#dark chocolate butter crunch

[jjspina]

A Happy Valentine’s Day!

[sniffanimal]

beginning to feel a kinship with the Instagram arfid guy who buys industrial buckets of peanut butter bc it's all he eats. I'm going peanut butter mode

[elodieunderglass]

Mad Spring - sour gummies, you feral little goblin. Tangfastics. Airheads. Sour Patch Kids. Like High Summer, you choose fruit-flavored gummy sweets, but you pick ones coated in Pain Sugar. It isn’t enough to just get sugar: you’re chasing a different Sensory Experience (TM) than the rest. And that’s great.

Warm Spring - white chocolate, ruby chocolate, pastel mint drops, cotton candy, bubblegum. Marshmallows. Sweet, creamy, usually pastel. You have no particular objection to floral tastes like lavender and rose. You may be able to appreciate Turkish Delight.

Midsummer - tropical fruits: chewy and slightly creamy in pastel colors. Starburst/Opal Fruit, Creamsicles/Solero. Maoam strips. Cream sodas. Skittles, despite being jewel-toned, are in this season. Coconut and pineapple flavors go here. Also the home of chalky-type sweets like Love Hearts/candy hearts, smarties (usa) and You may be also able to appreciate Turkish Delight.

High Summer - Gummy bears and chewy, jellyish, jammy, gummy, springy in bright jewel tones. Gummy worms and jelly snakes, jelly babies, jelly beans, Haribo. Clearer and gummier than Midsummer.

Autumn Night - darker and more complex sweetness, often including an element of burning or alcohol, or another challenge. Cherry cordials, marzipan, champagne truffles. Also home of burnt-sugar tastes: maple candy, bonfire toffee, candy corn. Also home of matcha; red liquorice; red bean paste. When people bring you sweets from other countries, they’ll choose unusual local delicacies. You almost certainly were fascinated as a kid by lollipops at the science museum sold with real bugs in them.

Autumn Salt - peanut butter and peanut brittle, salted caramel, toffee, butterscotch. Toffee popcorn, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, Snickers, Daim. If nobody has any nuts, you’ll choose chocolate with nuts, crisp or crunch over other things. Sweet just isn’t enough.

Winter Spice - herbal, spicy and medicinal sweets, usually hard old-fashioned sweets. Red-hots, burning cinnamon, chilli - eucalyptus, root beer, menthol; sarsaparilla. Hard candy, generally: old fashioned ‘boiled sweets,’ things that look gorgeous in glass jars. Parma violets. Fisherman’s Friends. You’re the only person who would eat a gingerbread house after decorating it. You’re also possibly a ghost, or used to be a Mad Spring. It’s also about the SENSATION.

Midwinter - dark black Licorice. Salty? Sweet? saltlakrids? Allsorts? Australian? You might like other things too, but when your loved ones are in another country, they go to the licorice aisle and get you the weirdest local variant they can find.

Long Winter - true chocolate, basic chocolate stuff: M&Ms. Dairy Milk. Hershey’s Kiss. But also home of fudgy tastes and sugar-on-sugar in a long slow sauce. Marshmallow, Handmade fudge, Phish Food ice cream.

Cool Winter - naturally, the homebase of minty tastes. peppermint wheels, York’s Peppermint Patties, After Eights. Also orange - chocolate orange - and, oddly, pixie sticks/sherbet and other sweet things that involve eating simple flavored sugar.

[inxkpaws]

Hey pack!

For wolf-inspired recipes, I’ve got you covered with plant-based options that could resemble a wild wolf’s diet. Think earthy, rustic, and primal vibes :

⚠️THIS IS A VEGAN VERSION. IM ALSO POSTING A NONVEGAN VERSION !!⚠️

### Wolf-Inspired Vegan Recipes

1. **Foraged Mushroom and Herb Soup**

- A mix of wild mushrooms, garlic, onions, fresh thyme, and rosemary, simmered in vegetable broth.

- Serve with rustic whole-grain bread.

2. **"Raw" Root Vegetable Salad**

- Shredded beets, carrots, and parsnips with a tangy citrus vinaigrette.

- Add sunflower seeds for crunch.

3. **Hearty Lentil and Kale Stew**

- Cook lentils with diced tomatoes, celery, carrots, and dark leafy greens.

- Season with cumin and smoked paprika.

4. **Berry and Nut Bowl**

- A mix of blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, topped with walnuts or pecans.

- Add a drizzle of maple syrup for sweetness.

5. **Seaweed and Chickpea "Salmon" Cakes**

- Combine mashed chickpeas, nori flakes, and dill, then pan-fry into patties.

- Serve with a lemon-dill cashew cream.

6. **Rustic Grain and Veggie Bake**

- Cook wild rice or barley and mix with sautéed mushrooms, leeks, and chopped walnuts.

- Bake with a light sprinkle of nutritional yeast.

7. **Roasted Vegetables with Juniper and Sage**

- Toss root veggies like potatoes, carrots, and parsnips with juniper berries, sage, and olive oil, then roast.

8. **Herb-Crusted Tempeh "Steak"**

- Marinate tempeh in tamari, garlic, and rosemary, then sear it in a pan.

