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Hot Chocolate - Ginger bread Spiced

Everyone out there, who are in my circle knows my love affair with this guy and I don't think I have to now officially publish this message. My obsession, my love Hot Chocolate! Chocolates were my love growing up too, nevertheless to mention, every kid would love chocolate. But I was never a person with sweet tooth, I loved all the savory things stuffed in the bakery slides and used to drool over it, because at my home my health guide Mom had a very big 'No' for bakery stuffs. But lately I realized that my love for chocolate is not just an infatuation as a kid, but it is so real and when I say chocolate, it is not every chocolate out there. It is the purest, darkest chocolates with more than 70% cocoa in it. Some of my favorites being the Belgian made Godiva, Lindt bars and Lindors in dark chocolate flavor. I will munch over a 90% Lindt bar just like that and my friends called me crazy when they tasted and blamed me for spoiling their mouth :-| I don't have any ratio...

Cocoa Almond cookies

These melt in mouth cookies were an accidental one when I was on my way to bake some macaroons. I used the similar steps as macaroons, but my quantity of egg whites was more than the macaroons needed and I was thinking now what will I do with the batter. But even if it was flowy, just pipe it with some space between. We got the best ever cookies I made, and that too Almond one. Another guilt free version of cookies, as there is no gluten flour going in. I was a little upset as my macaroon experiment was a failure. But to my surprise this was most loved at home, especially by my hubby. I cooled them and packed in a cookie tin and not even took photos of it first. Then for evening tea, I asked him to give it a try and was explaining sadly about my failed experiment. He was a bit hesitated to taste it first, as he was going to try a failure :P but after the first bite itself, he asked me, "are there more". First I thought it is a sarcastic tone, but realized that this guy l...