Late October Newsletter

We’ve found it’s much easier (and easier to read) to keep a copy of our newsletter on our website rather than try to stuff it into the blog format. Continue reading »

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October Newsletter Announcements

CCBerries.com for true Chocolate Covered Strawberries
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Who is ProFlowers?, Easy Saver Info

It didn’t take long for a class action lawsuit to be filed on this , the following is from MSNBC:
( *** link no long works… see below)
If contact info becomes available for the law firm that has filed this becomes available I’ll post it on our blog.
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ProFlowers unauthorized charges: What are they thinking?

When talking to my floral supplier today he filled me in on the basics of a serious continuing problem with ProFlowers. this was way past shipping tiny dead flowers in a large red drinking cup. Continue reading »

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Race to 2010 Fans (30% discount)

How to save (and help others save 30%) on Chocolate Covered Strawberries at http://www.ccberries.com/?af=fb Continue reading »

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Cheesecake Strawberry Launch Day set

We’ve set the date for the launch of our cheesecake stuffed chocolate covered strawberries:

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When to temper?

One of the questions we get asked is when you need to temper and when you don’t. I’ve created the following table to help identify when chocolate needs to be tempered and when it does not. Continue reading »

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How to temper chocolate

Long before there were expensive tempering machines: people used to temper chocolate by hand, here is how I do it when I’m away from the equipment: Continue reading »

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First Cheesecake Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pictures:

Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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Recipe: Molasses Cookies

This is another of the recipes that I got asked for (a lot), it’s very simple and has no chocolate in it at all ;)

The O’Donnell Family Molasses Cookie Recipe

As passed, and updated as needed, from Mrs O’Donnell to her daughter Eliene O’Donnell Wentz, to her daughter Janice Wentz Manley, to her son Paul  (Janice had four boys). Continue reading »

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