- Pair with mashed sweet potatoes.

9. **"Wolf Howl" Smoothie**

- Blend blackberries, spinach, almond milk, and a touch of cacao powder.

- Top with chia seeds.

10. **Nut Butter and Seed Bark**

- Mix melted dark chocolate with almond butter, pumpkin seeds, and dried cranberries.

- Chill and break into pieces.

[tastesoftamriel]

You know those cheesy pasta dishes with all the fancy add-ins like heavy cream and garlic so we can all pretend to ourselves that we aren't just eating mac and cheese like overgrown children? What sort of equivalent dishes do the people of Tamriel enjoy, that are basically just dressed-up "kid food" dishes?

Who doesn't love a cheeky meal that brings back memories of childhood? Across Tamriel, you'll find all manner of simple, hearty foods that will make you feel like a kid again!

Altmer

In Summerset, young and old alike enjoy mochi, a tasty sweet snack made from chewy glutinous rice flour. Mochi comes in many varieties, with fillings like sweet peanut or black sesame paste. However, almost everyone's favourite is a cold mochi filled with soft gelato of various flavours. My favourite combination is matcha mochi wrapped around a moreish azuki bean ice cream centre.

Argonians

Is there anything that makes you feel more like a kid than some snacking? Argonians are huge fans of anything that packs a crunch, both sweet and savoury. Whether it's spicy and sweet crickets, dark saltrice sauce-coated mealworms, or just good old prawn crackers with some dipping sambal, be prepared to snack your way all day long in Black Marsh.

Bosmer

If you're one of those people who stands in the kitchen gnawing a block of cheese at midnight, you're in good company in Valenwood. A popular late-night treat served at street food vendors across the Province is a simple cup of grilled witchetty grubs slathered in timber mammoth cheese sauce and topped with pulled pork. The grubs are meaty in flavour, and the pungent timber mammoth cheese complements the pulled pork when mixed all together, as the locals enjoy it.

Bretons

Pain au chocolat? Yes please! These deliciously buttery puffed pastries are essentially rectangular croissants enveloping delicious dark chocolate. Served warm, they're sure to make any breakfast or teatime a happy one! To really satisfy those chocolate cravings, pair with a classic Breton hot chocolate, complete with marshmallows and whipped cream.

Dunmer

Marshmerrow cake is the ubiquitous Dunmeri dessert that has gained popularity far beyond the borders of Morrowind due to its mild flavour and unique candy aroma. A soft sponge cake, which is sometimes soaked in comberry brandy, is layered with sweet marshmerrow crème patissiere, caramelised marshmerrow crumble, and maraschino comberries. Sure to knock some years off your age and put a couple more holes in your belt (it's impossible to stop at one slice. Source: me).

Imperials

There's nothing quite like homemade gnocchi with ragout for Imperials when it comes to comfort food. While this homey dish is prevalent across Cyrodiil, every household cooks the dish differently. In mine, my mother pan-fries the gnocchi in an obnoxious amount of butter, and tops it with her top-secret slow-cooked lamb and red wine ragout. While I cannot give away the secrets to her ragout, I highly recommend trying this delicious dish a try when you need to warm yourself, body and soul.

Khajiit

If you think you can turn away cinnamon and cardamom churros with a cup of moon sugar caramel dip, you're deluding yourself. This delicious treat can be found across Elsweyr and is considered one of the Province's most famous foods. Khajiiti churros, which are made from a mix of rice and tapioca flour, have a moist and chewy texture beneath a crisp, golden brown outer layer. They're served hot from the wok, with a cup of moon sugar caramel syrup. A truly divine pairing!

Nords

Spätzle is something I've written about in the past, and it's one of the best things I know (ask any resident of Skyrim and they'd tell you the same). These chunky egg noodles may look unrefined compared to Khajiiti vermicelli, but make up for it when liberally doused in a creamy cheese sauce and topped with fried onions. I like spicing mine up, quite literally, with some chili powder I purchased at a Sentinel bazaar.

Orcs

Nothing screams comfort food (and mess) quite like a good old echatere sausage hot dog. The echatere sausage, rather akin to Blackwood chorizo in flavour, is grilled over hot coals and served in a sourdough bun, served Wrothgar style with a good amount of horseradish mayo, fried radish chips, caramelised onions, pickles, and crispy dried baby shrimp topping. I'd say you can't stop at just one, but it's a hefty meal you can eat with one hand!

Redguards

I have probably written about gulab jamun in the past, a delicious, albeit cloying dessert popular throughout Hammerfell. An iconic dish at festivals and parties, gulab jamun is prized by dessert-lovers for its velvety, syrupy texture. These fluffy balls of cardamom-scented cottage cheese are fried and soaked in a fragrant saffron and rose water syrup, and topped with crushed pistachios. So simple, so good, and so moreish. Just be sure to stop at three, because any more and the sugar rush will send you to Aetherius!

[thoughtportal]

Peanut Butter Cornflake Crunch Bars

So today we have these peanut butter conflict crunch bars which are so delicious and have the most unreal texture.

Simply mix together peanut butter, maple syrup, salt and vanilla and then stir in your crushed cornflakes

spread this out in a lined baking tin and then pour over a mixture of dark chocolate vegan butter and peanut butter, freeze and then slice into squares.

