Homemade “Magic Shell” Chocolate Sauce

I love getting a chocolate dipped cone at the local Dairy Queen, but could never enjoy the treat at home. While browsing the internet today I found this on 51 Kitchens website. Chocolate%20Hardening%20Sauce%20REcipe.docx This magical chocolate sauce that hardens when it hits your ice cream just like I love. “It cracks as you dig your spoon into the bowl, giving you a nice chunk of chocolate along with a bite of rich ice cream. Yum!” 51 Kitchens

The best part is the sauce is super easy to make and it only takes 2 ingredients. The second best part is you know what is in it and you can enjoy it anytime you want without a trip to the DQ. If you use the butterscotch bits instead of the chocolate you can have a different treat. They don’t have this at my DQ anymore and I miss it terribly.

Recipe:
Homemade “Magic Shell” Chocolate Sauce

•7 oz. of your favorite chocolate, roughly chopped
•2 T coconut oil*

In a heat-proof bowl, place chocolate and coconut oil in microwave. Heat the mix 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until fully melted. (Or, in a double boiler, heat chocolate and coconut oil over water on medium high heat, stirring frequently until fully melted.) note: don’t let the water touch the top part of the double boiler or you may burn the chocolate, or you can use a glass bowl set on top of a saucepan to make your own double boiler. Set the sauce aside to cool. Pour over ice cream.

Follow the next 3 steps to reach happiness:
1.Dip out your favorite ice cream into a bowl
2.Pour the finished sauce over the ice cream
3.Wait a few seconds and enjoy

To dip a cone put it in a deep narrow container so you can fit the cone in all the way. Be careful you don’t lose the ice cream in the sauce, but if you do a big spoon will take care of this issue. For a really great treat, sprinkle with chopped nuts before the sauce hardens.

Store in air-tight glass container in refrigerator. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds before use.

*If you’re allergic to coconut, I’ve seen recipes that use butter or non-hydrogenated shortening (Spectrum makes a good one) but I haven’t tried those ingredients myself. If you try them, post to let us know how they work.

August is

Hey everyone, if you ever thought a Chocolate Party would be fun, now is the time DCD Announced they August Specials for Hosts.

IT'S DOUBLE POINTS MONTH!!!

What does this mean to you?
Well if you host a Dove Chocolate Discoveries Party and your wonderful guests purchase $500 in DCD Chocolate you would earn $150 ....is my math correct? I think so...$150 in free chocolate...what can be better than that.

Additionally I am able to offer 4 of our most popular products as a
"Double Deal", Buy 1 get 1- 1/2 off.
The Mousse Starter Pack, Chocolate Martini Mix, Chocolate Chip and White Chocolate Smoothie are available in this special offer.

And if you want to go into business for yourself....you can apply your earned host points to the purchase of your Business Kit.

NOW WHERE CAN YOU START A NEW BUSINESS WITH A $0 INVESTMENT?
Only with Dove Chocolate Discoveries.

If you wondered where I have been....I took the summer off to restart my long dormant college career, but now it is time to go back to work. SO IN ADDITION to DCD's great promo I am offering the very

first 10 Host to book a party an additional 10% off their Host RETAIL Order. If you can't host in August, consider September or October.

This is traditionally the busiest time of year in our Chocolate Business so book early and insure you get your preferred date.

Dove Chocolate Discoveries will announce the new Fall products on August 1 and they will be available for your End of Summer parties. Just go to my website at to see what is new and exciting and what you can sample at your party.

Email or call to book today: sweetrewards@daytonchocolatiers.com, or (937) 648-3035

Oh how great is Iced Chocolate in the 90 degree heat

I like Iced Coffee in the summer, but I have to admit I really love chocolate. While browing blogs I found this recipe and couldn't resist trying it out. If you are trying to lose weight....not a good thing to try, but if you just love chocolate and want a delicious treat than have at it!!!

It is a good way to use up those chocolates that are melting from the heat or are a little past their prime, but still offer a great treat.


