Food
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Trader Joe’s Crispy Peanut Butter Filled Milk Chocolate Peanuts
Description My neighborhood TJ’s was late to the game in stocking their TJ’s chocolate peanuts. These TJ’s chocolate peanuts are “Crispy Peanut Butter filled Milk Chocolate PEANUTS, peanut shaped milk chocolate filled with…
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Hello Fresh – Week 2 Experience and Discount
Week 1 Experience and Intro Please check out my Week 1 and Intro experience with Hello Fresh meals. I’ll dive right into my week 2 experience and recipes I’ve tried while the discount…
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Hello Fresh – First Time Trying a Meal Kit
Exposure to Meal Kits There are several meal kit options out there, and I think Blue Apron was the first I’ve heard. Several friends/acquaintances mentioned these meal kits were fun and delicious, notably…
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Matcha Shortbread Cookies – Green and Delicious!
I wasn’t planning on posting these matcha shortbread cookies here, so I didn’t take many pictures of my process of baking them. It turns out that it is almost St. Patrick’s Day, so…
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TJ’s Cold Brew Boba & Amazing Always Chewy Various Ice Creams
I went a bit overboard with ice creams today. Trader Joe’s finally stocked their Cold Brew Coffee & Boba ice cream pints, and Safeway had a variety of ice cream from Amazing Always…
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Trader Joe’s Chantilly Cream Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cake
The Product Trader Joe’s has a mini sheet cake that is pretty good. They call it their Chantilly Cream Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cake, with a description of, “Moist, flavorful cake with a…
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Trader Joe’s Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes – Review from a Non-Vegan
Cupcakes Spotted at Trader Joe’s I don’t see cupcakes very often at Trader Joe’s, and their baked goods tend to be seasonal treats as they have different things throughout the year. Vanilla is…
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Ferrero Eggs – The Best Easter Hazelnut Candy!
Yes, it’s a Ferrero Rocher Brand! Those hazelnut chocolates, wrapped in gold, looking so fancy in its clear and faceted box… so delicious and luxurious. My favorite part of Ferrero Rocher hazelnut candies…
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Matcha Japanese Cheesecake – Light, Fluffy, Small Portioned (6 inch cake)
What is This Cheesecake? This matcha Japanese cheesecake is very different than a traditional flavored cheesecake in flavors and texture. One major difference is that this cheesecake does not have a crust. It…
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Viennetta – a Blast from the Past!
OMG, Viennetta – a total blast from the past! Viennetta ice cream cake was a treat my family would share on various occasions in the ’90s. Sure, it reminds me of layers of…
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6″ Mango Cheesecake Using Mango Flavoring
Fresh mangos can be pricey. I was fortunate enough to make a mango mousse cake with fresh mangos at one point and it was delicious. Then I attempted to make the same cake…
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Macarons with Jam Buttercream – Great Use for Extra Jam!
I’ve been on a macaron roll since the new year, and have already baked several batches. I may have had some beginners luck baking macarons, but I’ve been learning throughout the month as…
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Fancy Hot Chocolate with Decorated Marshmallows – So exquisite!
My hot chocolates typically comes from Swiss Miss packets, whatever is inside the machine at work, and the rare occasion of Godiva hot chocolate powder. It was rarely (if ever) fancy hot chocolate.…
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Dominique Ansel’s Christmas Morning Cereal – Worth it?
Christmas Morning Cereal? It sounds very specific – Christmas Morning Cereal. It is a seasonal “cereal” that is offered in limited quantities in-store and online. The gourmet “cereal” blend consists of crispy puffed…
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Simple Macarons – “Secret” Ratio and Luck to Perfection
The Prompt It was New Year’s Eve, and my kids wanted to stay up past midnight. I was rather tired around 10PM, but I wanted to be awake while the kids were awake.…