[wodniars-void]

Do you have any headcanons *you* would like to share? Maybe some about Terra? 🧡

Thanks for the ask, Starlight!!!

Boy howdy DO I INDEED. Buckle up!!!!!

I feel so strongly that he is the type who would listen to like, dad rock and Jimmy Buffet. He got his music taste from Eraqus <3 He is either listening to the oldest music you've ever heard on a wax cylinder phonograph or there is a CD in a boombox blasting 80s power ballads and dad rock. He never figured out the music function of his Gummiphone so Chip, Dale, Ienzo, and Data Riku just helped him burn a bunch of CDs. Silence is Weird post-kh3 so he'll usually have music playing while he trains and does chores and stuff. He also has a portable CD player and headphones to be considerate of when Ven and Aqua maybe don't want to hear Holding Out For A Hero for the 50th time, but it's more likely you'll walk in on him woodcarving with Margaritaville playing in the background.

Secondly. Secondly. I think for his birthday Aqua makes something like peanut butter brownies, to account for his dislike of sweet things. Like how the Rockin' Crunch ice cream has a chocolate and nut shell, his ideal desserts usually include dark chocolate and nuts. There's this one chocolate place I know that sells frozen bananas covered in chocolate and peanuts and they absolutely rule. Disney Town would make him one to celebrate his return and he would cry. He has tried pecan pie and was deeply disappointed by how much he didn't like it. It sounds so appealing but it was So Sweet. If he's really craving a treat he might have a bit of dark chocolate, or some honey roasted nuts, maybe even a scoop of vanilla ice cream :)

Okay now. Post kh3 I headcanon he becomes a magnet for the kids without really meaning to, he just exudes a comfy and non-judgemental vibe. He understands having really complicated feelings about darkness, or someone who passed, or someone who hurt them. He's a safe and open space to both talk about things and seek refuge from them. He's the number one lil guy collector <3

He ends up visiting Lilo and Stitch fairly often, more Stitch than Lilo, but as above, he collects Lil Guys without meaning to and Lilo is not excluded. It's really comforting to him to see that Stitch escaped and found a happy life and made friends :) He hasn't told Lilo why he ended up on the spaceship so she keeps guessing what his Space Crimes were. The truth is he didn't do any crimes and was wrongly imprisoned without due process or fair trial but I think Minor Space Traffic Violation is the funniest option he's "confirmed". He may have done some Space Crimes after he broke out of Space Jail but that's different. He didn't get arrested for those

Okay this one is a long one and is practically an au so grab a snack and drink some water. Settled? Comfy? Okay let's go :3

Long story short: Post KH3, Terra can see ghosts. He's had Visions before, of both the past and the future, it's an innate magic ability that sort of does what it wants. He's also died, really severely, moreso than like, anybody ever. And he himself was a ghost in multiple senses for a while. So when he gets put back together, that split & death lingers. And being connected to death while also having magic Sight mixes weird, thus, ghost vision! Which leads to some fun Dark Road themed adventures :3

Long story long: Terra has visions, right? Glimpses of things from both the past and the future, that are never quite explained. For example, he should by no means know what young Xehanort or KH2 Riku look like, and yet he sees them on the Destiny Islands, and reacts to seeing them. Which indicates that happened in-universe rather than purely for the viewer. We don't know why this happens, but given Terra's other unique magical abilities (i.e. the Lingering Will), I assume it's one of the Wayfinder Trio's odd magical quirks, like Aqua being able to enchant items.

Well, being split apart messed with that innate magic. I don't know the exact mechanics, something about death mixing funny with seeing things other people can't. Something about being a ghost and being connected to other ghosts and being able to recognize yourself in others. The wires got a little crossed, essentially.

Which means post KH3, readjusting to being alive and everything, he just starts to See more often? Flickers of people around the Land of Departure, whispers in empty rooms that were never there before. (I personally believe the Land of Departure is basically like, mega haunted. Lots of lingering keyblade wielder spirits. But I'm only focusing on one set of ghosts here.) It's not anything he's not used to, he's had Visions his whole life, but the increased frequency is weird. But things don't come to a head until a late night trip to get a midnight snack leads to a literal run-in with one of the Dark Road underclassmen, which is a shock to both of them.

Thus, cue the Dark Road shenanigans, maybe some contemplation on what it means to be a ghost, idk this part is mostly an excuse to let the wayfinders and underclassmen (and upperclassmen) interact. I like them :3

TLDR: Because of his Visions and complicated relationship with death Terra gains the ability to see ghosts and it turns out to be a nicer deal than you'd usually expect :3

Okay this ask took a LONG time to answer and that's entirely on me. And it's long as hell, thanks for enabling me Starlight <3 This was really fun to work on and think about!!!! Tune in next time for more Terra Thoughts!

[simpinformonkies]

YO may i have some hc about wukong and mac having an so whos a good fighter but is also hella clumsy? :P

Of course! I'll do my best! For this, I used a Fem!S/O! These are a... wee bit graphic violence, but just a little.

Wukong

-When he first met you, it was because MK was wanting to introduce him to Tang's cousin (who acted like an aunt to MK).