Iced Chocolate

Two servings

Inspired by a drink served from Serendipity (from David Lieberwitz)

If you don’t have any spare chocolates lying around, you can use the similar weight in dark chocolate. I used ice cream or sherbet but if you want a lighter beverage, you can make it without. I like the richness and the extra-chill.



3/4 cup (180ml) whole or lowfat milk
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-process
8 chocolates or 4 ounces (115g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 cups (6 ounces, 175g) ice cubes
2 to 3 scoops chocolate ice cream or chocolate sherbet
optional: 1 to 2 tablespoons, Kahluà or espresso (cooled), or to taste

Lightly sweetened whipped cream and chocolate shavings, for serving



1. In a small saucepan, heat two-thirds of the milk with cocoa powder, just until it begins to boil. Remove from heat and drop in the chocolates, stirring until the chocolates are melted and smooth. Let mixture cool to room temperature.

2. Using a blender, mix the chocolate mixture and the rest of the milk with the ice cubes and ice cream or sorbet (and Kahluà or espresso, if using) until completely smooth.

3. Divide into two glasses, top each with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

If you want to make the Chocolate Sherbet to go in your Ice Chocolate....try this.

Chocolate Sherbet

About 3/4 quart (3/4l)

You can use either Dutch-process or natural cocoa powder, using a brand that you like. (I like Valrhona for the former, and Askinosie for the latter.) Since much of the flavor depends on the quality of the cocoa powder, use a top-quality brand that you like.

A little shot of coffee-flavored liqueur augments the taste and gives the sherbet a more scoop-able texture. Feel free to use another liqueur, or omit it.

2 cups (500ml) milk (whole, low, or non-fat)
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 cup (50g) unsweetened cocoa powder
4 ounces (115g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
optional: 2 tablespoons coffee-flavored liqueur, such as Kahluà

1. In a medium-sized saucepan, warm half of the milk with the sugar, salt, and cocoa powder.

2. Bring to a full boil while whisking, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 seconds.

3. Remove from heat and add the chocolate, the vanilla, and the coffee-flavored liqueur, if using. Stir in the other half of the milk.

4. Taste, and if the chocolate is a bit grainy, puree it in a blender to smooth it out.

5. Chill thoroughly, then freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Note: As mentioned, above, this would likely work with non-dairy milk, but be sure to use one that can be boiled.

Now I want all of you to kick back, put on some sunscreen, put your feet in the kiddie pool and enjoy. Happy days are here again.

Is Chocolate REally going to be hard to find

At the rate we're going, chocolate is going to be a rare—and extremely pricey—commodity within the next twenty years
Chocolate Will Be as Expensive as Caviar | The Atlantic Wire
Chocolate Consumption Outstripping Production « The Greater World
By the oracle


Have you seen all of the news alerts lately? No chocolate....that is unthinkable. How can we stop this slide into obscurity of the most delectable product on the face of the earth? Can we have an impact? I don't know, do you?

In the meantime, I will continue to enjoy the lucious treat from Dove Chocolate Discoveries including the Sea Salted Caramels and all the recipes that this delicacy has inspired. My favorite is SEa Salted Caramel Cupcakes. Just take your favorit really DARK Chocolate cake recipe, make mini cupcakes, ice with your homemade Butter Cream (don't skimp and buy that awful canned stuff), drizzle on DCD Chardonnay Caramel Sauce and a few grains of really good sea salt.

This is a bite of absolute fantasy. Just let it melt in your mouth and enjoy all the tastes.

If you want to have a little fun with your friends. Buy several brands of Chocolate...Hersheys, Godiva, Gheridelli or what ever...put them next to a bar of DCD Chef Series Chocolate and let them taste, just like a wine tasting. You will be amazed at the results. For even more fun do this with White Chocolate.

Enough for today. Hope you all have your 2 ozs. of dark chocolate today for your Heart Sake.

Enjoy and buy some chocolate today.

I wish I could bring DCD Chocolate to each and every one of you.

It is interesting how we become accustomed to the tastes of some foods. I always took chocolate for granted and thought Milk Chocolate was the way chocolate should be. Americans have been so exposed to Milk chocolate as the norm and are just now finding out that there are far more options.

