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Home ยป Uncategorized ยป Birthday Presents for Everyone!

Birthday Presents for Everyone!

May 1, 2011 · WCC Administr@tr · 83 Comments

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Hi! Normally I don’t post on Sundays, but today is a special day. It’s my birthday! I don’t know about you, but growing up, I thought it was always awkward opening up gifts at my birthday party in front of people. I’ve always felt that way, even as a kid. Perhaps it’s because friends and family just kind of sat around and watched… and I’m sure after awhile, it got boring. Besides, it’s more fun if everyone opened up a gift too, right? On the same token, opening up birthday presents is just like reviewing products. I feel awkward reviewing food related products just to throw out on this site. Wouldn’t it be more fun if you also got to review the same products? Well, since it’s my birthday, I’m giving out blog presents so it’s not so awkward for me and more fun for you!

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I’ll be posting a food related product review on Sundays (as they become available) and with each one, I’ll be giving away the same item to a lucky reader. Similar to my Foodie Fridays I hosted every week in 2009, readers can comment for their chance to receive the same products I’m reviewing. Check in on Sunday to read my product review and find out what the giveaway is, along with details on how to enter. The winner will be randomly chosen by Random.Org’s Interger Generator based on the number of their comment. As of right now, I have quite a few giveaways lined up for you… yay!

Full Disclosure: The giveaways are sponsored by the same company that provided me with the food related product to review. Products I review and offer as a giveaway are ones I personally recommend and would use/enjoy myself.

So to kick off my Sunday Fun Day Giveaways, how about some chocolate? The folks of TLCommunications reached out to me and sent me a lovely box of Edward Marc Chocolates. How could I resist?!

In the nine decades sine Edward Marc Chocolatier was first founded, the Edwards family has handed down the traditions and techniques of fine chocolate making from father to son, and mother to daughter, with each successive generation prospering upon the exact recipe that was perfected in 1914.

Edward Marc Chocolatier proudly continues the family tradition by selecting the finest ingredients and handcrafting the highest quality chocolates, whether it be for their decadent best-selling Gourmet Chocolate Collections or personalized treats crafted for special occasions.

The box of chocolate I received included 3 large chocolates: Milk, White and Dark.

The Milk Chocolate (Peanut Butter Meltaway) was topped with a drizzle of peanut butter and filled with smooth peanut butter …so good! It really was a perfect ration of chocolate and peanut butter.

The White Chocolate (Mocha Meltaway) was topped with a single coffee bean and filled with an espresso infused meltaway center. The combination worked well and left a lingering taste of white chocolate mocha.

The Dark Chocolate (Vanilla Salt Caramel) was topped with a sprinkling of sea salt and filled with a buttery caramel. The play of sweet and salty makes this one for your taste buds to enjoy.

Out of the three, I really don’t know which is my favorite. I wish I had more to keep tasting so I can declare the one I liked the best! But overall, I found these filled chocolates to be smooth and creamy, a sign of perfect tempering. The flavor combinations were nicely done and I’m looking forward to trying out the other chocolate confections they have to offer.

Aside from assorted chocolates, Edward Marc also have a tempting line of truffles, vanilla salt caramels, chocolate barks, and other classic chocolate treats. They’re based out of Pittsburgh, PA and have other locations in the Washington DC area… so if you’re in that part of the world, definitely stop by and have a taste. (I hear the Pittsburgh location is both a chocolate and ice cream shop. Yum.) So if you want to indulge in some Edward Marc chocolate (you know you do!), come join in on my first Sunday Fun Day Giveaway…

Some guidelines:
– Giveaway is only for those who live in the United States – my apologies to my international readers!
– You must have a valid email address (within your comment or blog link) so that you can be contacted if you win.

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment answering:
What is your favorite chocolate dessert?

Deadline: Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 12 midnight CST.

One winner will be randomly chosen by Random.Org’s Interger Generator based on the number of your comment and will be announced on Friday, May 6, 2011. Good luck!

