Girl Scouts 100 Year Celebration 4-28-2012

Saturday, we were at the Girl Scouts 100 Year Celebration in Greensburg!  First off, the town is coming along quite nicely (we were there with Habitat for Humanity after the tornado building houses).  The scouts (girl and boy) have a wonderful building for their meetings and such.  This was the building we were in.  Outside, they had activities all over the town!  I don't think that there was time to do everything, there was just so many activities.  We sold some of our products and donated cake pops and rice krispie treats for the scouts to decorate with colored white chocolate.  They had so much fun!  We also handed out information for troops for badges (we host parts of badges for different ages).

Our set up (we were in the kitchen, which worked out great for messy hands!)

Yum, cake pops waiting to be decorated!

The scouting building.  They were selling GS 100 year merchandise!

One of the troops decorating (by the time I remembered to take another picture, we were out of cake pops and decorating rice krispie treats!)

Old Town Wine Walk-A-Bout 4-19-12

For the second year, we participated in the Old Town Wine Walk-A-Bout benefiting the Guadeloupe Clinic.   Again this year, we were with Grace Hill Winery in the City Arts Building!  We served honeycomb (sponge) and caramel both dipped in dark chocolate.  By the end of the night, we were exhausted and served 15lb of honeycomb and 12 lbs of caramel!  Thank you to all who came out to support!

Truffles, truffles and more truffles

It has been a few weeks of making truffles.  I haven't really been posting because that is all I am doing.  There are times when exciting things going on in the candy making world.  There are times when all you do is the same thing over and over.  This is one of those times.  

Truffles waiting to be dipped

Truffles getting their chocolate

Ahhhh... They have their chocolate suits on.

Mr. Cero's Big Egg

Happy Easter!  This egg is dated 1982.  We put it out every year, for next year we are going to create a case for it.   This year we had some close calls and don't want to lose this magnificent art.  Thank you Mr. Cero!

The inside

The top

In perspective.  The BIG EGG!

KSN News!

We are going to be on the 10 o'clock news again!   If you are awake, check it out!  

Making milk chocolate bunny molds!!

Easter!

With Easter only days away, we are working hard!  I thought that I would post some pictures!

Bunnies!!!!

Chocolate covered sandwich cookies!  

Little mini pots of chocolate

Death By Chocolate 3/31/12

Saturday was Death by Chocolate fundraiser for Exploration Place.  We had a blast, it was Treasure Island themed!  I created 2 truffles for the event and we took 2 truffles we already have.  Earth (Persian Jewel), Wind (a curry, passion fruit, mango, banana truffle), Fire (blood orange, bird's eye chili, cayenne, and New Mexico chili) and water (Spring Breeze).  The Fire was by far the favorite of the evening at our booth.  I think that I have to add it to the menu!

This was the chocolate sculpture I created for the event.  The interpretation of Treasure Island, lushness on the surface with a dark under belly. 

Our completed table 

Our table matched my chocolate sculpture!