Advent Calendars

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AN ADVENT CALENDAR CHOCOLATE

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Our “good-bye” treat before the calendars doors stay closed for a few days: cheddar with port & milk chocolate hazelnut praline topped with caramelized almond (I initially typed ‘onion’ :joy:).

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What? You’re not taking them with you?

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The two advent calendars? Nah. We’ll be able to endulge in the missed days when we get back.

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Day ten (yes, I’m behind): lemon ginger spread .

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Sounds promising

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How did all those little jars come out? Yay, mey or nay for next year

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For me personally, nay. Much of the jam tastes the same, and I make great jam myself so it’s kind of a bummer. I was hoping the unusual flavors would be fun, but it’s been a bit of a letdown.

I bought a second one I haven’t gifted and I think k it’s quite likely the recipient will enjoy it more than I did.

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I haven’t had as many as you did (probably still have half of them), but what I’ve had so far didn’t wow me as I had hoped. Like you, I was expecting more. It’s nice to try, and I’ll enjoy the rest of them eventually, but it’s a one-and-done for me.

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The two ‘12 Days’ ones I have left over will probably be divided up and put in a few Easter baskets with scones.

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My feeling too based on the number of rejected jars that kept turning up on my local Buy Nothing group. One friend said she loved 3 of them, tolerated another 2, and gifted the rest

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Cherry-hibiscus. Today I took the the unprecedented step of buttering my toast first. An improvement.

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Mirabelle plum-spice jam.
FINALLY a truly delicious jam. I ate the whole jar.

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Orange-guava-lime.

Hated it, but in a strange twist, mom loved it.

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I LIED TO MYSELF!!! I knew I had said I wasn’t going to buy this again, but I was in World Market today…and I caved. :::Sigh::: I think it was because they had some interesting flavor mixes, although I see several on the back of the box that are repeats from last year.

Next year. I will NOT get them next year! :grin:

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Wow, yer gettin’ on the crimmeh train early!

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Well, this is just for me, and they usually sell out, and I had forgotten I wasn’t going to buy it this year, and some of them ARE good, and I know they don’t carry them regularly, and I know it’s expensive, and I’m just a sucker for marketing ploys like this, and I should really know better. :grin:

I’ll bring some in to work starting in December to work through them more quickly.

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I bought two from them (Bonne Maman mailorder) earlier this year because I can’t trust wher I bought them last year to have them this year. Now I need to remember to hand the calendars off at Thanksgiving to the kids. I ask for the empty jars back when they are done with them.

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Going to World Market and buying a buncha stuff we don’t need is part of our annual holiday tradition. Bring it on!

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