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  1. bluang3lbby says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Those chocolates look awesome! My favorite chocolate dessert have to be a sinfully rich brownie or a handful of almond M&M.

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  2. Catie says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    I am a sucker for a good, simple chocolate cake!

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  3. Suzanne says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Chocolate eclair cake!

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  4. Madeline says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    I love oreos!

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  5. Amanda says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Happy Birthday!

    I'm developing quite the palate for dark chocolate.

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  6. Melissa says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Happy Birthday! Mine is next Saturday, so this would be a fun (and delicious) giveaway to win! This is a tough question to answer since I do really enjoy chocolate, but if I had to pick just one, I'd go with an orange chocolate hot fudge sundae from one of our local ice cream shops. Orange chocolate is my favorite!

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  7. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Happy birthday!

    My favorite chocolate dessert is a rich, fudgy brownie (even better if it's a la mode and/or has a peanut butter swirl).

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  8. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    I'm drooling over the chocolate! My favorite chocolate dessert is a rich, fudge brownie topped with ice cream.

    Happy birthday! Hope it's a great one.

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  9. Anonymous says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    MMMMMMMMMM my favorite chocolate dessert would have to be chocolate cake, with ganache filling and a mocha frosting. Topped with chocolate covered coffee bean!

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  10. KateMcGrath says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Happy Birthday!! There isn't really any chocolate dessert that I don't like, but I guess hot fudge sundaes are my favorite.

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  11. Hezzi-D says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    These look really good! My favorite chocolate dessert is a simple brownie with chocolate ganache on top!

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  12. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Hot Fudge Sundaes! Like Shoney's used to make! and Happy Birthday!

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  13. Maris (In Good Taste) says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    First I want to wish you a very Happy Birthday!Have a wonderful day and enjoy my favorite chocolate dessert which is flourless chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

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  14. What's Cookin Stacey?? says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    Happy Birthday!! My favorite chocolate dessert is homemade brownies that are still gooey!!! Yes, with icing!!

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  15. ljyoung85 says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    I love a big rich brownie!

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  16. Janet says

    May 1, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    warm fudge brownies.

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  17. StaceyS says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    Chocolate Panna Cotte!

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  18. Lindsay at Peace, Love and French Fries says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    A nice, fluffy chocolate souffle cake that's still just a little gooey in the middle! Happy birthday Joelen!

    Reply
  19. Lauren says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    I love all chocolate desserts, but my favorite is probably chocolate truffle torte!

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  20. Amy says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    Just straight chocolate is my favorite way to eat it! Fancy chocolate bars or candy, yum!

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  21. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    Has to be chocolate cake…yummy. Happy Birthday!!!

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  22. lacey says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    I love chocolate cake with a thick chocolate frosting or chocolate buttercream frosting. With a big glass of milk.

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  23. Lauren says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Happy birthday!

    I love homemade fudge!

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  24. lacey says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Happy Birthday Joelene! Have a wonderful day!

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  25. Anonymous says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Happy Birthday! I hope you're celebrating in all your favorite ways ๐Ÿ™‚

    My favorite chocolate dessert is molten lava cake with the perfect scoop of vanilla ice cream.

    YUM!

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  26. Valerie says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Happy Birthday! You are such a giver! =) My favorite chocolate dessert would have to be German Chocolate Cake, homemade, of course. I don't mind a little extra frosting either! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  27. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    This is hard. It's a toss up between Ina Garten's Outrageous Brownies, German chocolate cake, and a peanut buster parfait. I think I'll choose the brownies today.

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  28. Jenny McClamroch says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Chocolate cake!

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  29. Kristy says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday! I love simple chocolate ice cream!

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  30. maNda says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    happy birthday!! as boring as this may be… i LOVE a yellow cake with choc fudge icing. yummmm!

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  31. Nicole says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    So… I'm usually not a huge chocolate fan unless I'm pregnant. And I am in fact pregnant, so just looking at your chocolate photos sent me over the top craving a chocolatey fudge brownie with frosting.

    oh, and happiest of happy birthdays!!
    nicole at babyfoodscoops dot com

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  32. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy birthday! My favorite chocolate dessert is a chocolate pie – it's a custard/pudding type filling that's a family recipe.

