Love is . . . Chocolate

Well, I haven't done too well on my 2 posts per month goal, so I'll see if I can come up with some stuff now.  For starters, here's a post I thought I had already written:

For Valentine’s Day, I decided to make David Snickers Bar Cookies.  [Last time I made them, I had corn syrup but not caramels, so I decided to make caramels.  But then, since I was just going to melt them again, I figured that once I got the ingredients up to temperature, I might as well add the peanuts and pour the layer on the cookie bars.  That didn’t go over so well; the caramel layer was more like hard toffee.]

First, I made caramels.  Mmm.  Real butter, real vanilla, brown sugar, corn syrup, and all sorts of yumminess, ready to be melted.  [This time I let the caramels set before re-melting them.]

Then, I made peanut butter cookie dough, and spread it out as a bar, and baked it.

Then, I let it cool.

Then, I made peanut butter frosting, and spread it on top.

Then, I let it set.

Then, I melted the delicious homemade caramels, added peanuts, and spread that on top.

Then, I let it cool.

Then I melted the highest quality chocolate chips—Ghiradelli—and spread those on top.

Then, I chilled it.

Finally, we ate some, and boy, was it good!

So, why did I title this post “Love is . . . Chocolate”?  Because David also had the perfect Valentine’s gift for me: Extreme Maximum Fudge Moose Tracks Ice Cream.

Yes, in our home, love is shown through chocolate.