Smooth, creamy, not too sweet, it made my fudge dreams come true. There was the peanut butter fudge a couple weeks ago, but this is real deal fudge. Seriously, when you can’t have chocolate that means no fudge from a store because it either contains chocolate or is cross-contaminated with it, and it means a sad dessert life. Speaking of dreams, I dream about eating fudge a lot. And if you’re on Pinterest or Twitter, go follow Katie Couric, because while what she did was probably just about the tiniest blip on her radar it was the star in mine. And maybe you could pass this along to others to see if with your help maybe my dreams will come just a little closer. So for all of you out there who are reading this and have dreams of your own, and who doesn’t have a dream or two, keep fighting for it.

I’m on a long road, and I’m not always sure where it’s going, but I hope this road leads me to published novels and a blog with more readers than my aunt and a few family friends. But it’s also about working toward a bigger goal, a dream, and hopefully watching as they become reality. Yes, it’s about amazingly delicious sweets, with a few savory recipes thrown in for good measure. Because that’s really what this blog is about. It was a moment of pure joy and one of feeling like maybe one day soon someone would notice me, maybe one day soon my dreams might start coming true. I got an email from Pinterest saying Katie Couric was following me. I never expected her to, but what did I have to lose? One of my fifty some followers? And then something happened. Spur of the moment, I somehow found the courage inside me to Tweet her back saying she should follow me. Andrew Zimmern, Aida Mollenkamp, and Melissa D’Arabian have retweeted my blog Gail Simmons and Kristen Chenoweth answered fashion questions Sunny Anderson is great about responding, as is Momofuku Milk Bar Susannah Collins followed me, and many companies respond quickly when Tweeted.Ī fan of the Today show as long as I can remember, I follow Katie Couric, who recently Tweeted asking who to follow on Pinterest. Sometimes I do get a response, something that surprises and exhilarates me, as I’ve come to expect no response. I get it they’re busy and get lots and lots of Tweets.

Each one is sent with wishes and hopes that they’ll respond, but far more often than not, they don’t. Sometimes it’s to compliment them, ask them a question, ask for a retweet of my blog, or tell them an adaptation of one of their recipes has been posted here. One of the most fascinating and frustrating is Twitter. My days are filled with various tasks to help my dreams come true. I only know I have a long way to go if it is going to become my career or help me turn my aspiring novelist status into published novelist status, particularly when a giveaway results in only a handful of entries. I’d like to think it’s doing pretty well for the budding adventure it is, but I really have no idea. It’s even better when you least expect it. Sometimes people surprise you in the best way possible.

Vanilla fudge recipe