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We Should Cocoa December 2015 Roundup

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Wow..where did the last month go to?? I cannot quite believe that Christmas is all done and dusted and today is New Years EVE!!

Over the past few weeks I have indulged in my fair share of chocolate inspired treats. My favourite this month has been this After Eight cocktail I shared recently.

After eight blender cocktail

I have really enjoyed hosting this months We Should Cocoa link and luckily lots of my fellow bloggers have been busy this month creating some fabulously festive chocolately treats. So here I am to share them with you.. I warn you that you will feel extremely hungry by the time you get to the end!

Lets go..

These Brown Butter Choc Chip Cookies have the addition of rosemary which I love in sweet recipes.

brown butter choc chip cookies

How pretty are these Christmas Pudding Macarons from Emily? Almost too pretty to eat…almost.

I bet these Peppermint Toffee would make a lovely homemade gift.

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I do enjoy rocky road and this festive twist sounds great. Candy Cane Rocky Road

candy cane rocky road

Lucy has some amazing slow cooker recipes on her blog, amongst them is this delicious Slow Cooker Candy Cane Fudge

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I have never tried making a cascade cake but I love the effect of this. A Real Showstopper Cake

Cascade cake 1

Oh I am sure my many Nutella inspired recipes would taste even better with this homemade version.Vegan Nutella

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Chocolate Carrot Cake??? This looks awesome. I will definitely be trying this one.Christmas Chocolate Carrot Cake

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These are so cute. I love anything which contains clementines. Raw Chocolate & Clementine Cheesecakes

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Anyone else have a cupboard full of half drunk flavoured irish creams? It can’t just be me surely. I think some of it needs to go into one of these Baileys Chocolate Cheesecake Trifles

baileys trifle

I wish I had seen this recipe before Christmas. Although I am sure I could find an excuse to mix up a batch anytime! Christmas Butter Biscuits

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It’s not a properly festive dinner table without a Christmas Yule Log

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These Chocolate Covered Marzipan Stars look delicious!

chocolate covered marzipan stars

Oh I do love a chocolate and pretzel combo! Candy Cane & Pretzel Fudge

candy cane & pretzel fudge

I normally consume an unhealthy amount of Chocolate Orange so this is calling to me…..Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

choc orange cheesecake

And thats that for the Christmas roundup of We Should Cocoa. Thanks to the lovely Choclette from Tin and Thyme, to find out who is hosting next month and what the theme is check out the We Should Cocoa page here.

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We Should Cocoa Chocolate Challenge – Christmas Theme December 2015

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This month I’ve kindly been asked by Choclette from Tin & Thyme to host her popular We Should Cocoa Challenge. If you aren’t familiar with the challenge here’s a little info about it:

You can use any sort of chocolate or cocoa substance but you must include the special ingredient or theme selected by the host – this month it is CHRISTMAS!! It can be anything you like, a cake or a sweet, a pudding or a savoury dish.

Perhaps you are planning a stunning Chocolate Cake as a centrepiece on your dinner table or maybe you will be making chocolate gifts to give as Christmas presents? Like these Bounty bites:

Homemade bounty

If you use anyone else’s recipe please link to or mention the source.

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Check out last months challenge round up which was Banana themed here.

There are a few simple rules:

1.Post your recipe on your blog with some photos if you can. Please ensure you have permission to use photos that are not your own.
2. Mention “We Should Cocoa” in your post and link back to Tin and Thyme and myself Munchies & Munchkins.
3.Only one entry per challenge please and please post in the relevant month.
4.Entry is usually via linky.
5.Entries should be submitted no later than midnight of the 25th of the month.
6.The round up of entries will be posted on this blog on or before the last day of the month.
7.The new challenge will be posted on the 1st of the month.
8.Please use the #weshouldcocoa hashtag on Twitter and I will retweet from my account @writingforfun
9.Feel free to add your entry to the We Should Cocoa group board on Pinterest. If you are not already a member and would like to join, please ask Choclette via Tin & Thyme.
10.By linking up you are giving consent for your image to be included in the monthly round up as well as possibly being shared on social media channels such as Twitter and Pinterest.

If you are interested in guest hosting We Should Cocoa, please get in touch with Choclette via Tin & Thyme.

I look forward to reading all of your posts.