Ginger is my middle name...

I'm loving Griffins Dark Chocolate Gingernuts for all the obvious reasons...smooth dark chocolate encasing a crispy gingernut centre with just the right amount of 'snap'...but here are a few more thrown in for measure:

1. The way it melts into a gooey mess at the bottom of my cup of tea
2. The proven health benefits of ginger outweigh the sugar content
3. The flavour is so intense that I can stop at just two...(okay three)
4. They're on special at the moment and are even cheaper than standard gingernuts...score!
5. Whizzed up with a little melted butter they make the most divine cheesecake base
6. Gingers are an endangered species and should be cherished while we still can.

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For the love of...Almond Gold

Whittakers Almond Gold.


Rich, pillowy, bordering on espresso-bitter chocolate, and toasted almonds with just the right amount of bite.


Come to Mama...


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Nothing goes better with chocolate than chocolate

Chocolate cake from Little & Friday

Lucy Van Pelt, my worldly wisdom go-to, once said 'All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.'

When my sweet tooth comes a calling, I often come to with nose pressed against the counter window at Little & Friday in Belmont, and yesterday was one of those windy, grey days that just begs for a little culinary clemency.

Usually I can't resist the coconutty peaks of L&Fs chocolate lamington but I was wooed by something altogether more wicked: the chocolate cake. So simply named...so deceptively small...so sinfully gooey. Moist, dark cake with a hidden layer of cream, the deepest darkest ganache you could hope for and a topping of tart, smashed raspberries for colour. Think of the antioxidants...I told myself as I licked the spoon...

What about you, lovely readers? What is your favourite nosh for a cold day?

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