-Imagine Wukong's surprise when MK pulls him to an underground fighting arena and points to a woman throwing fucking hands in the ring, matching punch after punch with a man three times her body mass.

-"That's auntie!" The boy had told him, pointing to you just as you slammed your boxing gloves against the opposing man's jaw, flinging his body against one of the four quadrant poles. "Isn't she cool?!"

-...Wukong was a little scared of you to be quite honest, no matter what MK said- you just seemed like a scary woman! (It was baffling that you were related to Tang of all people.)

-Then MK pulled him into the waiting room and called out your name while he pulled at his mentor's sleeve, and you perked up from your water bottle and brighten considerably when your eyes catch MK. You stand and move to walk towards him-

-only to trip over your own feet and slam your face into one of the metal seats, breaking your nose.

-It was really hard to fear you when you were that clumsy outside a fight.

-Given something to hold? Uh oh, butter fingers!

-Trying to get from point A to point B? You trip over your own feet upon taking the first step.

-Trying to eat with chopsticks? Good luck.

-Wukong found it genuinely difficult to fear or be wary you due to your overwhelming clumsiness, but the one time he saw it fail to appear is one he won't forget.

-MK had been fighting a demon that was playing tricks and being an asshole, and almost broke the poor boy's ankle, and you threw yourself into the fight and started wailing on the opposing demon with your lips curled in rage and eyes mere pinpricks.

-Wukong took care of MK with the others, but he was openly gaping at seeing you grab the demon's arm and just start slamming him down on the ground from side to side as if he was a goddamn children's toy.

-You finished it by smashing your fist against the demon's jaw and breaking it, the sick crunching of bone echoing through the air as the demon's body is thrown back against the wall, slumping pathetically as you stand across from him, breathing heavily with blood and bruises coating your knuckles.

-Wukong found that so absurdly attractive that it wasn't even funny.

-Then your personality flipped on a dime, and you turned to rush towards MK only to trip on a stray rock and faceplant.

-...Yeah, Wukong was in love.

-And if he asked you on a date the following week, with your favorite flowers and a box of chocolates and looking so damn nervous, you didn't mind.

-And if you just so happened to say yes to his proposal of dating, well, that's business between the two of you.

