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Hershey's Is Thinking Pink!

YumSugar — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:29:31 -0700

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Hershey's Company is producing limited edition versions of some of their popular products: Kisses, Nuggets, Syrup, and Peppermint Patties. They will also contribute $300,000 to the Young Survival Coalition, a non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to addressing the concerns and issues unique to young women and breast cancer.

“The Young Survival Coalition is proud to work with Hershey’s powerful brands to raise awareness for our important mission,” said Michele Przypysny, Chief Executive Officer, Young Survival Coalition. “Our partnership with The Hershey Company has helped us to provide vital programs and services for young women and their families.”

The products all have special pink packaging and are designed to help raise awareness. They should be available in stores for the entire month of October.

Thanks to TeamSugar for telling me about this one!

Happy Hour: Raspberry-Chocolate Kiss Cocktail

partysugar — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:00:18 -0800

I consider myself a party chameleon; I can have fabulous fun at any party from a hippie hangout in the Berkeley hills to a swanky soirée on a Manhattan rooftop. I apply the same open-minded mentality to cocktails. While there is a time and place for a whiskey-laced Sazerac, there is also a suitable occasion for this frilly pink concoction. It's served in a rimmed martini glass and known as a raspberry-chocolate kiss.

Valentine's Day is the opportune time for this sort of sweet, girlie drink. It has a chocolate wafer-cookie rim and fresh raspberry flavor. A simple syrup infused with mint provides a delicate herbal essence to the delightfully fruity mixture. If you enjoy cosmopolitans, you'll love this drink.

I sipped the spirit-lifting libation after a long day and trust me - it's the perfect cure to the single girl Valentine's Day blues. To look at the recipe, read more.

Raspberry-Chocolate Kiss Cocktail
From Martha Stewart

Ingredients

1/4 cup Mint-Infused Simple Syrup, plus more for rim (recipe below)
3 chocolate cookies, finely crushed, such as Nabisco Famous Wafers
10 raspberries
1/4 cup vodka
2 tablespoons cranberry juice
Ice cubes

Directions

Fill a shallow dish with enough simple syrup to just cover the bottom. Place crushed cookies into another shallow dish. Invert a martini glass into simple syrup and then immediately into crushed cookies to coat the rim of the glass.
Place raspberries in a cocktail shaker; crush with a muddler.
Add simple syrup and muddle again.
Add vodka and cranberry juice; fill shaker with ice. Shake well until chilled. Strain into prepared martini glass. Serve immediately.

Makes 1 drink.

Mint-Infused Simple Syrup

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Stems from 1 bunch of fresh mint

In a small saucepan, combine sugar, 1 cup water, and mint stems. Place over medium heat, and cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat; let cool. Strain through a sieve. Syrup can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks.

Makes 1 1/2 cups.

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12 Days of Edible Gifts: Hazelnut Kiss Cookies

YumSugar — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:00:12 -0800

Every holiday season, I love indulging in those classic peanut butter cookies dimpled with a Hershey Kiss center. For our 12 Days of Edible Gifts, I experimented with this same concept to create a Ferrero Rocher-inspired treat. The combination of hazelnuts and chocolate is always divinely delicious and these crumbly hazelnut cookies with chocolate middles are no exception. They're simple to make and easily gifted in a festive basket or decorative to-go container. To make these delectable cookies for your friends and family, read more.

Hazelnut Kiss Cookies
Adapted from The Taste of Home Cookbook

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup Sugar
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup ground roasted hazelnuts
48 unwrapped Hershey Kisses

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. Place whole hazelnuts on a large cookie sheet. Bake for 8-12 minutes until fragrant. Be careful to not burn the nuts. Fresh from the oven place hazelnuts in a clean dish towel, rub against the towel to remove the skin. Grind or finely chop hazelnuts.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix eggs, yolks and vanilla well. Combine flour and salt and add a third at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in nuts.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie baking sheets. Flatten each ball and place a Hershey Kiss in the center of each cookie.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes until cookies have set. Only the bottom of cookie will turn golden brown. Watch the cookies closely as the tip of the chocolate can burn. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes 4 dozen cookies.

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Valentine's Day Happy Hour: Strawberry Kiss

partysugar — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:59:59 -0800

About two weeks ago I got a very nice email from my older brother Michael. He lives in Los Angeles and is always helping out and that's why he sent me an email full of romantic recipes! Now Mikey doesn't really cook because he stays in a lot of hotel rooms - where he's discovered these amazing cocktail recipes in the hotel magazines, but he took the time to type out the recipes and send them to me (thanks Mikey!!). And now I'm sharing them with you! Today's recipe is for a Strawberry Kiss, a blended creamy dessert drink that is sure to get your sweetie swooning. Stay tuned for the rest of the seductive love potion cocktail recipes.

To learn how to make the strawberry kiss, read more

Strawberry Kiss
From Inside SCV

1 oz white rum
1 oz Amaretto
4 strawberries
1 oz double cream

Blend all ingredients with ice until smooth.
Pour into a hurricane or wine glass garnished with fresh strawberry on the rim.

