Chocolates & Confections

Winter in Romania is not as bad as in other parts of the world, but we still get -30C at night sometimes and -15C during the day. Luckily, this doesn’t…

This recipe ”Healthy Carob Truffles – Dessert Recipe- Trufe cu pudra de roscove” gave me the opportunity to try a completely new ingredient to me –…

I’ve been dreaming about homemade salted caramels for months and their time has finally come! I bought a candy thermometer a few days ago and I just…

For the longest of times I had this crazy and totally unrealistic idea about marshmallows – that they are empty calories without taste, that their…

Actually this is not the chocolate fudge you’re used to – in Romania, we call this homemade chocolate. It is made with powdered milk, cocoa powder and…

It’s been a few years since I played around with the idea of caramels, but here they are, making an entrance once again. Not your regular sea salt…

Spreads aren’t really that popular in Romania. Well, maybe except Nutella, but let’s face it – as delicious as this famous spread might be, it is…

There is something soothing about chocolate! The way it lingers on the spatula when you temper it, the way it coats your products or its taste, they…

My latest recipe post mentioned a series of „how to have fun with chocolate” posts simply because there are so many easy little things you can do with…

From all the fun things you can do with chocolate, lollipops have a very special place in my heart. It’s no particular reason though, probably just the…