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  33. Julia says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy birthday to you! My favorite chocolate dessert is brownies — dense, chewy, fudgy brownies. No nuts — they just take up space where there could be more chocolate!

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  34. Nancy says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday-just started reading your blog-really enjoy it! My fav chocolate dessert is my mom's hot fudge ice cream pie.

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  35. Brianna says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    I love anything chocolate, but my fav has to be black forest cake!

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  36. RandRAdventures says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday! So excited you are back to doing giveaways, thank you so much! I love anything chocolate, but my absolute favorite would be chocolate mousse cake!

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  37. Unknown says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    I love brownies. The more types of chocolate in them the better!! Add frosting and I'm in heaven!!

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  38. Linda and Matthew says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    I love chocolate in the form of ganache.

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  39. The Maiden Metallurgist says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy birthday! I love chocolate pudding!

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  40. Courtney says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday!

    I pretty much love any chocolate dessert. The darker and richer the better ๐Ÿ™‚ I love a good molten lava cake warm with a scoop of ice cream.

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  41. Melissa @IWasBornToCook says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy birthday! I have way too many favorites to list, but chocolate mousse is up there.

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  42. Colleen says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday! Dark Chocolate Brownies with raspberry sauce! Yum!!

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  43. vertigoxcured says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    chocolate pie with graham cracker crust and homemade whipped cream! vertigoxcured at gmail dot com

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  44. Lala says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday! For me it's moist chocolate cake with thick ganache frosting, just thinking about it makes my mouth water, yum!

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  45. Jenn says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Molten chocolate cake.

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  46. Cara says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday and thank you for the giveaway opportunity! When it comes to chocolate, the richer the better for me – I'll take a sinfully rich flourless chocolate cake, please ๐Ÿ™‚

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  47. Katie J. says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday!

    German chocolate cake is definitely at the top of my list.

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  48. Future Grown-Up says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Happy Birthday…hope it's a wonderful and fun day for you and your family.

    My favorite chocolate dessert (as of this moment) has got to be the vosges chocolate bacon candy bar. Totally worth all the price.

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  49. Natalie says

    May 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Chocolate brownies, the really thick gooey kind with lots of nuts!

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  50. Jennifer Lee says

    May 2, 2011 at 12:16 am

    My favorite chocolate dessert is probably fudge.

    Happy Birthday!

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  51. nanabanana says

    May 2, 2011 at 12:16 am

    Happy Birthday!
    My fav chocolate dessert is chocolate brownies with peanut butter frosting!

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  52. JenHunsaker says

    May 2, 2011 at 12:16 am

    I love EVERYTHING chocolate, but I do love a good flourless chocolate cake.

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  53. Eva says

    May 2, 2011 at 12:16 am

    Happy birthday, Joelen! I love molten lava cake!

    Reply
  54. Rachel says

    May 2, 2011 at 12:16 am

    I love all chocolate! My very favorite is probably a warm brownie sundae. Yum!

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  55. Melly says

    May 2, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Cold Chocolate Cake!

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  56. Unknown says

    May 2, 2011 at 1:22 am

    First of all, happy birthday! It was my birthday this week too (on Friday)! My favorite chocolate dessert is my mom's chocolate mousse, which she makes every Xmas…the secret ingredients are coffee and Grand Marnier! Yum!

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  57. Kelly's Kitchen says

    May 2, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Happy birthday! My favorite chocolate dessert is chocolate cream pie!

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  58. kpreng says

    May 2, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Chocolate itself is my favorite type of dessert! (Sometimes plain milk chocolate drops, other times caramel and chocolate – and sometimes white!) But only the good stuff;)

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  59. Krystal R says

    May 2, 2011 at 5:01 am

    Happy Birthday my fellow pinay!! Hope you had a fantastic celebration.

    My fave choco dessert is brownies!!!!

