and this is why am FAT!!!

Yummy homemade Brazo de Mercedes -- must have eaten it all in two days!!!
was just wondering tonite why I gained weight and a bit of a tummy this Holiday Season -- though I ate not more than I usually do -- I even did a lot of running around for the wedding this past weekend and did not ge to eat much of the feasts....

I believe I finally figured it out... it is all the sweet treats... home made cakes by David & Ace... cakes from Red Ribbon, Goldilocks & Max's... kakanins from just about everywhere.... and now, SEE's Chocolates all the way from America that my friend sent to me after seeing my XMAS wish list -- boy, how I have missed See's candies (Thanks Keeennnnniiiieeeee!!!! For Making Another Wish Come True!!!)...

Pumpkin Treats

With Halloween just looming around the corner, I have been dropping hints, almost everyday, about what I miss most about this HOLIDAY - more than the costumes, more than the festivities, I miss Just Desserts' Pumpkin Cookies & Cakes.... and probably because he is soooo tired of hearing me go on and on about it, David actually made some PUMKIN treats for everyone... and for two consecutive days, too!!!
Yesterday he made us all Pumpkin Flats (pictured above)... simple and healthy with sprinklings of Cranraisins (who invents these stuff?)... and tonight his variation of the Pumpkin Cookies (Pictured Below)... some topped with white chocolates... some with cherry preserves... so you see, it helps to drop hints... okay, whine about these kind of things...
Okie Dokie... now that I have satisfied my Pumpkin Cookies desires - bring on the REAL HALLOWEEN!!!!

CHOCOLATE: HEAVEN SENT!

Chocolates.... truly a category on it's own... for some it is already a meal unto itself.... I love it... you love it... we all love it!!!!

Growing Up I am what you may already call a chocoholic - chocolate lover to the very bone....... from the very first time I tasted it I was won over.... no matter what kind it is: milk, bitter sweet or semi sweet; white chocolate or dark chocolate; with nuts... with fruits... or both like the CADBURY ones; they are all good to me.... and once I start on one - there is not stopping me till I devour them all.... so deliciously addicting....

I like chocolates in cookies, like the ones, my very first employer in America, Mrs Fields, makes.... I love them in Cakes (mousse, Bavarian Cake or just good old brownies) and Pastries (Chocolate croissants is a favorite!).... and even for dipping fresh fruits ala Chocolate Fondue.... but really nothing beats just eating a regular bar of chocolate.... satisfyingly good....

if I were to choose a favorite, I would have to say, I love deep dark chocolates most of all. I love the feeling I get as I pick up a piece of dark chocolate and unwrap it, slowly putting it in my mouth... the smell... the texture, as it melts in my mouth and gently trickles down my throat... such sensations it sends to my brain, and from it to the rest of my body......