Chocolate, Caramel, and Walnut Covered Pretzels

For this Valentine's Day dessert, I used a trial and non-error technique. I call it that because even the batches that I didn't serve on Valentine's Day were so delicious that I made sure to diligently snack on them for the next week. This is how I made them:

First I started with 3 ounces of semi-sweet bakers chocolate.

I didn't want the chocolate to burn, so I fashioned my own double boiler out of small and medium sized saucepans. I boiled the water in the medium one and then put the smaller one with the chocolate inside.

Here's another view with the water boiling and the chocolate melted.

Lobsta' Killa' (take 2)

Want to see what I made for Valentine's Day this year? I had success making lobster in 2010, which was the first Valentine's Day after we got married (picture below) so I gave it another shot this year. This time I decided to make a surf and turf. I bought one lobster and one filet mignon, and Greg and I split them. It ended up being the perfect amount!

A bit wary: 2010

Still wary in 2012

Below is the process from start to finish: