Review: Tasty Image

Ever see a birthday cake with someone's photograph on it, and you wonder how it was done and what makes it edible? Tasty Image developed a method that takes any photo or graphic and prints it on chocolate. The best part is it is 100% edible. From a video I watched, it looks very similar to an inkjet printer but with edible ink.



I was contacted to try some samples. I gave them a blog logo and a picture of Murray. I couldn't stop laughing when I opened my box. So cute! I got a small coin, a lollipop, and a square. They taste great too (although I was hesitant in eating Furball). The actual photograph part tastes like a thin sheet of sugar, so TECHNICALLY it isn't printed onto the chocolate itself (but who's counting?).

I think printed chocolates would make a wonderful gift. The only problem I see is eating someone you know lol The items range from candy bars and lollipops to little bonbons and coins. There's even a chocolate business card, but unless you are going to include a paper copy in the case, eating it kinda defeats the purpose of giving out the card in the first place.

My rating? I would definitely use their services again, probably for party favors or a nice gift. You can order these cute little chocolate creations at Tasty Image.

I Heart You Giveaway

McCormick has done it again! Last year, they asked me to be a part of their Red Letter Day. This year, they asked if I wanted to be a part of their "So Many Delicious Ways To Say I Heart You" Day. Of course I said yes because I had fun doing it last year. Too bad Murray isn't around to sit in the box.


Although he was around for the Super Bowl

After a long day of work, I came home to find this lovely red box on the back porch. I'm just glad FedEx found the house with my directions. If I don't tell them where, usually it ends up at the neighbor's. Last year they focused on crafts and baking. This year, their theme is I Heart You and made a Relationship Matrix where you pick a person and a relationship status, and that gives you a recipe to make.




Last year, I made red velvet cupcakes. This year I still wanted to make red velvet but in a different form. My two final picks were red velvet brownies or red velvet bonbons. Since the bonbons would take extra time to make, roll, chill, dip, etc. I opted for the brownies. Plus my relationship matrix chart says to give these to coworkers, and that's what I was planning on doing since that's a lot of brownies for one girl.



However, I was torn. Of course I wanted to use McCormick's brownie recipe, but I did see some red velvet cheesecake brownies pop up in the blog world. My idea was to put both recipes together - use McCormick's brownies for the base with Baking Bites cheesecake layer. I even used sprinkles on top.



They turned out to be cakey, which is understandable since it is based on red velvet cake. With that said, I thought they were a tad bit dry on their own BUT were perfect with a cup of coffee or tea.



Huge thank you goes out to McCormick for being an awesome company! They are so awesome, they want to give YOU, one lucky reader, your own I Heart You box!! The giveaway will remain open until Monday February 21 at midnight EST. You can earn up to five chances.

1. Leave one comment telling me your favorite romantic dessert.
2. Tweet this giveaway using @chocolatemoosey. Then leave a comment here with your twitter name.
3. Tell your friends on Facebook, then leave a comment, telling me you did so.
4. Post about this giveaway on your blog. Make sure you leave a comment with your link.
5. "Like" my Facebook fan page, then leave a comment with your name.

Remember, for each step you complete, you must leave a separate comment. If you have to post four times in a row, that is fine. Each comment will be one entry, so you would lose entries if you posted it all in one.

One last detail - you must be a resident of the United States.