Nuts about Chocolate — Folle de chocolat
December 21, 2006
Will you believe me if I tell you that I did not get a chance to bake any petits gâteaux (cookies) for Christmas? Bad bad me! I just didn’t. So today, although we are preparing to leave to visit P.’s family, I thought I needed to repair, and made these two chocolate petits gâteaux. Irony in this? They looked nice but I am not yet happy about the recipe a hundred percent — the chocolate needs a spice I think — so I need to work at it a little more before being able to share. And I will!
And now I am off.
Joyeux Noël !
Happy Christmas!
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very festive photo! Have a wonderful holiday, Bea!
Comment by Kat — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 2:57 am
Bea, I love these little chocolate sandwich cookies. I’m completely behind on my cookies as well and literally jumped from bed to the kitchen to make gingerbread this morning. It is definitely worth it though. Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année
Comment by Esther — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 3:15 am
Et perfectionniste avec ca
Mais tu as bien raison
Amitiés
claude
Comment by Claude-Olivier — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 4:43 am
joyeuses fêtes, tartine! merci pour ton blog magnifique.
Comment by ptinfrance — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 4:44 am
Un peu de piment d’espelette peut-etre? Bonnes fetes chere Bea, a tres bientot.
Comment by Gracianne — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 5:07 am
Bea, it’s not traditional, but a small bit of chile with the chocolate would be wonderful! Happy holidays to you.
Comment by Lydia — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 10:27 am
I want some powdered sugar on mine
Comment by Jeff — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 10:46 am
Love the picture! They look delicious! Happy holidays to you and yours.
Comment by Jennifer — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 12:42 pm
These look so very tastey!Happy baking and have a wonderful Holiday!
Comment by jann — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 4:01 pm
They’re lovely! Happy holidays to you!
Comment by eliza — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 5:27 pm
They still look wonderful! But then again, I think with your photography skills, you could make anything look wonderful. Enjoy your holidays!
Comment by Brilynn — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 6:07 pm
Bea, they are just gorgeous! Best and brightest holiday wishes to you, I know you will celebrate in style.
Comment by s'kat — On December, 22nd, 2006 at 11:10 pm
So pretty. Good luck on picking your spice.
Comment by peabody — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 4:38 am
Joyeuses fêtes et meilleurs voeux !
Comment by Lutinette — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 8:53 am
Bea, you are a perfectionist, really!
These look gorgeous and I’m looking forward to getting the recipe.
Comment by Patricia Scarpin — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 11:51 am
The cookies and other pictures on your site make our mouthes water and wish we could see you soon. Wonderfull X-mas and happy 2007! Also for P. of course. Hope you have no delays getting there because of the snow. Love M&F
Comment by Mary and Frank — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Joyeux Noël à toi
Comment by Fabienne — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Merry Christmas, sweet Béa!
Comment by Ivonne — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 8:28 pm
thank you all! I hope your celebrations are great!
Comment by Béa — On December, 23rd, 2006 at 11:38 pm
My first thought was cayenne, but if you add some almond or rum oil/extract that might be nice?!
They look fabulous!
Comment by janelle — On December, 24th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
I particularily like combining sweets with alcohol. The use of a very sweet wine (e.g. Sauternes) is one example. However, there is a outstanding chocolat shop in Arbois, Jura near us (winner of Meilleur Artisan de France — please excuse my spelling) who goes well beyond this. He finds non-sweet wines (e.g. spicy) which he matches with particular chocolates (he has a chocolate laboratory). The result is that they are not only complimentary but also bring out each other’s tastes. A bit more work to try it at home, but a lot of fun.
Comment by Doug Stewart (French Recipe Fan) — On December, 26th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
They look wonderful to me. I’ll gladly eat your rejects!
:)
Comment by sher — On December, 28th, 2006 at 2:06 am
They look lovely. If you’re looking for a spice, I’m sure you know cardamom and chocolate is always a winner…
Comment by Kieran — On December, 29th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Premièrement, bravo Bea!
Ton site et tes photos sont magnifiques.
Peut-être est-il trop tard, mais j’aimbe bien mettre dans mon gâteau au chocolat une pincée de clou de girofle moulue ou bien, du poivre rose.
Bonne Année!
Comment by Daphné — On January, 25th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Bonjour Béa,
j’ai aussi cette maladie du chocolat!! A croire que je suis tombée dedans à la naissance.
Pourriez-vous m’envoyer la recette de cette fabuleuse recette de petits gateaux au chocolat?
merci infiniment
graziella
Comment by graziella — On August, 13th, 2009 at 9:05 pm