Dark Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Chips

Dark Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Chips, Kiku Corner

These dark chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips are crisp around the edges but delightfully chewy in the middle. The cookies are so dark because of the significant amount of cocoa powder added. The white chocolate chips added a nice contrast to the black cookie dough. And Ryan and I threw in some butterscotch chips as […]

Soma Chocolatemaker

Soma Chocolatemaker, Kiku Corner

It is pretty much impossible to go to Soma Chocolatemaker and leave without buying something tasty! Whether it’s a handcrafted chocolate truffle, impossibly rich chocolate cake or thick hot chocolate that is basically melted chocolate, there is something to tempt everyone. One of the many benefits of visiting a Soma boutique is that the chocolatemakers […]

Matcha White Hot Chocolate

Matcha White Hot Chocolate, Kiku Corner

Ryan and I used to go to a crepe restaurant in Toronto called Chococrepe. Obviously they served crepes (both sweet and savoury, and all delicious), but they also served amazing hot chocolate. You could get either dark, milk, or white hot chocolate made with either cream or milk (or 50-50), and you could get it plain, […]

Decadently Dense Walnut Brownies

Decadently Dense Walnut Brownies, Kiku Corner

If you have ever searched for the perfect dense, squidgy brownie, this is it. I can’t abide by cakey brownies – just eat a bloody chocolate sheet cake! The texture of these brownies are accurately reflected in the title – they are indeed decadently dense, squidgy and gooey. These brownies are immensely chocolatey because they […]

Toronto Eats: Kekou Gelato

Toronto Eats: Kekou Gelato, Kiku Corner

On the last day of summer, Ryan and I visited Kekou Gelato. Located amid a collection of restaurants in Baldwin Village in Toronto, Kekou Gelato offers fresh gelato made in tasty Asian flavours. Ryan had told me about this joint ages ago and I used to go to classes just up the street, but I only managed to visit […]