Chocolate Boozy Marshmallows

My masterpiece. These fluffy little whipped pillows of chocolatey Irish cream are perfection. In coffee, in cocoa, on a grown-up smore... amazingly delicious. While the alcohol doesn't cook out of these, there's only a couple tablespoons in the whole batch. How do you make these nom nom noms? Glad you asked! Ingredients: 1 cup ice cold water, divided in half 3 packets of gelatin, flavorless 1 1/2cups of granulated sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 tsp salt 2 Tb Irish cream liqueur 2/3 cup cocoa powder, divided in half 1 cup cornstarch 1 cup powdered sugar non-stick cooking spray Equipment: Stand...

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Save the Spark!

The thing about significant others isn't the OTHER - it's the SIGNIFICANT. This is another person whose feelings, thoughts, likes, dislikes, and even annoying habits you take into account in your daily life. There are things you don't know about your significant other, even if you've been together forever. Their likes and dislikes evolve and over time even the things you know about them... well, they change. So do you. I am a sentimental sort, and I believe that it's important to keep the love going, even -- maybe especially -- when it's clouded by annoyance or misdirected anger. I am a cup-leaver,...

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