If you are really bored on a late summer afteroon. Make up a Chocolate Tasting and you might find out what you have been missing. This is really easy to do.

Buy a store shelf candy bar (ie: Hersheys, Nestles, etc.) in milk and maybe even the new dark, pick up a higher priced bar such as Lindt or Godiva, and then some Dove Chocolate. (It would be great if you could get it from a Dove Chocolate Discoveries Chocolatier, but Dove Promises work).

You can get Milk, Dark and White and try all three. This really is fun.

Start out with the Milk chocolate....smell a little piece of each chocolate, place it on your tongue and let it melt. Take note of the different flavors and the feel of your tongue after each. Do you feel a coating of wax or oil? That is the wax and/or parrafin put in the chocolate to make the crisp texture and sound. Do you taste caramel aftertones? What is the texture? Is it smooth, gritty, rough?

Be sure to close your eyes and savor each bite. It might be a good idea to have a glass of water handy to wash out any taste that are not really appealing.

You might be surprised to find that the candy bars off the shelf are salty, and have an off taste. They must have a very long shelf life.

You might also be surprised that dark chocolate really is delicious when you find the best one for you. Besides being a more healthy choice. And White chocolate doesn't have to be waxy, like your Easter Bunny last spring. It should be smooth, silky and leave nothing on the tongue.

One more little tip.....READ THE INGREDIENT LABEL. This is always an eyeopening experience whether it is chocolate, your food or even your pets food (a real eye opening experience).

Find the chocolate you can love and have a sweet day.

It's been a long summer

Some days you just know you should update your blog, but the heat and humidity fogs your brain and you just can't seem to get it done. Well today it is a beautiful 79 degree day with very low humidity and my brain seems to have come unfogged!!

The summer brought a lot of new things into my life including a new dog for my grandkids, a trip to Philly for the Chocolate Convention (how fun is that) and more and more team members for our DCD team.

We have discovered the joy of White Chocolate sipping chocolate, had a Chocolate Sea Salted Caramel Recipe place in the top 15 on Epicurous.com and met lots and lots of new people.

www.dovechocolatediscoveries.com/daytonchocolaters is our great website and will open up a whole new world of delicious Dove Chocolate Products but my favorites are by far the White Chocolate yummies.

Also discovered is the wonder of the Quarter Auction. This event is the "new bingo" in and around our area.

Here is how it works. A group of direct sales reps form a group, select a charity and rent a hall. Everyone in the group prepares a select number of "packages" of their products to be auctioned off. The public shows up, pays a few dollars to get in, another couple of dollars for a numbered paddle, and buys raffle tickets or door prize tickets (all this money goes to a selected charity). The "auction items" are all on display in the hall and tables are set up in long rows. When the auction starts the auctioneer displays the Package, gives a description and a retail value. Then states a "bid" of 1, 2, 3 or 4 Quarters. This is where the fun begins.....anyone who really wants the package throws their quarters in a bucket that is passed down the table (sounds like a bunch of slot machines) and raises their paddle in the air. The auctioneer then pulls a numbered chip out of the bucket and if you are lucky enough to have the number YOU WIN. YEAH!!!

When you get 200 "mostly women" in a big room with lots of their favorite products and quarters you just naturally have a great time. They laugh, applaud and even sometimes scream....It's me it's me it's me...... By the way if you didn't throw in your quarter snd they call your number....well...too bad..YOU LOSE

In most scenarios the rep for the products get the quarters from the buckets to offset their expenses. Hopefully the attendees will be so intrigued they will order or book a party from the reps and everyone has a great time.

I don't really know how far from the crazy midwest this even has traveled but it is a great evening, raises money for a charity, helps the reps get their info into many hands and is an all around great time.

Super Opportunity

As you may know I am a Independent Chocolatier for Dove Chocolate Discoveries. What this means is I get to bring delicious chocolate into the homes of my hostess and feed all their guest bites of super chocolate delicacies.

In December Dove has announced a special for anyone who wants to become a Chocolatier in their own town, Just $79 gives you everything you need to jump into a really fun business that is also profitable.

