I Heart Dessert

My aunt just came back from Rome and brought me some Italian milk chocolate as a souvenir. I normally don’t like milk chocolate (I’m a dark chocolate fan myself), but much to my surprise this was probably some of the best tasting milk chocolate I’ve ever had. I had to check the box description twice because these milk chocolates tasted far from milk…they had more of a semi sweet taste which I loved and it was so smooth and creamy. The next best thing was the little match boxes where the chocolates were tucked neatly inside and each box showcased a beautiful picture of Rome’s famous historical sites.

Yes, I too have followed the masses in this yogurt craze…first it started with golden spoon, then yogurtland and pinkberry. I never thought that plain tart frozen yogurt could taste so good, and then add some fruit toppings and its heaven. A brand new Yogurtland just opened in my area and I went to check it out this weekend. I was really impress…it was a total copycat version of pinkberry down to their modern interior design, but the big difference was the selection of 16 frozen yogurt flavors and its self-serve. I went inside and I was really excited, actually a little too excited…variety has its good and bad points for me (that being the amount of time it takes to finally come up with a decision, but then again I’m picky so having only a couple choices isn’t good either). So here’s my take on Pinkberry vs. Yogurtland:

Yogurtland
Pros: 16 flavors, large variety of toppings, and cheaper
Cons: Machines breakdown frequently, poor quality control

Pinkberry
Pros: plain tart yogurt taste better, granola topping is better, good quality control
Cons: 2 flavors, no orange county locations

A couple weeks ago, I was walking through the frozen food aisle at the market and it just dawned on me that I haven’t eaten Viennetta for years. For those of you who have never heard of Vienetta, its a unique frozen dessert comprised of multiple layers of vanilla ice cream with ribbons of chocolate layers in between forming an “ice cream cake”, but without the cake. Anyway, I found a link that shows a mesmerizing video on the production of this delectable treat.

I know I’ve been MIA for awhile, but I’m back and I come barring cupcakes and crepes! So, to fill in what I’ve been up to for the month in a half that I’ve been gone:
1) Classes started
2) I burnt my hand with hot scalding water giving me my first second degree burn…yay for me!
3) I’ve just been too busy juggling everything that unfortunately my blog suffers for it
Luckily, I’ve still been able to experiment with culinary confections. For Halloween, I made my famously delicious chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting and recently I’ve been obsessed with making crepes with different types of fillings. I made some savory crepes with chicken, mushroom, and spinach in a creme sauce and sweet crepes with nutella, bananas, and of course whip cream. One day I hope to own my very own professional crepe maker, then making crepes can be easier and faster to make!

My lovely pink KitchenAid

Chocolaty and moist

Before – plain and lonely

After-all jazzed up and ready to be eaten! YUM!

Collage time!

Savory Crepe- chicken, mushroom, & spinach