The List

Of the chocolate bars we have sampled so far, these are just a few that stand out among the rest:

Good & Evil Bar (of course) I did two reviews for this one.




Madecasse The Toasted Coconut bar was my favorite.



Amedei Both bars I tried were outstanding.



Nova Monda I LOVED the jar chocolates, but this post is about bars only, so I must include the 80% bar here.



Amano The Morobe bar was intriguing and hauntingly good. I loved both bars we sampled, but this one was more complex.



French Broad So many of the French Broad chocolates were delicious, but the Malted Milk Chocolate bar was unique and keeps calling my name!

Chocolate Chip Cookies mmmmm

Chocolate chip cookies dipped in milk.

Warm cookies from the oven.

Thin and crispy cookies.

Thick and chewy cookies.

Healthy cookies

Cookie with extra chips.

Chocolate chocolate chip cookies. 

Some people consider this to be the best chocolate chip cookie recipe in the world. Others prefer adding unusual ingredients like cream cheese, pecans, nutmeg, peanut butter or marshmallows to their cookie recipes. Here is David Lebovitz's recipe that is rated among the best of the best: 

2 1/2 cups (350 g) all-purpose flour 

3/4 teaspoon baking soda 

1/8 teaspoon salt 

1 cup (8 ounces/225 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature 

1 cup (215 g) packed light brown sugar 

3/4 cup (150 g) granulated sugar 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

2 large eggs, at room temperature 

2 cups (about 225 g) nuts, toasted and chopped 

14 ounces (400 g) bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 

Sea salt for sprinkling on top

Beat the butter and sugars together. Sift the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add eggs one at a time to the butter mixture and stir in the vanilla. Slowly add in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate and the nuts. Form the dough into logs, cover and let the dough rest overnight. 

Preheat oven to  350 degrees.Prepare cookie sheets. Slice cookies into 3/4 inch thick pieces and place on sheets. Bake about 10 minutes until golden brown. 

Cool cookies on a rack. before serving

Donuts

Fractured Prune

Dynamo Donuts

Psycho Donuts

Sweetwater's Donut Mill

These four chocolate delights are consistently ranked among the top ten donuts in the United States: the Black Forest Doughnut from the Fractured Prune, the Spiced Chocolate Donut from Dynamo, the S'mores Donut from Psycho Donuts and the Grasshopper Donut from Sweetwater's Donut Mill.

Mmmmmm donuts!