A little too much chocolate is just about right

Chocolate brownies are arguable the tastiest and the king of all cake slices, oozing with gooey chocolately goodness that set your taste buds tickling. Nothing could beat the traditional brownie...or cound it? That's right today I am bringing you my twist on the brownie and what goes better with chocolate than orange. Chocolate orange brownies...mmmm...

2oz Dark Chocolate

4oz Butter

8oz Granulated Sugar

2oz Plain Flour

1tsp Baking Powder

1  Rind of whole Orange

2 Large Eggs

Preheat your oven to  Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4, 350°F (180°C).

Grab a baking tray and grease with butter, then line with grease proof paper to stop brownies sticking to tray.

In a bowl over warm water melt chocolate together and then pour in bowl with granulated sugar and add the eggs, then beat until well mixed.

Sieve the flour and baking powder, then stir gentle in.

At this point add your orange rind and mix in well. Now pour in to the tray and pop it in to the oven for around 20-30mins. If you put a cocktail stick in it shouldn't be completely clean, still a little sticky and gooey. That's the perfect consistency.

              

I like to eat mine with a blob of ice cream or cream whilst it's still lovely and warm, fresh out of the oven. The better quality the chocolate but tastier they are!

It's the perfect dessert to dish up to your girlfriends on girls night or even for romantic meal with that special someone.

This is a perfect blogging treat with a lovely cup of tea. Ahhhh and relax.....

Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone

What is summer without a trip to the beach? There's nothing like packing up a picnic and heading for the coast. My friends, Lady and I decided it was about time to pay a visit to play on the beach and in the surf. So we headed to Formby Beach and National Trust Red Squirrel Reserve.

It's an lovely long stretch of beach on the North west coast and on a hot day is a fantastic place to hang out with friends.

It has to be said though, us girls of Cheshire go all out with out luxurious and scrummy picnic. Homemade biscuits, cakes, fruit, pasta salad and clotted cream. Forget picnic it was more of a feast! Together we had managed to pull off the most fabulous lunch that as we sat and ate we could see the rest of the beach looking on in awe and envy.

Here comes Ladyyyy...!

After we ate we spent the rest of the afternoon playing ball games and mucking about on the beach. We even got a chance to go exploring in a tidal rockpools where we found shrimp and even star fish.Even Lady joined in, poor thing was warn out with all the running and excitement of the day.

~ Skirt: Oasis ~ Top: H&M ~ Sunglasses: New Look ~ Necklace: Mulberry ~

Usually we would spend the last half hour looking round the red squirrel trail but we were far too pooped by then!

It was a fabulous day! As you can probably tell!

You can find all information here if you also wanted to visit Formby for the day.

Cheeky Peanut Crunch!

 The week is beginning to drag, you may be counting down the days for your holiday or simply the weekend. Boy oh boy, don't I have a sneaky treat for you to help you throughout the rest of the week! Today I have decided to treat you readers to a delicious but definitely sinful midweek treat.

I present you with Peanut and Crunchie Slices. Yum Yum!

These slice are stuffed full of peanuts and chunks of the famous Crunchie slathered in rich chocolate. If your starting to think about making these and thinking "I'm a terrible cook!", not to worry, there is NO cooking involved! This is a bake-less cake! Also know as a fridge cake simply for the fact you mix the ingredients together and pop it in the fridge! Totally fool proof!

  

So here how to whip up your own sinful treat...

Ingredients:


100g Milk Chocolate
200g Dark Chocolate
125g Unsalted Butter
1tbsp Golden Syrup
250g Salted Peanuts
160g Crunchie Bar

1. In a bowl break up the chocolate and place over a pan of bowling water. The chocolate will begin to melt slowly.

2. When the chocolate begins to melt add the butter.

3. Add the golden syrup. TIP: Golden syrup is often hard to get off the spoon, before adding it to the butter and chocolate, run the spoon under the hot tap for a minute or so. The syrup should slip off the spoon with no hassle at all. Stir the mixture as it combines.

4. Whilst the chocolate mixture melts and combines, roughly chop up the crunches into chunks.

mmmm.....

5. In a separate bowl mix the crunchie and peanuts together. Once all the chocolate mixture is melted, pour over the crunchy and peanuts. 

6. Spread mixture on a baking tray about an inch deep and then finally place in the fridge. Once the chocolate has set it will be ready to eat.

And there you have it! Gorgeous, gooey, cheeky chocolate treat! Slice it up and serve it with a cup of tea whilst planning the weekend to come!

Such a cheeky treat but totally delicious!

What do you think? What is you midweek pick-me-up?