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For this week’s link round-up I kept an eye out for yummy chocolate recipes. I wrote about chocolate exclusively at Chocolate Bytes for three years, and that’s a hard habit to break! So enjoy this week’s collection of blogs that recently written about chocolate, too!

~ Homemade Thin Mint Cookies at Lisa is Cooking

~ Gluten-free Puddle Cookies at Stone Soup

~ Chocolate Caramel Macarons at Daydreamer Desserts

~ Marshmallow Mish Mash at Foodie Reflections

~ Chocolate Cherry Bread Pudding at Rock Recipes

~ Orange and Chocolate Chip Muffins at Une Gamine dans la Cuisine

~ Smoky Spicy Bean Chili with Chocolate at Everybody Likes Sandwiches

~ Because I Can Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes at Culinary Concoctions by Peabody

~ Chocolate Pudding at FoodGirl

In honor of the first day of spring, I’ve rounded up a bunch of blog links that are full of bright, fresh foods and recipes.

~ Banana Breakfast Muffins at The Little Teochew

~ Easy Pesto Salmon at Pocket Daydreams

~ Sweet Lassi at Pham Fatale

~ Tulip Macarons at Life’s a Feast

~ Thai Chicken Salad at Sweet Sensation

~ Fried Chicken Legs at Eatin’ on the Cheap

~ Lemon Curd and Red Scarlet Jam Tart at Juls’ Kitchen

~ Saffron Risotto with Shrimp and Asparagus at The Perfect Pantry

~ Quintuple Chocolate Brownies at Playing House

~ Bread and Butter Pickles at My Man’s Belly

~ Blackberry Brown Sugar Mascarpone Ice Cream at Not So Humble Pie

~ Lemonade Layer Cake at Cookin’ Canuck

~ Greek Salad at Kitchen Crush

~ White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies at Handle the Heat

~ Spinach and Cheese Strata at Annie’s Eats

St. Patrick’s Day is only a few days away, so while I visited my favorite food blogs this week I kept an eye out for green and Irish-inspired recipes and posts. Check them out:

~ Colcannon at Thin Crust Deep Dish

~ Green Beer at Taylor Takes a Taste

~ Guinness Chocolate Pudding at Sprinkle Bakes

~ Green Goddess Dip at Inside the Kaganoff Kitchen

~ Guinness Brownies at Bitchin Camaro

~ Lucky Green Velvet Cupcakes at Real Mom Kitchen

~ Spinach Hummus at Daily Unadventures in Cooking

~ Bailey’s Caramel Irish Cream Truffles at Spork or Foon

~ Avocado Dinner Rolls at What’s Cooking?

~ Twice Baked Potatoes at Big2Beautiful

~ Iced Green Tea at Mangio da Sola

~ Irish Coffee Macarons at Daydreamer Desserts

~ Lemony Lima Beans at The Bitten Word

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