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John & Kiras is a local company that produces high quality gourmet chocolates and also contributes to philanthropic projects. They are famous for their Garden Mint flavor, which is made with fresh mint that is grown by a local Philadelphia elementary school. Garden Mint is my personal favorite, and whenever I taste their mint chocolate pieces, I can taste the fresh, sweet, and clean flavors. The fact that the mint is grown and purchased from a local school makes me feel less guilty about eating it!

Other flavors from John & Kiras include Raspberry, Honey Lavender, and Pistachi-Oh! Every one of the chocolate flavors that comes out of this company perfectly showcases the main ingredient. The textures are perfect–a bit truffle-like but firm, and the chocolate has a creamy but tart quality to it (more...
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I've got a few new soaps, and a couple of restocks, on the curing rack.

Restocks, I have Pomegranate Fig, and Oatmeal & Honey

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New soaps -

Sandalwood Vanilla - This is a different Sandalwood Vanilla fragrance oil than I usually use. It has a more woodsy fragrance than the other. Kind of nice! For oils, I used olive oil, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, and avocado oil. For coloring, I used a combo of red clay and red oxide, which gave it a real nice mahogany red color.



Egyptian Dragon - Same recipe as the Sandalwood Vanilla. The fragrance is a amber, vanilla, sweet frankincense and myrrh, with a light touch of patchouli. A touch of green clay for color, with a little bit of green oxide for a swirl.



Now this next one is for all us chocoholics! It's called Chocolate Serendipity and BOY! does it smell good! Like chocolate fudge brownies just ...
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You may already know that there is a big difference between a "designer dog" and a "mutt". Although both mixed breeds, designer dog (a so-called hybrid are), is a deliberate combination of the properties of two different breeds of race. Mutts and their heritage? Who knows?

If you opt for a designer dog, you can expect that the parents were carefully studied and thus complement each other their properties selected. If you opt for a Goldendoodle, you're Getting Adeliberate cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle. And if you buy a Goldendoodle puppy from a reputable breeder, you get the result of a mixture of very careful and considered, where both parents are healthy, race, and no known problems.

Goldendoodles are a very popular dog hybrid. Poodles and Golden Retrievers are very popular both races, use their high intelligence natives in a fervent desire to please the people. And they generally shares Goldendoodle puppyTrains...
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He wanted hot chocolate.  He got arrested.

A homeless man called 911 from the hot tub asking for towels, hot chocolate and a hug.  He got arrested for trespassing instead.  The man told a Portland 911 dispatcher that he’d been in the water about 10 hours and his towels had gotten wet.  As he put it, “I just need a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows in it.”  Marilyn Nelson talks about this on the Morning Show, listen below.

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. Cucumber Punch .
by: Crystal B Recipes

Newcomers are always impressed when they discover we drink Cucumber Punch. "Cucumbers", they exclaim, as they scrunch up their nose!!!" They become dedicated fans too, once they've taken a sip.
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Those with a sweet tooth will find themselves in 7th heaven when they come to Custer, South Dakota. In addition to the many fine Custer Restaurants the town offers, several confectioneries sell everything from candies and fudge to cakes. When visiting Custer, get ready for a burst of flavors you won't find anywhere else.

Rushmore Mountain Taffy Shop
203 Winter Street
Keystone, South Dakota
(605) 666-4430
www.rushmoremountaintaffy.com

For the greatest taffy west of the Mississippi, BBonline recommends the Rushmore Mountain Taffy Shop. With more than 50 flavors of regular taffy and 30 of sugar free taffy, this shop just outside Custer will have your taste buds dancing. The Rushmore Mountain Taffy Shop makes all the taffy in the store, putting on several demonstrations for adults and children on the art of fine taffy making. Their prices start at $13 per pound and they sell quantitie...
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@irondrumWorksPromo Son, I feel your enthusiasm, but let’s get realistic…Miss Scarlett’s been out since at least year 2000; figure in she was about 20 at the time, that’ll make her around 30 now, plus she had some kids, a murdered husband, IRS debts, INS court and a drug habit…Like the proverbial Stallion, she’s more than earned her place in the Valley….

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Please tell me how I have that song from the original Parent Trap stuck in my head??

As luck would have it, I was in Charlotte yesterday afternoon/evening and was able to finally meet up with the Charlotte blog crew… too bad it was to say goodbye to Emily and Casey

I didn’t know what to expect or if I’d recognize anyone (besides Emily who I met the other day), but decided I wanted to meet all these lovely ladies, so I’d just wing it.  Well, I have this pretty annoying habit of always being early.  Sounds nice, right? Well not when I’m the first one there, think I’m at the wrong place and look like the sad little girl eating fro-yo by herself in a corner…

Luckily I entertained myself with a completely different TCBY experience than the ones I had growing up.  It seems th...
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A chocolate mold is a cavity, usually made of plastic, used for forming chocolates in desired shapes. A chocolate mold can usually withstand up to 160 degrees F of heat so should be used with low-heat melting chocolate. Some molds are made from rubber or silicone, while other chocolate molds are made from metal.

Most chocolate molds produce one sided chocolates which are flat on one side and formed on the other. Some manufacturers provide three dimensional molds that create a fully shaped chocolate. This is usually achieved when two molds are used then joined together in a semi-hardened state. A newer solution to achieving round shaped chocolates is to use a magnetic chocolate mold. This allows the melted chocolate to be placed inside the sphere with the magnets holding the mold together until it hardens in the desired shape.

Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate can all be used in a chocolate mold. Using small pieces of chocolate is the preferred way of ...
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