Chocolate

An edible chocolate Easter basket woven from chocolate, filled with colorful jelly beans and candy

Create this precious Easter basket out of chocolate

Around the first of the month, I saw eight robins hanging out in my backyard—always a welcome sign for me that spring isn’t far away. Yes, I admit that I feed birds year-round, having …

Ingredients and supplies for making chocolate balloon cups laid out on a baking tray atop a bright green surface

Make these chocolate balloon cups

Dedicated to the memory of Carol M. Simons (12/25/1934-6/26/2024) Regular readers of Kim’s Kitchen probably know that my dad, Jack I. Simons, taught me a great deal about flavor profiles …

Several dark chocolate cookies on a white plate, topped with colorful M&Ms and candy bar pieces

Make these chocolate leftover Halloween candy cookies

By the time you read this, another Halloween will be lurking in the shadows right around the corner. And chances are, you’ll have some time and/or money invested in preparing for it, because, …

Chocolate-covered strawberries decorated with white and dark chocolate drizzle and sprinkles

Make these delicious chocolate-covered strawberries

More snow is falling as I write this column. Schools are closed, and I’m scrambling to alert participants that my Sip N’ Paint class scheduled for tonight at El Sombrero in Rock Hill, NY, …

Chocolate morsels with peanut butter filling

Make these peanut butter chocolate cake morsels

“How did you get on TV?” It’s a question I’m asked a lot. The fact is, I was tapped to be on my first competitive Food Network TV show—Sugardome—practically …

Burn Brae Mansion, a large yellow Victorian house illuminated at night with a wraparound porch.

Make this Burn Brae Mansion haunted candy apple eyeball

I love Halloween. When people ask me which of my TV appearances is my favorite, I always say Food Network’s “Halloween Wars” in 2021. My team, Ghosts with the Most, were …

A chocolate snowman dessert with frosting, chocolate chip buttons, and a scarf

Make this chocolate bomb snowman

Maybe it was a coincidence that we experienced our first significant snowfall of the season as I began to write this column (January 7, to be exact—Russian Orthodox Christmas). And it’s …

A chocolate sombrero cake topper decorated with colorful fondant and edible paints

Make this chocolate sombrero piece

My friends Joyce Salimeno-Gitlin and her late husband Mel were buzzing down Lake Louise Marie Road in Rock Hill, NY one day in 2018 when they noticed activity at the site of the old Dodge Inn …

Side-by-side comparison of a whole chocolate pumpkin and one with candies spilling from a carved opening.

Make this chocolate surprise pumpkin

“Trick or treat!” It’s Halloween time again, and after the “trick” of 2020, we can certainly hope that Halloween 2021 is a “treat.” Of course, this …