Dessert
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13 Avocado Makes Its Way to Dessert
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14 Pizza Two Ways — Sweet and Savory
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15 Reader Recipe: Pumpkin Wontons
Holiday
16 12 Days of Edible Gifts: Candied Citrus Peel
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18 52 Weeks of Baking: Informal Croquembouche (Cream Puffs)
Come Party With Me
19 Come Party With Me: Summer Solstice — Dessert
Holiday
20 12 Days of Edible Gifts: Stout Spice Bread
Tips
21 What Went Wrong? Sugar Crystallizing in Caramel Sauce
Thanksgiving
22 Help! My Thanksgiving Dessert Is a Disaster!
Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day with a special someone, friends, or family, or you're going solo, this holiday just isn't the same without delving into a sweet, creamy, dreamy treat. I know you don't want to burst out of your new Valentine's Day outfit, so here's a frozen dessert that's full of fresh flavor and a luscious texture that screams decadence, but won't break the calorie Read more
With their vibrant colors and lacy frills, dainty, crisp-crusted French macarons are the perfect Valentine's Day baking project. But these lovely little delicacies are temperamental enough to stump even the most accomplished chefs. Even if you follow a detailed recipe down to the letter, a batch of macarons can go very wrong very quickly. Thanks to humidity, an unreliable oven temperature gauge, Read more
Valentine's Day is the perfect time to make sweet treats for the ones we love, and since my love is a chocoholic, I get to try out a couple of new chocolate recipes every February. This month: a decadent Nutella pound cake that will make your sweetheart swoon. Traditionally a pound cake is exactly that: one pound each of the essential ingredients — flour, sugar, eggs, and of course, butter. Read more
Perhaps it's the rainbow of cheerful hues, the adorable two-bite size, or — most likely — the perfect crisp-chewy texture, but I just can't get enough of French macarons. Even when I'm stuffed to the gills, I can always make room for these tiny, delicate pastries. True, macarons can be temperamental (meringue is the capricious culprit), but they do respond wonderfully to patience, Read more
If there's one thing I could eat every day, it's chocolate and fruit. Chocolate-covered strawberries are one of those decadent desserts that people save for special, romantic occasions, but I don't really understand that. This technique for dipping your strawberries in melted chocolate is so simple, it can and should be enjoyed regularly. While many recipes tell you to melt chocolate and butter Read more
Since veggies are bursting with nutrition, we could always stand to get more in our diets. If you're having a hard time stomaching one more bite of salad, here are some sweeter ways to enjoy your veggies, without even realizing it. If healthy eating is one of your goals for the year, be sure to enter our Get Fit For 2012 giveaway for a chance to win a Magimix juicer and a year's worth of KIND Read more
Now that we've rounded the corner of a new year, we're looking back with nostalgia at some of our favorite recipes of 2011. First up: our most impressive sugary standouts from the past 365 days. Want to end your meal in an outstanding way? Click through for some sweet inspiration. Read more
New Year's is my favorite time of year, and Champagne is my favorite drink. So it's no surprise that when I came across a recipe for Champagne cupcakes last week, I nearly jumped out of my seat with excitement. These cupcakes have Champagne in the batter, in the pastry cream filling, and in the buttercream frosting. How much more exciting can this dessert get? There are quite a few steps Read more
Lately, I've been seeing towers of cream puffs, or croquembouches, appearing all over the place, particularly in bridal magazines or on wedding blogs. The croquembouche is most certainly a delicious trend – we had one at our wedding and it was quite a hit! — but these magnificent sweet sculptures are more complicated than they may appear. To get an inside look at how these profiterole towers Read more
My relatives live in Mississippi, so it's tradition for my immediate family to gather there every Christmas. Mississippi is famous for its Southern hospitality, and it's common for family friends to drop by unexpectedly and leave incredible, homemade confections. This particular bundt cake was left by the next-door neighbor, and despite our small family's size, we have managed to gobble it up in Read more