-(Except not really, because god forbid secrets be kept when you're dating the Stone Monkey himself, and the 'aunt figure' to the main crew.)

~~~~~~~~

Macaque

-The first time Macaque met you was when he stole food from your house, and it was only thanks to his sensitive ears and the whispers of the shadows that he managed to dodge your punch that shattered your counter like glass, your eyes glowing softly in the dark and a scowl curled on your lips.

-You kept trying to wail punches on the monkey demon, narrowly missing since he was just a little bit faster (well, a lot faster, but he was curious about you), and he only managed to slip away unharmed and with plenty of food when you slipped on the rug and tumbled to the floor.

-Macaque had a good laugh about that for days.

-Somehow, you ended up amusing him, and anytime he needed (or, well, wanted) food, he would just shadow-port to your home and steal it, making sure that you were home when he did it just to piss you off more.

-He honestly just wanted to see you trip on something stupid again, the bastard.

-But weeks of this same schedule, this same song and dance weighed on you, and you just decided 'fuck it' and didn't even attempt to fight the invading monkey demon anymore, merely rolling your eyes whenever he attempted to catch your attention.

-...Didn't mean you still didn't trip around your own goddamn house like a newborn fawn just learning to use its legs.

-Except you were an adult, and this is embarrassing.

-Anytime you'd see- or, god forbid, hear- him laugh at you, you'd flush red and grab the nearest object to throw at him, uncaring of its value or how breakable it is- you just wanted one clean fucking shot on that bastard monkey dammit!

-It wasn't your fault you were clumsy! It was your stupid body's fault! You were lucky to train the clumsiness out of your fights, but it seems like anytime other than that its 'Let's fuck up this dumb bitch's day and make her look like a failure' day.

-...You had insecurities, so what? You're an adult, you're allowed them.

-Months after meeting Macaque- and practically letting him crash at your place, because he's like a stray cat at this point and you're too tired to kick him out- you find him fighting some imp demon, and while he didn't look in trouble, Macaque was holding his side, crimson leaking through his fingers.

-You threw yourself at the demon as quick as a lightning strike, and tussle with the creature, slamming your fist against its upper stomach and crunching its ribs, and sending an twirled axel kick to the side of its head before grabbing Macaque and running towards your apartment while the demon was down and dazed.

-Once inside, you almost tripped again but managed not to (huge success on your part) and push Macaque to sit on the couch while you riffle around the bathroom for your first aid kid. Who cares if Macaque is a demon that heals quickly? You're going to bandage him up weither he likes it or not dammit!

-You wrap the cloth around his wound- pointedly ignoring looking anywhere else- and spit curses both at him and the demon, your words lacking any real bite (well, bite towards Macaque), but the shadow monkey is just silent, his tail swaying gently behind him- the motion slow. Thoughtful.

-Somehow, that event of beating up a demon for him and bandaging him up just made Macaque move into your house, and now you're not only rooming with the monkey demon, but dating him.

-Yeah, you have no idea how this happened either.

[awesomehoggirl]

DINING HALL SHUT BECAUSE I WAS AT TARGET FOR TOO LONG ❤️

breakfast for dinner will be a stacked as fuck yogurt bowl with dark chocolate almond butter and catalina crunch (YAAAS). order in will probably be cava.. So much to consider

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

A Chocolate Suntato Cake From 2024

I successfully made my chocolate suntato cake for my grandparents and my aunt last evening. We had it for dessert tonight. :) It's based on the famous chocolate potato cake from 1912, but I did my own spin on it.

CAKE Dry Ingredients: 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cardamom 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon mace 1/2 cup grated dark unsweetened chocolate or chocolate curls 1/2 cup unsalted nutmeats (as many different ones as you can: hazelnuts, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios)

Wet Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 cup brown sugar 2 large eggs 1/2 cup goat milk At least 1/2 cup mashed sunchokes

Preparations: 1. Dig up sunchokes if in season (December is perfect; just remember to fill in and water the disturbed area afterward). You won't need very many, but too many is better than not enough. If not in season, or if you bought them, skip this step. 2. Clean sunchokes but don't peel. 3. Steam sunchokes until tender and then hand-mash as finely as possible. It's okay if you have more than 1/2 cup. Even a full cup is fine. 4. Grate 1/2 cup of dark, unsweetened chocolate if unable to find already grated. 5. Beat the two large eggs very well. 6. Select a small amount of every unsalted culinary nut you can, roughly even in amount, and crush in a mortar and pestle. 7. Add the dry ingredients together in a container and sift them. Remember, the brown sugar doesn't count here. 8. Butter the bottom and sides of a cake pan (margarine works too). 9. If needed, crush brown sugar lumps into a more powdery form using mortar and pestle.

Directions: 1. In a separate bowl from the dry ingredients, thoroughly mix the butter and brown sugar. 2. Add beaten eggs and mix thoroughly 3. Add goat milk--it's going to curdle at this stage. Don't be put off; it's going to be fine. Mix as well as you can. 4. Add steamed and mashed sunchokes and mix well. 5. Add the sifted mix of dry ingredients and fold. Don't mix too hard or the flour will make it weird. It's even okay if it doesn't quite look like a homogenous mixture. 6. Set oven to 177C/350F. 7. Dump cake mixture into buttered cake pan. 8. When the oven has reached the correct temperature, place the cake in the middle and set a timer for 55 minutes.