If you are looking for a way to earn extra income or even become a full time Chocolatier. Contact me at sweetrewards@Daytonchocolatiers.com for more information. It doesn't matter where you live, everyone loves chocolate.

Jessie Thatcher
Independent Chocolatier

Catching Up

It's been a long time since I posted to my blog. This has been a difficult time for us. My beloved Mom passed in November and shortly after I came down with the worst cold I have ever had, turned into bronchitis and lasted forever. I am finally getting back to normal (somewhat) and hopefully will be more diligent with my postings.

I did find a great recipe from Nigella using Chocolate in a most unusual way. Thought I would post it since it is so cold and rainy out for us and snowy for most of the country. Try it and let me know if you enjoy it.

Stay warm with Nigella’s chocolate chip chili
The celebrity chef offers her take on two staples of cold-weather cooking
Keep your guests happy — and coming back for seconds — with recipe from the TV chef’s newest cookbook, “Nigella Christmas.”
INGREDIENTS
• 10 (or 5 linked pairs) chorizo sausages (not the salami sort), approx 1 1/4 lbs.
• 3 1/4 lb boneless beef shank, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
• 3 onions (about 1 lb), peeled
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 fresh long red chile, seeded
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• Seeds from 3 cardamom pods
• 2 tsps ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp dried pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1/4 cup tomato ketchup
• 4 x 15-oz cans red kidney beans, drained
• 3 x 14-oz cans diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips *use Dove Single Origin Chocolate Chips for a better taste
• 1 cup water (swished out in one of the diced tomato cans)

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Finely chop, or process the onion, garlic and chile.
3. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pan (with a lid) or cast-iron or enameled Dutch oven and fry the onion, garlic and chile until soft, on low for about 10 minutes, then add the cardamom seeds, cumin, coriander, cinnamon and red pepper flakes.
4. Stir the oniony spiced mixture together and then add the chorizo, sliced into 1/4-inch coins, letting them ooze their paprika-orange oil.
5. Drop in the cubes of beef, turning them in the pan with the chorizo and onion mix, to brown the meat.
6. Stir in the tomato paste, ketchup, drained kidney beans and diced tomatoes. Add the water and bring the chili to a boil.
7. Once bubbling, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the chili and give it a good stir. Put on the lid and transfer to the oven.
7. Cook at this low heat for 3 hours. Once cooked it is best left overnight to improve the flavor.

Quarter Auction

Well we experienced our first "Quarter Auction" last night. What a trip that was. The local Direct Marketing chapter held a benefit for Breast Cancer Research and we decided to see what it was all about.

You arrive and pay your$2 admission fee, buy door prize tickets and then check out all the items being "auctioned" off. There are 4 sections of the evening and all of the vendors donated prizes. You are supposed to figure out which one you really want and get ready to "bid".

You don't really "bid" you just have to throw your quarters in a bucket to take a chance of getting the prize. If they call your number you get the prize, if they don't....OH WELL....more quarters to the event.

We were lucky enough to get two of the items...better than some who didn't get anything and worse than some whose number seemed to be called over and over.

$40.00 later we were hoping to win a door prize....NO LUCK. Including our dinner the evening was an eighty dollar night.

It was fun, but you learn a lot your first event. There are things I would do differently next time. We did get to pass out a few Dayton Chocolatier cards and maybe next time we will be better prepared to push our own business.

If you get the chance to go to a Quarter Auction, take a roll of quarters and have a good time.

CHOCOLATE OPPORTUNITY

I know I am shouting, but this is such a great opportunity that I just have to shout.

Dove Chocolate Discoveries has just announced that anyone who wants to lauch their own Chocolate Business during September and October has the opportunity to join as a Chocolatier at a very special price for the chocolatier kits.

For only $99.00 (plus $20 shipping) for the basic kit, you can become Dayton's newest Chocolatier. That is a savings of $50.00. What you receive is everything you will need....chocolate products and supplies ....for your first 4 Gourmet Chocolate Tasting parties.

This is a chance to be in business for yourself...but not by yourself. Dayton Chocolatiers will provide you lots of support and guidance showing you how chocolate is such an easy delicious sell that you can't resist being a winner.

