National Bittersweet Chocolate Day

Chocolate lovers, it is time once again to celebrate.  January 10 is annually recognized as National Bittersweet Chocolate Day.   Bittersweet chocolate is chocolate liquor to which sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla have been added.  It does have less sugar and more liquor than semisweet chocolate.  Unlike milk chocolate or white chocolate, it does not …

Easter Eggs

Imagine a room filled with 55,000 chocolate Easter Eggs wrapped in purple foil all ready for delivery.   The smell of peanut butter and cream cheese together with melted chocolate . That is what you will find at the Kernersville First Presbysterian Church each Easter season.  Volunteers from the church begin the Lenten season hand dipping chocolate …

Homemade Chocolate Pie

In Carolina, we take any reason to visit a neighbor and share food.  The place to meet someone for a chat is around the eatin’ table.   We don’t take a full meal .  We do that when someone loses a loved one.  Just to visit, we bring a bowl of chicken salad, pimento cheese wedgies, sausage balls and …