Sweet Tooth
Sugar Art
Belle de Sucre, Paris takes sugar to a whole other level. How beautiful these bon bons would look presented on a pretty Victorian plate at high tea or in a handmade and lusciously decorated gift box to someone special! Too bad that these lovelies are not offered in the US yet 
. I did find online, a recipe by “Trish” if you are interested in customizing your own and up to the sweet tooth challenge…
Trish’s “Renaissance Sweets” Recipe
Expertise Level: So easy to make yourself!
Add 2 teaspoons of water to 1 cup of sugar
Mix until the consistency of wet sand
While moistened, pack sugar into plastic mold trays
Even off the sugar with a spatula
Take the sugar beauties out of the molds and lay onto parchment paper right away
Let harden overnight
Molds can be found at craft stores and kitchen supply stores.
Smaller molds are recommended for this project.
Suggestion: Flower molded sugars make great cupcake toppers.
You may brush sugars with culinary glitter dust or lightly brush them with touches of food coloring.
For supplies, I personally recommend e.g. kitchenkrafts.com only because I’ve bought from them and was pleased with their products. There are also so many others, so have fun searching 
*Photocredit: Various Sources; I will post my own pics once I have made mine 
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Creature Comforts on A Gloomy Wintry Day
Butter cookies with a large glass of milk is perfect for me. They’re not the healthiest snack, but in moderation, they are some kind of wonderful =). I’ve always liked the pretzel shaped butter cookies the best (haha, even though from the Royal Dansk cookie tin- they really are about all the same). I bought a small tin of them from CVS this past Saturday. I think I said “uhm” accidentally out loud and saw two people look at me… afterall, they are “uhm”-worthy. I think they switched out the round-raisin ones for round-coconut ones and added round-stripe ones. No big deal, they are equally excellent. My paternal grandmother would always have the biggest container of Royal Dansk in her home. I would eat so many of them in one sitting that I would feel sick to the gills =(. I’ve never stopped craving for them. This is probably the first time in a few years since I had Royal Dansk cookies.
*Photocredit: Amazon
Almond Roca
I was at the store today and saw my favorite childhood candy, Almond Roca. It’s still the best after all these years, out of all these possible choices in the world- better than Lindt, Godiva, Martine’s, Vosges. Since I’ve been allowing myself to have Sunny Seed Drops, I was good and didn’t buy it, but I still crave Almond Rocas.
Sunny Seed Drops
Sunny Seed Drops are so tasty! They’re sunflower seeds covered with chocolate. I’m addicted to them. I usually keep a small container of them in my handbag in case I need a quick snack.