Check this great opportunity out on our website at www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/daytonchocolatiers or just contact us at sweetrewards@daytonchocolatiers.com.

I know the economy is this area is terrible but people will always find a way to have a little chocolate.

If you love the taste of sweet and salty you have got to try the new Sea Salt Chocolate Caramels that are new for fall. They are so awesome, they can make you cry.

Join Us today and have a party every day.

You Just Never Know..Always be prepared!

I took my new car in to service today and on a whim pulled out a Dove Chocolate Catalog and gave it to my Service Advisor, she was so excited and wants to book a party or two. You just never know when you will hit someones hot spot and have the opportunity to show off the great products from Dove Chocolate Discoveries. During the conversation I also found out the other Service Advisor is looking for a puppy and I just happened to know about a puppy who needs a new happy home. Hooked them up and hopefully both will find what they want in each other.

I don't really know what I am more passionate about....my chocolate or my puppies health with Blue Buffalo foods. It is hard to not talk about all of my projects at one time, but then I think I would lose my audiences really fast, so I do try to filter myself.

But since my puppies can't have chocolate and I don't think I want to eat their Blue dog food it seems like a match made in Heaven.

The weekend looms and I have to be at PS Beavercreek in the morning and Huber on Sunday, sometimes it is hard to get there, but when I do I love meeting all the pets and their parents.

Hope you all have a great Labor Day Holiday and don't "labor" too much.

A Message from Oprah

This comes from my daily Oprah email and I just had to share it with all of you.

6 Foods that May Lengthen your Life.....


Garlic
Add just one clove (cooked or raw) daily to pasta, salad, or a stir-fry to drop your LDL cholesterol. This can lower your risk of heart disease and stroke by 38 percent

Fish
Have three servings every week (good choices include baked trout or broiled wild salmon). Women of childbearing age an
d young children should stick to two servings a week and avoid large predatory fish, such as swordfish, albacore tuna, and shark. You'll cut your risk of heart disease and stroke by 14 percent.

Fruits and Vegetables
Eat five, 3/4 cup servings daily to lower your blood pressure, slash your risk of cancer, and lower your heart disease risk by 21 percent

Nuts
Sprinkle two ounces on your cereal or salad each day to reduce your LDL ("bad") cholesterol by 14 percent

Wine
Sip a five-ounce glass each evening to cut your risk of heart disease by 32 percent

AND OF COURSE MY FAVORITE

Dark Chocolate
Savor two ounces with a minimum of 60 percent cocoa content each day, and your risk of cardiovascular disease dips 11 percent. Check out this site for a great way to get yours...
http://dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/daytonchocolatiers

Christopher and Banks Rocks

Stop in to see Patti at C&B at the Greene and she wants us to come back several times over the next two months. She is so excited about our Dove Chocolate and talks to lots of people about us, even in her managers meeting. She says she has her own personal Dove Chocolatiers. You gotta' love it. Between her and Wendy at the Dayton Mall we should be in good shape for pre holiday events that will help us kick off this business.

The only problem is their clothes are awesome and we had to buy the Chocolate T Shirts to wear at our parties, they are really awesome....so there went our profits...at least some of them. At least they are brown so we don't have to worry about getting chocolate on them.

We took August to get the word out about Dove Chocolate and now we are starting to get our bookings, people are so surprised that we have Chocolate Parties in their home....what a concept.

Hope this keeps building so we can afford Christmas, of course everyone on my lists will be getting chocolate. We even have sugar free so I can give some to my Son, although he prefers white chocolate I am sure he will eat this as well. You can't tell it is sugar free it is so smooth and delicious.

Enough about chocolate....I spent the morning grooming my three dogs. It is easy to see why it costs so much to get them professionally groomed it took almost 2 hours for the 2 fluffly white ones, Furby is the easy one he just needs a bath, dryed, sprayed with vanilla and kissed on the head. It is funny to brush his teeth now that he only has 4 in the front but he still loves the doggy toothpaste. I should take their picture and post it, maybe I will do that later.

Hope all of you have a great evening. Ta Ta for now...Jeopardy is on and I must go.

