Robin: Don’t you just love it when something is super easy to make but looks like it took great skill and all day to do? This is one of those things. You start with just a box of jello powder (any brand and flavor) and some mini marshmallows, and end up with attractive two-toned spiral…
Sweets & Desserts
Pineapple Slices with Coconut Gelatin
(c) Robin Grose[/caption] Robin: Way back in the mid-1950s, an ad came out for Dole pineapple that consisted of a recipe in which a sweet dish was created by replacing the juice in a can of pineapple slices with gelatin. Once gelled, the contents of the can were emptied onto a platter and sliced. This…
Locos for Jello
Gelatin desserts are easy to make, tasty, versatile, and suitable for all ages and most occasions. Here’s why it is time to make jello cool again!
Zucchini Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies
What if a chocolate chip cookie and a loaf of zucchini bread had a baby? These unusually delicous cookies would be the result! Easy recipe.
Turtles on a Raft
Robin: These sweet-salty treats are so addictive that when I took them in to share at work, my colleagues complained for weeks that I had given them crack. (I suspect that their complaints were a thinly-veiled, desperate attempt to get me to bring in some more.) The combination of chocolate with smooth caramel, crunchy pretzel…
Sweet Corn Pie (Pay de elote)
Robin: I know. It’s not anything special to look out. It is mild-mannered and unassuming in appearance and ingredients, but don´t be fooled. This is a seriously delicious dish. Be assured that Sweet Corn Pie is most definitely a dessert. If you are familiar with corn mainly as a side dish, you are about to be amazed…