It's Almost Heaven in the Avenues

If nobody has brought you a box of premium chocolates lately and you live in the SLC area you have my permission to treat yourself! Get on over to 390 E. 4th Avenue where you will find Hatch Family Chocolates, run by Steve Hatch (a second cousin) and Katie Masterson. It's good stuff, I promise!
Deseret News ran a great story about the couple on February 10th - no doubt they had a few more customers for Valentine's Day orders this year! And "Little Chocolatiers" premiered as a special on TLC in December, with more episodes scheduled for March.

(Oh, and they also sell fabulous ice cream!)

If you need to pull a good prank on someone you can do what another family member I know did (I won't mention names, but he was the cookie monster mentioned in an earlier blog): he bought a nice box of Hatch Family chocolates, took a bite out of each one and put it back in the box. He then did a new shrink-wrap on it, added a nice bow and gave it as a gift. The receiver was more than excited to receive a box of these "Famous all over Utah" chocolates but I'm not sure the giftee is still on speaking terms with the giftor.

Brownie Points

A belated award to Bobbi who gave me this wonderful plate as a gift:



And to Ron and Linda who brought us this gift from their most recent cruise through the Panama Canal:



And look how perfectly they go together!



(You didn't notice how many truffles are missing, did you??!)

Fudgies

What could be better than chocolate?
Duh - a new baby!
Noah David was born yesterday to our cousins Sunny and Derek, and I think he looks just like his big brother Hyrum!
Sunny wowed us big time when she shared her fabulous Fudgies with us. We begged for the recipe, and were thrilled to learn that it isn't tricky at all. She made a double batch at our reunion this summer and somebody (I won't name names) cut into one pan before she even had a chance to serve them. They are addicting and dangerous.
I think I better go whip up a batch in honor of this handsome little guy's birth....

Fudgies
Melt 2 sticks of butter (or margerine)
Pour over:
1 package of crushed graham crackers
1 1/2 cups ( 18 oz jar ) peanut butter
4 cups powdered sugar

Mix all together and press in a 9x13 pan

Melt one tablespoon of Crisco with 1 (12 oz) package of chocolate chips. Spread on top and chill in refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before cutting.

Chocolate ABC's

All I want is chocolate
Bring me chocolate.
Can I have some chocolate?
Do you have any chocolate?
Even a little bit of chocolate?




Feed me chocolate.
Gotta have chocolate.
Hand over the chocolate.
I want chocolate.
Just plain chocolate.
Keep the chocolate coming.


Let's eat some chocolate!
More chocolate, please.
Need chocolate now.



Oh, the chocolate.
Pretty please....chocolate?
¡Quiero chocolate!


Really, I need chocolate.
Send chocolate!
There's never enough chocolate.
"U" got any chocolate?
Vats of chocolate....
Where's my chocolate?



X-cuse me....do you have some chocolate?
"Y" isn't there more chocolate?
Zzzz....I dream of chocolate....

It's Valentine's Day ~ Indulge!