FROSTING Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter/margarine 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup goat milk 1/2 of a large unsweetened dark chocolate bar 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

Directions: 1. Put butter/margarine in a small saucepan. 2. Heat on medium. 3. When the butter has melted, add sugar and goat milk. 4. Stir well, mixing ingredients thoroughly. 5. Add unsweetened dark chocolate and mix well. 6. Once the chocolate has melted, turn heat lower and stir until sauce begins to boil. 7. Set a timer for 5 minutes. 8. Stir mixture until the time is up, never allowing it to stick to the sides or bottom. 9. Remove from heat and add vanilla. 10. Mix until a it's good consistency for spreading. 11. Pour onto finished cake and spread evenly. 12. Allow to cool down for an hour. 13. Place in fridge overnight.

Enjoy!

The result should be somewhat cakier than banana bread and not as moist, but it shouldn't be dry or too dense. You'll notice it's not really a "chocolate cake". It's kind of like a nutty muffin--this is why you want to use a mortar and pestle for the nuts and also why you want to leave the skins of your sunchokes on. Gives it a lovely crunch and texture. The smell of the spices should still be quite potent, almost like fruit cake but without the (IMO) nasty chunks of candied bitter orange. It's a very good Christmassy dessert!

[oh-yeah-just-watch-me]

My Fit Girl Snacks:

When I eat real meals I EAT, so I like to snack light so I can really indulge myself at a little at lunch and especially at dinner (I don’t typically eat breakfast).

Liquid Death Sparkling Lime Water (20 cal) 💚💚💚

Topo Chico Lime (0 cal)

Green Apple and Almond Butter (290 cal but can be more or less depending on how much almond butter you use)

Quest protein chips (140 cal)

Power Crunch Bars (especially Peanut Butter Chocolate and Chocolate Mint) (190-220 cal)

95% Dark chocolate (4 squares is 200 cal but the most I ever eat is 2 squares because it suppresses appetite like coffee) if this is too bitter for you try to go down by 5% at a time until you can find one you can learn to love. Keep in mind the lower you go, the more calories and carbs per piece.

2 Wasa Swedish Style Crispbreads and 1.5 oz of Brie (240 cal)

High Quality Wild Caught Sardines in Olive Oil, my favorite brand is Nuri (250 cal)

A slice of Ezekiel bread and a tablespoon of Olive Oil with spices for dipping (200 cal)

Homemade Popcorn popped with Avocado Oil and topped with Garlic+Onion powder, Za’atar seasoning and olive oil. (I don’t ever measure the calories on this one, just try not to eat until you’re sick)

Raw Spinach/Spring Mix. This isn’t necessarily tasty and people look at me crazy but if I’m feeling snacky and haven’t eaten my vegetables yet, this can be a thing that I can mindlessly munch on while reading or watching a movie. I always get enough greens every day, almost too much sometimes.

[antiquepearlss]

im going to harrass you with my tts halloween related questions until its tysmgiving and then i bombard you with tjose and yhen crisis, and well u get it idk

i love ur hcs i find them interesting

OKAY ANYWAYS, what dya think the tts characters favorite halloween candy is(or like what they enjoy bcuz thats what this ask ended up as)...

rapunzel likes all candy, she will eat anything and everything, but she secretly likes the fruity candies more than like chocolate ans what not, but shhhh everything is still apatizeing to her(except lemon stuff, like dont give her a lemon head man). eugene likes chocolate and so does cass, i think ever since i got introduced to cass i js thought she liked chocolate, specifically dark chocolate js bcus shes not much of a sweets person yk?(she usually takes the dark chocolate hersheys & dark chocolate milkyways if no one wants them) but eugene likes all chocolates, milky ways? yes. snickers? yes. heck even an almond joy he'll eat.

lance is like raps, he'll eat whatever(usually he just eats what the girls dont want LMAO) but smth about me makes me think his fav is jelly beans... angry and catalina are both similar, but i think catalina doesnt like nuts in her candy(i dont either, i know im insane u can hate me already), but kiera probably likes snickers, though i think she likes baby ruths more. catalina is a big fan of reeses tho, like yes peanut butter & chocolate yum yum yum.

varian likes the fruity candy cuz he is one /JOKE

but fr varian is one of those people who gets a whole carrot or smth and is like "omg thank you!!" and eats it like a chocolate bar, i do too so its okay. but his fav candy is skittles, like actually he will gobble down a whole bag like no ones business(he also likes gummies, of any sort really, oh and jolly ranchers)

and hugo doesnt get candy he gets mf rocks like charlie brown(respectfully, hugo probably likes kitkats and sweetarts)

this is so much IM SO SORRY HELP, my fav halloween candy is crunch bars & milky ways, but honestly all candy is so good lol

I’m so down, spam my inbox if you want. (I’m so hyped for Christmas Tangled Posting. Rapunzel loves Muppet Christmas Carol.) Also thank you very much.

So I’m definitely the wrong person to ask this actually. I’m not really a big fan of candy tbh. I like it sometimes, but I usually prefer savory snacks. Honestly what you said is pretty much canon to me. I love these.

But I’ll try my best.

Punzie Wunzie- Like you said, prefers fruity candies to chocolate. Probably likes skittles and Starbursts, stuff like that. I feel like she’d like gummies. Esp the orange ones with sugar on them.

Gene- Chocolate all the way. And not the cheap crap, the really fancy stuff, like truffles.

Lance- Same as Eugene but I think he likes Hershey chocolate and generally just candy bars. Probably likes sour and spicy candies as well. And yes absolutely he loves jelly beans. Same with Cat and Varian.

Var Bear- I think he’ll eat anything tbh but he canonically likes chocolate, so he steals Eugene’s truffles and Lance’s candy bars. And I can see him liking hard candies and suckers, because you can eat them while working.

Cassie Wassie- Again like you said, dark chocolate. She doesn’t strike me as much of a candy person. I can see her liking candy with nuts (despite being a lesbian)

