Tag: chocolate

  • Testing the new Duncan Hines swiss miss hot cocoa cake mix

    Testing the new Duncan Hines swiss miss hot cocoa cake mix

    The baking season is upon us and on an aisle end display I found some seasonal mixes including this mix from Duncan Hines and Swiss miss claiming to be a hot cocoa cake mix. This sounds like the perfect winter dessert right? Except when you actually stop and think about it, this is just chocolate Read more

  • Trying out Junket’s Dark Chocolate Gelato box mix

    Trying out Junket’s Dark Chocolate Gelato box mix

    I found a box mix for ice cream, technically gelato, at my local Smith’s and was very surprised, I’ve never seen this before. I do have an ice cream machine and often make homemade ice creams and frozen custards but I haven’t considered a box mix for it. Junket has multiple flavors of ice cream Read more

  • Trying out Elia’s Olive Oil Cake mix

    Trying out Elia’s Olive Oil Cake mix

    Believe it or not, I wasn’t looking for any box mixes when I stumbled upon this strange mix. I was on a hunt for Hershey kisses at my local grocery outlet and couldn’t find them anywhere. I ran into a friend who worked there and he offered to check the back to see if he Read more

  • Trying out a recipe for “Puppy Chow Fudge”

    Trying out a recipe for “Puppy Chow Fudge”

    Puppy chow is iconic. I believe it has a place at every party in every season but I do see a lot more of it in the Christmas season. This may be due to the excess of get-togethers or the joy of holiday baking, either way I am not mad about it. Let me back Read more