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wow! i am glad to see that you guys love the hot chocolate too! here is a little more hot chocolate information. stephanie at half baked was kind enough to send me the link. it explains the distinction between hot cocoa and drinking chocolate. i of course love both! pay particular attention to the paste making instructions if you are using any form of the powdered cocoa (even the boxed stuff like swiss miss!). i have always made a paste first and it makes the drink smoother.
we all know hot chocolate is best accompanied by some marshmallows or whip cream. megan's comment the other day reminded me that i would like to make the homemade marshmallows from martha. so i did.
having no idea if they would turn out, i opted to cut the recipe in half. why waste all those ingredients if it wasn't going to turn out? i mean, i am not the queen of candy, and taking a syrup up to hard ball stage is not my forte. but guess what? easy peasy! the recipe is written so well i have no extra tips!
yesterday my mom took my dad and i out to lunch. unfortunately the place she wanted to take us was closed, so we poked around the upcoming shopping village that it was located in. they happen to have a yarn shop, and that yarn shop happened to have a pattern i was DYING for. something i had discovered online that very morning. but alas, i'll share that in the next post. i also picked up the latest ik mag which is great!
afterwards, we went back to their place where i made them each a cup of hot chocolate and homemade marshmallows. delicious!
i came home and spent the rest of my day knitting on my socks (with a quick trip to a couple lys for the yarn that goes with the afore mentioned pattern, again, saving that for the next post).
and ohh the delight of receiving a large pink box on your doorstep when you get home (and on the same day the latest issue of martha arrives!). stacey had sent me a package! it didn't take me long to rip the thing open in anticipation.
the box
the card (pink and green!)
the contents
i have to be honest, the contents picture does not do the package justice. the yarn is patagonia cotton yarn in an amazing variegated green colorway. i love it. inside there was also the cutest tin of mints EVER! a box of limited edition chocolate covered sugar babies (man, i love those special editions!) and an oven glove in the perfect retro blue, brown and green as a belated housewarming gift (sans pic because i could not for the life of me get the colors right). thanks so much stacey, that was the cherry on top of the sundae as far as my day went!
i am off to try and get another pattern repeat done on my sock. i have my fingers crossed that i might be able to finish the first one today.
we all know hot chocolate is best accompanied by some marshmallows or whip cream. megan's comment the other day reminded me that i would like to make the homemade marshmallows from martha. so i did.
having no idea if they would turn out, i opted to cut the recipe in half. why waste all those ingredients if it wasn't going to turn out? i mean, i am not the queen of candy, and taking a syrup up to hard ball stage is not my forte. but guess what? easy peasy! the recipe is written so well i have no extra tips!
yesterday my mom took my dad and i out to lunch. unfortunately the place she wanted to take us was closed, so we poked around the upcoming shopping village that it was located in. they happen to have a yarn shop, and that yarn shop happened to have a pattern i was DYING for. something i had discovered online that very morning. but alas, i'll share that in the next post. i also picked up the latest ik mag which is great!
afterwards, we went back to their place where i made them each a cup of hot chocolate and homemade marshmallows. delicious!
i came home and spent the rest of my day knitting on my socks (with a quick trip to a couple lys for the yarn that goes with the afore mentioned pattern, again, saving that for the next post).
and ohh the delight of receiving a large pink box on your doorstep when you get home (and on the same day the latest issue of martha arrives!). stacey had sent me a package! it didn't take me long to rip the thing open in anticipation.
the box
the card (pink and green!)
the contents
i have to be honest, the contents picture does not do the package justice. the yarn is patagonia cotton yarn in an amazing variegated green colorway. i love it. inside there was also the cutest tin of mints EVER! a box of limited edition chocolate covered sugar babies (man, i love those special editions!) and an oven glove in the perfect retro blue, brown and green as a belated housewarming gift (sans pic because i could not for the life of me get the colors right). thanks so much stacey, that was the cherry on top of the sundae as far as my day went!
i am off to try and get another pattern repeat done on my sock. i have my fingers crossed that i might be able to finish the first one today.
13 Comments:
What a sweet housewarming gift you received from Stacey! That's so awesome. Can't wait to see what yarn and pattern you are working on next.
That package was so lovely. And the homemade marshmallows! I have never made them but I rely on a good friend who does so every season (same recipe which she also loves). She also pipes hers into shapes, like Peeps for Easter (homemade Peeps! can you stand it??), ghosts for Halloween, and snowflakes for Christmas. Icing and/or powdered sugar also make for great decoration. Hers are quite lovely. And very unique. Until your post, I'd never seen anyone else make them from scratch.
Great theme, the chocolate and the marshmallows. So good!
Hey - I made homemade marshmallows yesterday too!! Mmmmmm
Mmm Marshmallows with cocoa. They look delicious. Not to get back on the chocolate thing but the Ghiradelli's 60% cocoa baking bars has an easy and delicious truffle recipe on the back of the wrapper for you chocolate lovers. I made a batch rolled in pecans. You can never get enough chocolate. And, good luck with sock #1!
Yeah! I'm glad that you got it, and that you enjoyed all the stuff as much as I enjoyed putting it together!! So, I just finished Grey's....and holy crap! I love that show!!! Talk to you soon:)
Wow, those marshmallows are perfect!! That may be my project for next weekend! Your posts have been the best recently! Can't wait to see the socks. Have a lovely President's Day Amy!
I almost ate my computer screen when I saw those marshmallows! I will have to make some. I had a friend in college whose mom would always load him up with homemade marshmallows to bring back to school and we would devour them!
I need to find out how I can get some of those mints, too! Where did she get them? TOO CUTE!
Homemade marshmellows are a christmas staple around here, but I've never tried putting them into hot chocolate hmmm.... If this cold snap doesn't end soon we're all going to need a LOT of hot chocolate!
Gasp! Knitting Girl? I knew that company made something like that! I have bought "Crafty Girl" for people before. Now I'll have my eyes open double time for those!
This sounds silly, but thanks for the reminder about cool whip as a proper marshmallow alternative. My hot chocolate has been lacking.
oi! Yum! Those marshmallows look scrumpcious!
Glad you liked the chocolate link :D Chocolate makes the world go round!
Idea! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Chocolate-covered homemade marshmallows. Yes. That is what we need next. I just bought one of those ginormous "pound plus" bittersweet chocolate slabs from TJ's, so I may follow your lead and make some this weekend!
Oh my gosh, homemade marshmallows! I've said it a million times, you are just too talented!
Those are the best damn marshmallows I have ever seen. Nice work!
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