Thing 1 & The Other 1- I feel like Cat prefers savory foods because wolf hehe. So yes peanut butter candies all the way. Same with Kiera, idk she just doesn’t strike me as that much of a candy person either so I think she’d eat ab anything as well. Like they like candy well enough they just don’t really have favorites. Maybe they both like sour/spicy candy.

everyone else- Quirin and Arianna like those old person candies that just materialize in your house when you turn 60. Adira also prefers fancy chocolates. Frederic, I don’t know let’s say circus peanuts. Hector doesn’t care why are you asking him this. Edmund hasn’t had candy in years, honestly he’d be happy just eating a bag of straight sugar.

My favorite is probably milky ways. Because they’re good and I gotta stick with my astronomy aesthetic I’ve got going on. Also Skittles slap.

[theovenofblymanor]

i made such fckin good brownies that i gotta start a blog to document my recipes bc who knows what other miracles im capable of

welcome to the maiden post of my recipe log. here's how you make my perfectly splendid ooey gooey fudgy wudgy cracker brownies.

227 grams of unsalted butter (a beautiful bar of kerrygold); 90 grams of dutch-process cocoa powder (the dutch are weird but they sure make good chocolate. van Houten is my go-to); 100 grams of dark chocolate (at least 78% cacao), roughly chopped; 1 tsp of instant coffee (i use whatever's in my dad's coffee cupboard) 200 grams of white sugar (fine/caster sugar is better, for better dissolving) 80 grams of brown sugar (make sure there ain't clumps) 1 tbsp vanilla (my toxic trait is being too unrestrained with the expensive splashes of vanilla) 4 eggs (do NOT skimp on eggs or risk a dry brick) 90 grams of flour (you can adjust the amount of flour by about +- 10 grams; decrease for fudgier brownies and increase for cakier brownies); pinch of salt to taste (i like my sweet treats salty to a fault) optional: add biscoff cookies for a nice crunch. 1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Line your 9x13'' pan with parchment paper with overhangs for easy moving. 2. Throw cocoa powder, chopped chocolate, and espresso powder in a bowl. 3. Make brown butter: Melt in saucepan over medium-low hit. Stir and scrape bottom with heat-proof spatula every 20 seconds. Continue for about 8 minutes until white foam forms and you can smell a heavenly nuttiness. When the liquid turns golden brown, remove pan from heat. 4. Immediately pour hot brown butter into the prepared bowl to bloom the cocoa powder and melt the chcolate. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool. 5. Using a mixer or your trusty hand and whisk, whip sugars, vanilla, and eggs on medium-high/fervently until smooth and pale in colour. For moist, rich brownies, whisk for about 5 minutes. For airier and taller brownies, whip for about 10 minutes until mixture is very thick, smooth and light-coloured. I prefer my brownies rich and gooey so I stop after 5 minutes. 6. Whipping at a low speed, slowly pour the cooled chocolate-butter mixture into the egg foam mixture until fully incorporated. 7. Using a spatula, gently fold in flour and salt until just incorporated. Add any desired mix-ins if using (e.g., nuts, candied fruits, chocolate bits) at this stage. Batter should be dark and thick. Mmm. 8. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bang the pan on the table to even the surface. 9. Bake for 20-25 minutes until surface is glossy and just set (center should not be jiggly). To have fudgier brownies, be sure not to overbake. 10. SUPER IMPORTANT: Let the brownies cool on a cooling rack at room temperature for at least 1 hour. For best results (and if you have even a modicum of self-control), refrigerate overnight. Enjoy the most cracker brownies in your life with some milk the following morning. They can keep for up till a week, but who are you kidding they are irresistible and will be gone in a split second. P.S. The above recipe is a mish-mash of several reference recipes I have tried and tested over a few attempts. Unlike the authors of the reference recipes, I am not American so I provided reasonable measurements for the sugars (I very much do not want diabetes). If you have a sweet tooth, you might want to up the sugars. P.P.S. I usually put mix-ins or line the batter with biscoff biscuits so I am not sure if the above recipe yields a glossy cracked surface. Anyway, function over form. Or rather, flavour over form.

[ktarsims]

Life Updates and Such...

Soooo.... many things! At the moment, I've finally pulled myself somewhat out of the doldrums caused by lack-of-job + job-search-sucks and am making all the preparations for celebrating the end of this year and the start of a new one.

I think I've binged something like 30+ anime series in the last month or so, along with reading many many books.

Today, I've finally got some bots working in the Creator's Cave discord, to make things a bit easier there. There are more updates I still need to do, but it's a start.

My hope for this week, is that in addition to my preparations for New Year's, I'll be able to actually finish my project of turning some of my flower photos into TS3 art. No promises, but I'm hopeful.

Below the cut, for the curious or nosy, the menu and preparations for New Year's.

Before anyone starts to wonder... two of the friends coming to my place for New Year's are really really into Pumpkin, so this is reflected here. Yes, this is probably too much food and drink for... 6 people, but hey... leftovers.

