Decorated Chocolate Bar

Hello! It is nice and sunny today again, but we have flu warning nationwide! How scary...

Here is another chocolate recipe! I posted the image before so someone might remember it ;)

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Decorated Chocolate Bar

Difficulty: Really Easy
Time: depend on you
Number of servings: 1

Ingredients:
1 chocolate bar of your choice
sprinkles of your choice
chocolate pen or chocolate to attach sprinkles

Directions:
1. Attach the sprinkles on to the chocolate bar using melted chocolate pen or chocolate.

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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Tomorrow, I am going to have nabe for lunch with my co-worker. Kind of looking forward to it from now ;)

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Reversed Chocolate

Today is sunny again, but we need to be careful not to catch the flu when the air is dry! I wear a mask on the train, gargle and wash my hands for protection!

Anyway, here in Japan, women give chocolate to men on Valentine's Day. Then funny, but on 3/14, men give gifts (used to be candies) to women in return for the chocolate they were given. So some women give chocolate with expectation, out of courtesy!
However, this year, Valentine's Day is on Saturday, so many chocolate manufacturers expect the downturn in sales: no work or schools, so women are expected to buy only the chocolate for someone special! Thus, some of the chocolate manufacturers promote "reversed chocolate" to target men to give chocolate to women. This morning, I saw on TV that Godiva has a Valentine's Day chocolate that costs $15 a piece in a jewel-box-like box!!! Also, there are some funny ones which packages are printed in reverse. The image above is one of them.

How about in your country?
I should tell my boyfriend about "reversed chocolate" and ask him to take me out for dinner! Ha-ha ;)

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Chocolate Muffins

Hi! It snowed a little on Saturday. Probably the first snow of the season. The high was 50F(10C) and it was cold!!! Oops, jo might laugh at me. Her place was at 15F(-9C)...

This is the same chocolate muffins as last time in a different style ;)



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Chocolate Muffins

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 40min (15min preparation, 25min cooking)
Number of servings: 6 medium (2.4inches/6cm) aluminum cups

Ingredients:
A
* 100g (3.5oz.) all-purpose flour
* 20g (0.7oz.) cocoa powder
* 1 tsp. baking powder
* a pinch of salt
60g (2.1oz.) butter (softened)
60g (2.1oz.) sugar
1 egg
70cc milk
few drops of vanilla extract
25g (0.8oz.) chopped walnut
40g (1.4oz.) chopped chocolate bar

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C). In a large bowl, whisk A together and set aside.




2. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy, add egg, milk and vanilla extract in sequence, mixing well after each addition.


3. Add the dry ingredients (1.) in the liquid ingredients (2.) a small amount at a time, and with a rubber spatula, gently stir to blend. (Do not overmix!) Then stir in the chopped walnut and chocolate bar.

4. Spoon the mixture into aluminum cups. Bake for 20-25 minutes.




My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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Stay warm!!!

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