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Category Archives: molasses

Vintage-style chocolate & Ovaltine for Halloween.

I’m sure you’re tired of hearing by now how much I love Halloween. Well, tough noogies I say. I’ve got my costume all ready (Merlotte’s waitress, complete with bloody vampire bites on my neck & requisite t-shirt, black shorts, & black Adidas sneakers), my house is all decorated with orange & purple lights, pumpkins, mums, [...]

Gingy’s gingerbread cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting & gumdrop “buttons.”

I’m sure most of you have seen Shrek. Regardless of having children or not, it’s a movie that by now most of the world I think has either seen, read about, or heard enough about to know about Gingy. There’s even been a Broadway play version of it. So unless you live under a rock, [...]

Shoofly cupcakes, direct from Penn Dutch country.

While I was away in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago (actually more like almost 2 months ago… wow time flies!), I became addicted to shoofly pie. I never liked it before, really, but I went into a place called Dutch Haven and as soon as you walk in, they give you a warm sample, with [...]