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You are cordially invited to read Married to Chocolate, a dessert blog by food writer and chocolate devotee Kris Alcantara. Kris first launched Married to Chocolate in June 2009 while pursuing her MA in Journalism at Syracuse University, but she has been in love with chocolate waaaaay before that (finding melted chocolate in her purse or smudged on her camera is a normal occurrence). This dessert blog allows her to relive her days as a food editor and blogger in Manila when she ate for a living. Now stationed in NYC, her quest for the best red velvet cupcakes continues. She is also a self-proclaimed No-Bake Queen.

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Aug 09

5 Easy Ways to Love Chocolate (and Not Get Fat)

SAVE SOME FOR LATER. Break up a chocolate bar into seven pieces and enjoy chocolate everyday, guilt-free. "You don't look like someone with a chocolate blog." I get this accusation a lot, and I suppose it's because I don't weigh 200 pound (read full article)

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Aug 03

No-Bake Mondays: Chocolate Mousse by La Maison du Chocolat

Chocolate tastings are so much funner if you have someone to share it with. Thanks Krista! Okay, it's been a little too quiet at the no-bake kitchen lately and I really have NYC to blame for that. It's SO distracting having bakeries and chocolate ba (read full article)

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Jul 16

Scenes From a Chocolate Tasting

These photos were taken at La Maison du Chocolat's two-hour chocolate tasting at their Upper East Side enclave last spring. On the menu was a combination of milk, dark, and extra dark chocolate ganaches - the same ganaches this renowned Parisian choc (read full article)

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Jul 14

5 Fantasmic Bubble Tea Spots in NYC

  Love me some bubble tea. Thanks TimingAndDelivery, Barnrau, and Team Sugar for the photos  Summer in New York can be a big bitch.  I grew up in a tropical country so this observation comes from someone with a relatively high threshold for heat (read full article)

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Jul 07

Meet the Great Chocolate Giveaway Winners!

Great Chocolate Giveaway Winners with their pretty prize Life is sweeter for four people today. Congratulations Adrienne, Carren, Charlie, and Denise! To celebrate Married to Chocolate's big fat anniversary last month, Ghirardelli and I gave away f (read full article)

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Jun 28

Lula's Sweet Apothecary

What does vegan ice cream taste like? Apparently, better than real ice cream. Just when I thought I couldn't possibly have one more reason to love the East Village, Lula's Sweet Apothecary barges into my life, steals my heart, and runs away with it (read full article)

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Jun 22

No-Bake Mondays: No-Bake Beeramisu

Not just any tiramisu recipe, this is BEERamisu. Curious? Yep, you read that right. Not Tiramisu, BEERAMISU. This is the kind of recipe that gets me all excited. Tiramisu is probably one of the simplest and easiest desserts ever created, yet this n (read full article)

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Jun 20

Coming Up on Married to Chocolate

 Hi, I'm back! (with a super dorky wave for your amusement)What does a month of zero-blogging equal to? A big fat pile of exciting dessert adventures begging to be told. Here's a preview of what's coming in the next few weeks! 1. Lula's Sweet Ap (read full article)

May 13

The Self-Taught Chocolatiers: NuNu Chocolates

"There's so much magic you miss when you're not in the kitchen when food gets created and I wanted to be there to capture that. I wanted to share the hard work and the dreams being realized. I just couldn't think of a more fun job." - Liza de Gui (read full article)

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May 10

No-Bake Mondays: Nutella and Peaches on Wheat Bread

Nutella and peaches sprinkled with cinnamon. Tell me something smells better than this.I bring you No-Bake Mondays, the breakfast edition.Granted this is the least time of day when you want to spend time making food, I encourage you to think twice an (read full article)

May 09

5 Reasons Why Moms Are Like Chocolate

This pretty lady here is the coolest mom in the world. Happy Mother's Day, Mom!Five Reasons Why Moms Are Like Chocolate 1. They bring comfort.2. They're sweet. 3. They can be a little nutty. Especially 'round the 50s.(Joking mom, JOKING!) 4. They're (read full article)

May 04

5 1/2 No-Bake Recipes You Shouldn't Miss (and 6 food bloggers you should know)

I took a break from no-baking today to bring you a round-up of my best-of-the-best food bloggers list (who all have no-bake recipes). Let me tell you about my heroes.They are bloggers who take awesome pictures. But more than visual prowess, I am incr (read full article)

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May 01

The Great Chocolate Give Away

 This is my reason. What's yours? Tell me why you deserve free chocolate and I'll give you some!I'm very excited to tell you that Married to Chocolate turns one this month and as a thank you, this chocolate chick is giving away a big fat basket (read full article)

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Apr 29

Chocolate is Food For the Soul

Just got home from a chocolate tasting hosted by La Maison du Chocolat at their Upper East side store. I had eight pieces of chocolate and a cup of freshly made chocolate ganache for dinner and I'm feeling FANTASMIC (hello endorphins!). I love you, w (read full article)

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Apr 26

No-Bake Mondays: Caramel Mud Pie Bars

No-Bake Caramel Mud Pie Bars These are bars of sin.Decked out in graham crackers, caramel, peanuts, pretzels, popcorn (yes, popcorn), and drizzled with chocolate, they're like caramel mud pies minus the ice cream. Admittedly, this was partly inspired (read full article)

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Apr 23

Candy Wonderland on Rivington St.

Damn straight, lunchbox.I have no words for this place. Just awe. Wide-eyed, wistful, child-like awe. This candy mecca on the Lower East Side called Economy Candy has the grandest collection of old time candies I've ever seen. The store was packed (read full article)

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Apr 21

Woodhouse Chocolate's Caramel Helenas

OMG: Woodhouse's Milk Chocolate Caramel Helenas  Dare I say it, there's no way to correctly describe these tasty things than to so eloquently say.. OMG.Seriously. If perfection had a name, it would be Helena. I walked into a pretty little chocol (read full article)

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Apr 19

No-Bake Mondays: Cheesecake Ice Cream Sandwich

Save stale cookies! Pimp them out with ice cream.I had leftover Chips Ahoy laying around the house but they weren't sealed too well. Alas, the cookies were hard and tasted kind of stale and dry. What was a no-baker to do? Make an ice cream sandwich!I (read full article)

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Apr 12

No-Bake Mondays: Peanut Butter Chocolate Macaroons

No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate MacaroonsThis super easy no-bake peanut butter chocolate macaroons takes about all of 15 minutes to make. It should still be a little warm at that point, which is great for a homemade taste, but they're fantastic when (read full article)

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Apr 11

Chocolate of Choice: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Interior designer and budding make-up artist Kim Pendergast won't share her Reese'sName Kim PendergastHometown/Location San Francisco Bay AreaProfession Interior designer and make-up artistChocolate of Choice Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (read full article)

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