The Mondoshawan's Thanksgiving...

Inspired by Bakerella's Turkey Cake Pops, I decided to make some to bring to my friend's house for Thanksgiving for her kids to eat for dessert!!

My first Turkey Cake Pops attempt!

And, inspired from one of my favourite movies...

The Mondoshawan's celebrate Thanksgiving ;)

Happy Thanksgiving to those in America!

Crazy and chocolate

Well it's been a very crazy last couple of weeks. My computer threw a wobbly, blew its motherboard and had to be rebuilt from scratch, and I have been finishing off a rather large and complex report! So this is the first time I've been able to sit down and write for a reason other than work. There will be much more of this in the next little while - sort of a cathartic exercise I think.

In the meantime, yesterday while shopping, I discovered myself a new treat - Oxfam fairtrade dark chocolate. The cocoa beans are sourced from Ghana, Ivory Coast and Paraguay and it was so smooth and irresistible! And by purchasing this chocolate, I'm also supporting fair trade in a big way. Mmmm delicious and virtuous all at once...I can't go wrong!

Chocolade Kettle

My Omey (Oma is Dutch for Grandmother) recently gave me this exquisite "chocolade ketel", that she received from her favourite Aunty 'Tante Jet' when she was a little girl.  They use to make the most delicious hot chocolate in it (and we all know how much we love chocolate on this blog!)  We worked out that this is over 150 years old!  I am in love with this beautiful piece of history, and am looking forward to making my dear Omey a nice hot chocolate and pouring her a cup and sharing these memories with her!

Tins for every occasion

I've rediscovered tins for storage. Tupperware containers are out...tins are in! This is my mother in law's and I love it. I'm really starting to form the opinion that tins have a little more character and I'm on the look out for something new.

Since I like to indulge in a little chocolate every now and then (or maybe every day) I think my first tin purchase will be an elegant storage solution for my little chocolate blocks of joy. I found this tin on insideoutliving.co.uk. So irresistible.