Throwdown victory!

Congrats to Vermont Brownie Company for winning their Throwdown with Bobby Flay!!

It's a Throwdown

Our good friends over at Vermont Brownie Company will be getting a throwdown tossed their way by none other than Bobby Flay tonight at 9ET. If you love Brownies, they've got them all for you - and of course they're on Twitter @VTBrownieCo. Try their Espresso Dulce de Leche and you'll fall in love. I guarantee it. Well, at least it happened for me.

While you're there, pick one of these up... adorable:

Free Chocolate & Butter!

Who doesn't like Free Chocolate and Butter?

Lake Champlain Chocolates teams up with Vermont Butter and Cheese for a free chocolate and butter tasting, this Saturday, October 24, at 2 p.m. at the LCC 750 Pine Street Factory Store & Cafe. Read The LCC Blog for all the details and more.

Wentworth by the Sea

So very happy to announce that Stephanie Chick, a good friend to the Dessert Dude, has been bestowed a Gold Medal. Truly honored to have known, tasted and been informed of the event. If you'd like to read about it click here for the story.

You can also catch her at Lake George, along with Celebrity Chef Gale Gand at The Sagamore Hotel in Bolton's Landing - aka the Lake George region of New York. TO learn more Click Away!

So much more than Pizza

So I happened upon something that isn't dessert, but certainly is so much more than Pizza. What I'm talking about is Back Country Pizza. They served up some pies and slices at a COTS fundraiser - and I was happy to imbibe.

I partook of a veggie slice with summer squash, zucchini and onion -to name a few. Yummy doesn't begin to describe the experience that started with dough that wasn't your bland stretched gluten. It had interest and intrige. There was texture and nuttiness to it and it was grilled, adding to the flavor.

Well I digress, but keep your eyes on www.7dvt.com for a story about them in he next week or so or just pop over to rebelmarket.blogspot.com for a bit from the horses mouth.

All I can say is it left me wanting more... and I wasn't the only one.

One hump or two

Believe it or not, a company that manufactures Camel's Milk Chocolates is going global. See the complete story here at Reuters. Go the the Al Nassma site if you're ready to buy! I think my favorite is the Chocolate Caravan...

5 minutes to cake?

Well, we've all heard about it - probably saw it on a blog, your friends on facebook may have posted a link, or put it on their status, someone you know has a tweet about it. But, is it any good? Well - I decided I had to find out!

So here's the rundown, you take a mug, toss some flour, sugar, cocoa (mix well) add some oil, milk and an egg and cook for three minutes. Literally five minutes worth of time pass before you pour a 'cake' onto a plate and slice it up.

Find the Recipe, complete with pictures, at Dizzy Dee

So what about the taste? Well, it's about what you would expect from the basic ingredients you add to it! However, it's something I found can be doctored. Here are a few things I've done to help it out. Probably the best one was chocolate sauce. It's ok in milk, it's good on ice cream, but on a hot spongy (ok almost rubbery) cake it soaks in and, man, was it tasty. I also put on some Lake Champlain Chocolates Chips and let them melt in. Yummy. It's also great with some sliced fresh strawberries. Unfortunately I was out of ice cream and whipped cream the other night, and figured the cake would be cold by the time I returned, so I didn't try it with that yet - but I will.

For a five minute dessert, especially one that cooks in the microwave, it's passable, but don't expect any earth shattering stuff to happen. The best thing about it is that you know what's in it and you don't have to put it in any kind of weird metal grid with some odd plastic container and ingredients you wouldn't let your mother in law eat for fear she would turn into some horrible mutant creature - well, more horrible than she already is I mean. Just kidding moms, I love you!