Rocky Road Microwave Fudge/Candy... Thanks, Suzie!

Enter the Name That Chocolate Dessert Contest to win a Chocolate Orange Little Grubby Cake from The Soap Maker's Shop.

The Soap Maker's Shop is a charming Etsy shop. Suzie is the happy soap maker. Chocolista Deborah's interviewed Suzie.

This being a chocolate blog, I have to ask, what is your favorite chocolate? Candy bar, drink, cookie, cake, anything...or everything?

Actually I LOVE all things chocolate. Candy bars, cookies, deep dark rich chocolate cake, hot chocolate, and especially chocolate ice cream. My favorite is Rocky
Road.

Primitive Maple Leaf Tarts...Melts

What inspires you?

God's creations. I get many ideas from His beautiful creations around me. I love little birds, and when I am praying or pondering something...it never fails, God puts a pretty little bird in front of me. One morning I was praying about something, and right outside my big living room window was the most gorgeous Oriole. I knew immediately it was the Lord. He's like that you know.

How did you get started in making soap?

I have always loved hand crafted soap. Since 1995, I haven't used anything
but handmade soaps! After a few years of purchasing it, I thought.....I could make this myself. So that was it, I started crafting the soap myself. I absolutely love making it, and
it allows my creativity to flow. Also, I can add certain ingredients that I like, that are
beneficial to my skin, or others' skin. We even make dog soaps for different problems.

James 1:17 is on your Etsy logo. What does that mean to you?

I love to talk about my Father in heaven, I love to brag on Him. I couldn't
even begin to explain my amazing relationship with Him. The verse means, exactly what it says. "Every good gift and every perfect gift, comes down from the Father of lights"..... I believe this with all of my heart, and His MOST perfect FREE gift, is His Son, my savior
Jesus Christ!!!

Hot Baked Apple Pie Huge Cupcake Candle

Your soaps look good enough to eat. Do you bake as well as make yummy looking soaps?

I do bake, and I love to bake, however I don't have as much time as I used
to, with my business and all. Every year at CHRISTmas time I bake my gifts. So every year,
my friends and family get candles, soap, and baked goodies. It's so much fun.


Strawberries 'n Cream . . . Mini Donuts . . . Soy Tarts/Melts

What are your top sellers?

You know, that's hard to say. We (my daughter & I) sell a little bit of everything. Some of our most popular soap scents are: Love Spell, Hot Apple Pie, Pumpkin Spice, Pink Bubblicious, Brown Sugar & Fig, Pink Sugar, and surprisingly we sell lots of
mens' soaps like, Hugo Boss, Cool Water, Pacific Reef, and CK Black.

Any favorite chocolate recipe you can share with us?

I do have an easy recipe for Rocky Road Microwave Fudge/Candy. I make it every year for CHRISTmas. It is utterly fool proof, and everyone LOVES it.
Ingredients: 2 cups (12 oz. pkg.) of chocolate chips, 1/4 C. (1 stick) butter, 2 Tbsps.
shortening, 3 C. miniature marshmallows, and 1/2 C. chopped walnuts (I use a whole cup).
Butter an 8" square pan, I use a glass one. Then in a microwave bowl, melt chocolate chips along with the butter, and the shortening. Microwave it in 1 minute increments, until chocolate chips are melted. My microwave takes about 2 minutes. Stir chocolate mix, then
add your marshmallows and nuts. Be sure to coat them well. Spread this evenly into your
buttered pan. Cover it, and refrigerate until firm, about an hour. Cut it into 2" squares.
I cut mine smaller, like bite size candy pieces. Also, if you like a vanilla flavor to it, add
1 Tsp. of vanilla to the mix. I add it every other batch. This is so, very yummy!!!

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