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Firecracker Bark

June 22, 2012
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Some holidays are way better when you’re a kid. Most of my Independence Days growing up were spent swimming all day, munching on the infamous flag cake, and watching a makeshift fireworks display. We never went to see professional pyrotechnics, but it didn’t matter – sitting on the cold grass, with a beach towel around […]

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Chocolate Caramel Popcorn

June 12, 2012
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Chocolate Caramel Popcorn…magical! “After the circus departed, he wrote down every detail he could remember about it so it would not fade in his memory. The chocolate-covered popcorn. The tent full of people on circular raised platforms, performing tricks with bright white fire. The magical, transforming clock that sat across from the ticket booth, doing […]

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Chocolate Bacon Bark with Peanuts and Apricots

April 20, 2012
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Every Christmas, my family expects an awesome assortment of cookies from me. I guess I should expect it, since I am the baker of the family. Peppermint bark is always requested. I would probably be disowned if it wasn’t included in each cookie tin. I don’t understand it – it is as simple as it […]

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