Makes 1 cocktail.

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It's Time to Gobble Up Limited Edition Easter Candy

YumSugar — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:29:31 -0800

I was checking out the Easter aisles at my local Target when I noticed a few limited edition candies. While there's a sea of pastel coated chocolates and speckled eggs, the newest trend seems to be citrus flavored chocolates. Cadbury brought back its Orange Creme Egg - first introduced last year - and Hershey's now has both orange and lemon creme flavored kisses. The orange has been available for the last few Easters, but I think this is the first time I've seen the lemon. Both are a bit like a dreamsicle, and neither of them contain chocolate.

Have you seen any limited edition candies in your store? If so, are you planning on buying any of them? What limited edition flavor do you think the candy companies should make?

Yummy Links: From Oreo Kisses to Bacon Candy

YumSugar — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:58:52 -0800

Create your own adorable Oreo Kisses. - Bakerella
In South America, Kraft is creating a line to help fight intestinal worms. - Slashfood
Learn how to make felt fortune cookies filled with treats. - CasaSugar
Did you see this list of unlovable Valentine's Day Sweets? - Serious Eats
Find new ways to satisfy your chocolate cravings. - iVIllage
Flavor your food with something other than salt. - FitSugar
Learn how to broil a steak in the oven. - The Kitchn
Discover how to turn leftover wine into vinegar. - Chow
Let's all make a batch of bacon candy! - Al Dente

Happy Hour: Cranberry Amaretto Kiss

partysugar — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:13:33 -0800

During the holidays I was so busy that I didn't have time to experiment with different cocktail recipes. Instead, I found one that I absolutely loved and made it throughout the season. Actually I'm so obsessed, I'm still shaking it up! From the December issue of Bon Appetit, the Cranberry Amaretto Kiss is a sublime concoction of almond liquor, vodka, fresh squeezed orange juice, and cranberry juice. It has a lovely vibrant color and doesn't taste too sweet. Everyone from my tequila-loving mom to my martini-drinking friend guzzled this cocktail with gusto. So give it a try! Get the recipe now when you read more.

Cranberry Amaretto Kiss
From Bon Appetit magazine, December 2007

2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
1 cup vodka
1/2 cup amaretto
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice*
Ice cubes
Clementines, peeled, separated into segments (optional)

Mix cranberry juice, vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in pitcher.
Cover and chill until ready to serve. It can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.
To make 2 drinks, fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Pour in scant 1 cup vodka mixture.
Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into 2 Martini glasses. Garnish each with clementine segment, if desired. Repeat 3 times with ice cubes, remaining vodka mixture, and clementine segments.

Makes 8 cocktails.

*I used 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice because I liked the tartness it added to the cocktail.

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Don't Lose Your Drink, Kiss It!

partysugar — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:21:31 -0700

I'm always on the lookout for fun new party goodies, so when FabSugar sent me these lip print glass stickers, I was extremely excited! They come in three different shades - baby pink, hot pink, and red - and stick to any type of glass. You can create patterns on glassware, vases, or even windows making these stickies a versatile party decoration. They would make great drink markers at a bachelorette party or work as a perfect addition to a bag full of party favors.

Lucky for us the price is right: each pack is only $5 and comes with 24 stickers! My birthday is in 2 days and if you haven't found my gift, here's a little hint...

Think You Know Candy Corn?

YumSugar — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:01:33 -0700

Hershey's has just released a new seasonal kiss flavor: Candy Corn. I saw some in the Halloween display at Target and picked them up for the office to try.

The first thing I noticed was the smell: an overpowering in your face butterscotch-caramel odor, or as YumJimmy put it, "it smells like old people candy." The smell should have been a hint, the candy is as overpowering as its odor. It's like an overly sweet white chocolate laced with butterscotch, heavy on the butter. I personally found them to be adorable, but way too sweet.

All of this candy corn coloring got me wondering about candy corn in general. So I looked up a few things and put it all together in a fun quiz! Think you know candy corn?

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Top Chef's Hosea Formally Apologizes For Kiss

partysugar — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:00:25 -0800

In a blog posted last Friday on Bravo's website, Top Chef season 5 contestant, Hosea, offers his "apologies to anyone who was offended or upset" by the intimate moment he shared with fellow contestant, Leah on last week's restaurant wars episode. This is the first time romance has blossomed on the culinary competition. Although it was only a kiss, at the time of filming, both Hosea and Leah had significant others. After his apology, Hosea explains how he was significantly affected by the kiss:

Do I regret it? You bet. Did it throw off my game? Of course. Have I thought about it every day since? Yes. What can I do? Nothing. When I returned home, I told my girlfriend - one of the sweetest women on earth - what happened. She was willing to forgive me. Our relationship was never the same. We are no longer together. So I have to live with my mistakes and try and grow as a person from it.

Leah has made no public comment and the current status of the relationship between Hosea and Leah is unknown. While both chefs still have a chance at winning the Top Chef title, this kiss may have been their tragic downfall.

What do you think? Will Hosea or Leah win? How do you feel about Hosea's apology?

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