Grasshopper Bar

I always love anything mint chocolate so when I saw this Grasshopper bar at Tender Greens I had to try it.  

I was seriously amazing! The top layer was like a dark chocolate ganache shell, the middle mint cream was sweet and silky and the bottom layer was straight up brownie.  Delicious. 

Ice Cream Sandwiches

I had this great ice cream sandwich at Magnolia in Hollywood. It was my favorite combination: mint chip ice cream with chocolate chip cookies. I also tasted the salted caramel which was very tasty as well. I highly recommend it!

More Homemade Cake Pops

For a friend's birthday I decided to make some more cake pops, and used this opportunity to try new flavors. I chose Strawberry and Mint Chocolate, both were terrific! These flavors are great alternatives to the usual Vanilla and Chocolate.

For one I used Strawberry cake mix, with Strawberry icing, and a Vanilla candy shell. For the other I used a Dark Chocolate cake mix, Dark Chocolate icing, added Peppermint flavoring to the batter, and used a Mint Chocolate candy shell.

To see full Cake Pop baking instructions, click HERE

Sweet E's Cake Pops

I first saw Cake Pops made by Bakerella, but now I see them popping up everywhere, no pun intended. These are pops from Sweet E's Bake Shop which is currently just a truck roaming around the city, but I heard they are opening a store near by! That is something I am eagerly awaiting, because these things are addicting!

The Red Velvet

The outter shell was made of white chocolate, which threw me off a little since I'm so used to a cream cheese frosting here.

The Sweet E's Truck at Fashion's Night Out

Mint Chocolate Chip Cake Pop and Cookie Dough Cupcake

The Mint Chocolate Chip Cake Pop, my favorite item of theirs, and one of my new favorite desserts of all time. I tend to be more skeptical with chocolate cake when it comes to cupcake like items (usually vanilla is a safer way to go), but this was so moist and rich and you could really see the frosting bits mixed into the cake. I also loved how just the shell was mint flavored so it wasn't too overpowering.

Taste of Beverly Hills

Last week Food & Wine Magazine hosted Taste of Beverly Hills to celebrate both the food of the city and the date, 9.02.10. There were hundreds of restaurants and vendors displaying all kinds of pastas, pizzas, meats, breads, cheeses, wines, and desserts!! Think of it as a classy all you can eat buffet - there was so much food it was scary. I don't think I've ever eaten this much in my life.

There was too much food to photograph, so I really kept it to desserts, but I had to share my two favorite savory foods of the night.

IL CIELO

Rotolini Pasta with Truffle Oil, My favorite non-dessert dish, I went back for this 3 or 4 times...

CABBAGE PATCH

Turkey Meatball with Peanut Cole Slaw, It's not on their regular menu but should be, it was so tasty.

THE PATISSERIE AT THE SLS HOTEL

Hazelnut chocolate squares, fruit gumdrops, chocolate chip cookies.


Chocolate drizzle lollipop with orange gummy fruit.


Chocolate covered Pop Rocks.

IL CIELO

Mini chocolate lava cake.

BOUCHON

Chocolate mousse with espresso caviar, sea salt brownie, peach custard.

MICKEY FINE

Assorted candies.

THE FARM

Their famous brownies, cubed.

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

Red velvet cake.

NEIMAN MARCUS

Giant chocolate chip cookie, recipe included.

CHOCOLATE BY M

Hazelnut chocolate with raspberry jam center.

AMERICAN TEA ROOM

Caffeine free chocolate tea.

PATINA

Green tea ice cream on a green tea sponge cake with white chocolate mousse.

PERSIAN SWEETS

Sugar!



HANSEN'S



Marble cake with chocolate buttercream.

Sant Ambroeus

I love walking up Madison Avenue in the summer and seeing everyone sitting on benches outside the ice cream shops that are hidden among all the designer stores. Sant Ambroeus is a well known Italian "pasticceria, gelateria and ristorante" on the Upper East Side. I grew up having birthday cakes from here every year that were amazing. Their gelato is equally as good. I got the mint chip, and it was so refreshing it cleared my sinuses. The quality of the gelato is so good, and thick, the chocolate is so rich and the mint was so fresh.