I declare this Chocolate Cake Week

I tried this fabulous Chocolate Cake recipe this week for a special birthday and it was so good.

You have to be sure you cool it completely before unmolding it from the bundt pan and be sure you spray the pay well to eliminate any sticking.

It is beautiful as well as delicious.


Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

(Source: The back of "Bakers & Chefs" brown sugar bag)

Ingredients

3 oz baking chocolate chopped
1/2 cup butter
1 cup boiling water
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Combine the chocolate, butter and boiling water in a small bowl; stir until chocolate and butter are melted.
In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, baking soda and salt.
Gradually add chocolate mixture to the dry ingredients; blend well.
Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla; beat one for one minute at medium speed.
Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes.
Invert the pan onto the cooling rack and let cool the rest of the way.
Top with chocolate ganache and powdered sugar

Ganache
4 Oz Chocolate Melted
4 Oz Heavy Cream Warmed and stirred into chocolate

Chocolate is Healthy

The health benefits of chocolate remain very much questionable, and it looks as though they haven’t been thoroughly studied yet.
Reports on chocolate state that dark chocolate contains flavonoid, an antioxidant that is effective in preventing the formation of blood clots and developing bowel cancer. Besides, it inhibits macular degeneration — the condition responsible for various health problems like blindness in seniors, dementia and premature labor.
Now scientists are beginning to discover the effect the intake of chocolate produces on cardiovascular diseases.
The Journal of Internal Medicine published a study that says eating chocolate can help individuals with a heart attack history diminish the risk of dying from a second heart attack.
It appears that people who survived one heart attack can decrease the threat of another one by three times just through eating at least two chocolate servings per week. And they waive this kind of chocolate protection if they eat less chocolate.
Chocolate with its high cocoa content lowers blood pressure and therefore can be very efficient in improving blood circulation thus bringing down the number of deaths caused by a recurring heart attack.
Scientists are optimistic about the ability of the bioactive compounds in chocolate to keep heart attack victims in a better condition.
Lead researcher Imre Janszky concludes: “if you are not overweight nor have diabetes I would not recommend against eating chocolate.” In her opinion chocolate in small amounts ranks among the healthiest desserts.

Special Events

Wow, what a busy weekend, we were invited to come to the Christopher and Banks stores at the Dayton Mall of Friday to do two events. One at the CJ Store and one at the main store. We were able to set up right at the door so we could catch people walking the mall along with their customers. It is fun to introduce Dove Chocolate Discoveries to the people of Dayton. As a result we booked a show, have a possible chocolatier and were invited to go to the C&B at the Greene on Sunday for a private party. We just arrived home from another successful event.

Our goal is to touch as many people as we can in August, book parties for September and start making some more money. With school starting people are focused on their kids, but soon that will be over and they will need lots of chocolate.

I tried molding the chocolate into some halloween candies and they were very successful. It is much nicer to hand out little white chocolate ghosts rather that a broken piece of a bar. They always invoke smiles from our potential customers and they get to taste the fantastic white chocolate.

Our Pumpkin Chai Spice Dip is always a rousing success, taste just like cheesecake and is so easy to make and transport in our little covered plastic cups.

Hopefully this intro period will be over soon and the parties and monies will start rolling in.

We are tired but happy so it is on to Monday.

Christmas in August??

Today must be Christmas, Santa left an entire porch full of chocolate. The fall order, the party order and my new Chocolatier (Amy's) kit. I had to go in through the garage and open the door from the inside just to get in the house. Thank goodness I was only gone for a short while as it is in the upper 80s today. It was so much fun to open the boxes and see all the goodies. Amy was excited to get her supplies as her first party is next week and she was worried that she would not get them in time. The caramels look delicious (although I resisted a taste, until maybe this evening). Cody (my 12 yr. old grandson) was with me and helped me lug everything to the basement office. He helped seperate them and put everything away (maybe a future Chocolatier?), then he and the dogs had a blast playing with the cardboard boxes.

All my party attendees are excited to get their chocolate tomorrow and hopefully I will be able to convince them that a party is in their very near future.

Now I am off to make labels for all the new catalogs and flyers for my "new" customers.

It is going to be a busy afternoon.