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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 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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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 10

Why Junior's is the Best Cheesecake in NYC... to me.

Couture Cheesecake from Junior's designed by celebrity designer Isaac Mizrahi. Photo Credit QVC.com You wanna know why? I'll tell you why.Junior's cheesecake has the consistency that makes my toes curl. The cake is so dense, like three pounds of prem (read full article)

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Apr 07

I Love Me Some Chocolate Cheerios

Have you tried them yet? No? Get to it! I'm slightly smitten by the new Chocolate Cheerios. On the days when I pretend to watch what I'm eating, I snack on cereal.. and Chocolate Cheerios satisfies my chocolate craving nicely. It's 100 calories for e (read full article)

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Mar 29

Preview: A Bay Area Chocolate Crawl

I'm at war with my laptop today (and the Internet gods are not on my side either) so here I am, blogging live from a Mac store!Today I bring you a preview of my San Francisco Chocolate Crawl. I went to three very different chocolate stores while I wa (read full article)

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Mar 22

No-Bake Mondays: Dark Chocolate-Covered Orange Slices

Dark chocolate-covered oranges. Breakfast of champions. I'm in sunny California today folks and on gorgeous days like this I can almost taste summer. To me, summer is fruit season. And while I love eating fruits on their own, unrefrigerated and with (read full article)

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Mar 18

La Maison du Chocolat, Mi Amor

Only the bag made it home with me. Spotted: a starstruck Jersey girl walking down Madison avenue with an empty La Maison du Chocolat bag. That can only mean one thing.You should be proud because I made it three whole blocks before I devoured the bag (read full article)

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Mar 08

Kris Recommends Chocolate Polenta Pie

Why Oradell's favorite coffeeshop, Cool Beans, is cool: Chocolate Polenta Pie This is a bad picture of a really good pie. I'm a coffee shop junkie and one of my favorite places to go for a not-so-quick cup of joe is this quaint little coffee sho (read full article)

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Feb 28

No-Bake Mondays: Chocolate Doughnut Holes

No-Bake Chocolate Doughnut Holes. Rowrrr.Soft, chewy, and moist—that's what these babies are. They're made with Oreo crumbs and cream cheese so these chocolate "doughnut holes" get extra brownie points for decadence (they come out all fudgy!). Topp (read full article)

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Feb 23

No-Bake Mondays: White Chocolate Popcorn Cupcakes

No-Bake White Chocolate Popcorn CupcakesOh yes I did.Inspired by a Long Island bakery that makes chocolate-covered popcorn, this no-bake cupcake recipe is made with white chocolate chips, butter popcorn, dried cranberries, and walnuts. I'm no white c (read full article)

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