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  60. Jennifer says

    May 2, 2011 at 5:53 am

    I'd have to say turtles–pecans and caramel covered in milk chocolate.

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  61. Unknown says

    May 2, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    Any kind of chocolate candy with a nice glass or port or sherry.

    Reply
  62. Bonnie says

    May 2, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    I love flourless chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and a citrus sauce (lime is my favorite!).

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  63. Angela W says

    May 2, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    I absolutely love chocolate souffle!

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  64. Mrs. K says

    May 2, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    I love all kinds of chocolate desserts, but my favorite are lava cakes dusted with powdered sugar. A close runner up is turtle cheesecake.

    Happy Birthday!

    Reply
  65. Amy says

    May 2, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    I love chocolate covered salted caramels!

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  66. Unknown says

    May 2, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    It's so hard to pick one chocolate dessert… but a perfect chocolate cake with lots of buttercream frosting and a ganace filling is my idea of perfection!!

    Reply
  67. Mushi says

    May 2, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    Happy birthday! I love anything chocolate, but have recently been digging the chocolate-coconut pairing. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  68. Kelly says

    May 2, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    cake!

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  69. Christine says

    May 2, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    Anything with chocolate and peanut butter! Yum.

    Reply
  70. Pamela says

    May 3, 2011 at 3:30 am

    My favorite dessert with chocolate has got to be from Margie's Candies — the Turtle Split with their homemade hot fudge sauce.

    Reply
  71. Suzanne A. says

    May 3, 2011 at 3:30 am

    Happy belated bday! ๐Ÿ™‚
    My favorite choc dessert hands down is molten lava cake with a good *(ie Oberweis) vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce to accompany it. Yum!

    Reply
  72. sharonjo says

    May 3, 2011 at 3:30 am

    Happy Birthday! Hope your day was special.

    My favorite chocolate dessert is brownie trifle. Thanks!

    sharonjo at gwtc dot net

    Reply
  73. smilingjb says

    May 3, 2011 at 3:30 am

    Happy Belated Bday!! I love just plain chocolate cake! Yum yum, hope you got your chocolate fix on your special day!

    Reply
  74. Stephen & Amy says

    May 3, 2011 at 3:30 am

    My favorite chocolate dessert would have to be chocolate lava cake. Or a fresh warm brownie with walnuts. Or a hot fudge sundae. Or a moist chocolate cake. I could go on forever.

    Reply
  75. x says

    May 3, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    My favorite chocolate dessert? Um…ALL OF THEM! ๐Ÿ™‚ If I were to choose one to have today…a very moist chocolate cake with a raspberry pastry cream filling, topped with a dark chocolate, raspberry infused ganache. Now I have to go make these!

    Reply
  76. Jason says

    May 3, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Happy birthday! My favorite chocolate dessert is German chocolate cake.

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  77. Unknown says

    May 3, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    Orange chocolate brownies. Yum.

    Reply
  78. Jane says

    May 3, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    Warm chocolate brownie, the darker, richer, and more chocolate the better, with vanilla ice cream and toasted pecans. Boy, was it hard to choose!

    Reply
  79. Unknown says

    May 4, 2011 at 2:39 am

    Happy Birthday Joelen!

    My favorite chocolate dessert is anything that combines mint and chocolate, like mint chip ice cream, york peppermint patties, and my most favorite right now: Hersheys mint truffle kisses.

    Reply
  80. Anonymous says

    May 5, 2011 at 12:08 am

    Nutella Gelato!

    maple1won@yahoo.com

    Reply
  81. Becky says

    May 6, 2011 at 2:31 am

    Happy birthday Joelen! My fave chocolate dessert is white chocolate chip macademia nut cookies. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  82. Sandy says

    May 6, 2011 at 2:31 am

    Happy Belated Birthday!! I LOVE anything that has chocolate in it!!

    Reply
  83. Jodie says

    May 6, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    Happy Birthday!! I really love chocolate cobbler, it is the perfect treat.

    Reply

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