**Food** 1 frozen lasagna, family size 1 batch homemade mac&cheese (made by not me) Cheeses! (Extra sharp white cheddar, brie, various spreadables, 3 varieties of goat cheese) Crackers! (Ritz garlic butter, rosemary flatbread, 5 other assorted) Meats! (Summer sausage, dry salame, fig salame) Tea Sandwiches! (Cream cheese + smoke salmon or cucumber or jam) Scones! (I plan to make at least 3 varieties, but haven't yet decided which.) Oven ready appetizers! (Takoyaki, bagel bites, baked potato skins, loaded tater tots, mini quiches, mozzarella sticks, and more.) Shrimp Cocktail platter Veggie Platter Sweet Maui Onion potato chips Homemade snack mix (Corn Chex, Rice Chex, Pretzels, Cashews, Pistachios, white cheddar cheeze-its, white cheddar cheese puffs)

**Sweets** Pumpkin Spice Twinkies Iced Pumpkin Cupcakes (this is also hostess brand) Yackwa Korean donuts (gift from a neighbor) Assorted flavors of KitKats Pumpkin Pie yogurt covered pretzels Butter Rum Crunch popcorn Bourbon Crunch popcorn Milk Chocolate cherry cordials Other assorted chocolates

**Non-Alcoholic Drinks** Five different flavors of Martinellis sparkling cider Pumpkin Spice cold brewed tea (caffeinated) Pumpkin Creme Rooibos cold brew tea (herbal) Pumpkin Pie cold brew tea (herbal) Various Gatorade

**Alcoholic Drinks** 'Strong Mead' from a cider festival (gift from friend) Expensive bottle of Sake 'Demon Slayer' 1 bottle Louis Perrier Champagne for ringing in the new year Berenjaeger Green Apple Sake Peach Sake Umeshu Plum Wine Matcha Plum Wine (I'm really curious about this one) Butterscotch Shnapps Pumpkin hard Cider Dark Chocolate Cherry Moonshine Eggo Brunch Sippin' Cream A cupboard full of other assorted things that probably won't be looked at.

[tokensofmyconfections]

Hi, my name is Elva and I'm helping my Grandpa run his bakery and sweetshop while my parents work on fixing up the house more.

We are just starting out, so hopefully our shop earns a good reputation for our good food made with the recipes my Grandma gathered in her youth when she went on her Pokémon journey!

Tokens of my Confections menu

Seasonal baked goods 

Herb Loaf

Zucchini Nabab Bread

Orange Blossom Combee Scones

Nomel Streusel Scones

Strawberry Ricotta Muffins

Strawberry Cucumber Bread

Pecha Cobbler Cookies

Mini Chocolate Chip Sandwich Cookies

Nomel Blukberry Whoopie Pies

Nomel Meltaways

S'mookies

Ginger S'mores

Trail Mix Cookie Cups

Rawstberry Ribbons

Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies

Berry-Cream Cookie Snaps

Beach Butter Cookies

Sand Dollar Cookies

Salted Butterscotch & Pecan No-Bakes

Soups (offered during the cold spells during summer)

Mulligatawny Soup

Circhester Hot Pot

Mincemeat

Hairst Bree

Cock-a-Leekie

Wooloo Heid Broth

Drinks

Pecha fizz

Strawberry-ade

Summer Party Punch

Apple Cider (spiced or muled) {apples picked by my grandma with her neighbor’s Appletun, Fritters, help}

Blukberry and Mint Iced Tea

Arnold Palmer Lemonade/Iced Tea

Chai

Apple Cinnamon tea

Herbal tea blend: Summertime Lemonade (lemons and nomel berries as main ingredients)

Herbal tea blend: Floral Sunshine (Lavender, honey, nomel berries, lemons)

Black Cheri Chocolate

Candy

Peanut Butter Fudge Cups

Chocolate Bonbons

Chocolate Fudge

Peppermint Patties

Chocolate-Covered Cheri Berries

Potato Candy (recipe from 1933)

Buckeyes

Chocolate Angel Food Candy

Crispy Peanut Butter Balls

Chocolate Caramels

Swablu Divinity

Angel Food Christmas Candy

Nanab Cream Chocolate Truffles

Pumpkin Fudge

Caramel Truffles

Creamy Caramels

Dark Chocolate Rawstberry Fudge

Orange Gumdrops

Peanut Butter Logs

Lady Fingers

Apple Cider Cookies

Three-Chip Galarian Toffee

Chocolate-Dipped Candy Canes

Curry-Kissed Coconut Fudge

Butter Crunch Candy

[bra1nwashed]

more ghouls with halloween candy

swiss is suuuuch a sucker person. he loves blow pops but he'll take dum dums or others too! he also really likes those caramel apple suckers. another thing he really likes is gummies?? not really any reason but he does. he also likes gum. it's an oral fixation thing yk? :b he also will eat most things that are sour. he will swallow a ring pop whole. and lemon heads too.

phantom also loves gummies. he likes the texture and most things fruity. he hates anything banana flavored tho bc it tastes gross to him and also most cherry flavored things bc it reminds him of cough syrup. he also loves caramel but he has an issue with it sticking to his mouth and teeth so it always looks like a dog trying to eat peanut butter. ;-; he's also totally the type to love getting those little bags of cheeseballs in their halloween candy. would also swallow a ring pop or lemon head whole, much like swiss.

rain is such a chocolate guy imo. he'll eat some fruity things every once and a while but 3 musketeers, snickers, hershey's, etc- much more his thing. he has this weird opinion on dark chocolate tho where depending on his mood, he'll either love it or hate it. doesn't like white chocolate tho.

dew absolutely loves sour candy and i am a strong supporter of this hc (which i've heard from so many people). he loves sour patch kids, sweetarts, warheads, crybaby candy, literally just anything sour. he also really likes gum and will steal it from the others of they won't trade him. once again, would swallow a whole ring pop or lemon head.

mountain is mallow person. not just personality wise, but he genuinely just likes marshmallows. really almost any candy with marshmallow, he'll like.he also like the same kind of candy rain does so they commonly share amongst themselves. he's not a fan of sour candy tho. he just doesn't like the flavor and also it hurts his tongue. :( he also isn't the greatest fan of peanut butter bc of the flavor, smell, and often texture. he'll eat it sometimes but he really only likes it in sandwiches or reese's, not any other candy. he doesn't like butterfingers bc of the crumby, crunchy texture.

rory loves anything strawberry flavored, especially starburst. she loves any and all types of starburst candy but strawberry is her favorite. still refuses to try a twizzler. loves hershey's and likes dark and white chocolate but she prefers milk over all. she also doesn't like butterfingers bc of the texture. not really a sour candy fan but she does like fruity stuff.

lus isn't super picky. she doesn't have a preference between chocolate and fruity flavors. she loves hershey's, snickers, crunch, 3 musketeers, really anything chocolate. her favorite starburst flavor is also strawberry but she also likes the lemon ones. a sweetarts enjoyer.

cirrus loves peanut butter stuff. reese's and butterfingers are her jackpot. she also really like twix and hershey's. she's not much of a sour fan but she'll eat some of it. she does not like smarties, they remind her of chalk. i also feel like she'd be the type to bite her suckers to fuck with people and see them cringe.