There is nothing better than being centered and being swept away by a great book with a great dessert like this by your side.

you know… i’m one of those people that (gasp!) doesn’t like dark chocolate! your mousse looks absolutely decadent though

I LOVED that book. Kostova is a brilliant story-teller.
I only wish I had that mousse to eat while I read it!

I’d glady come to the dark side with you Ivonne…
mmmm mmmm

I’m glad you have rediscovered reading for pleasure, this mousse looks rich and decadent.

I hear ya…I’m just out of grad school, where reading was a necessary and not very pleasant task. Now I have no desire to read anything more challenging than a fashion magazine. I used to be such an avid reader, so I really hope I can get back in to books.

And that mousse looks great!

if this is your dark side - well I’ll be glad to be a part of it. Looks simply gorgeous!

Funny name Looks like a delicious combination!

Sounds quite delicious and the book sounds very intriguing, I might have to pick up a copy.

I’m on my way!

I’ll have 2, Ivonne. And I’m just getting started!

Sinful, indeed!

My problem was that even though I was supposed to be reading books for school, I was still reading novels for fun.
That mousse sound wonderful!

I really enjoyed that book too! But I love vampire stories.

Oh I have been meaning to read that book! I will have to add it into my must-read pile. Your desert looks great, it is making me hungry during class!

Dark chocolate and cranberries you say?! Sounds magnificent! I need to read more

The combination intrigues me…the power of good dark chocolate!

That looks rich and delicious. My wife never makes any requests for dinner/dessert and just eats whatever I decide to make, but she told me that I owe her chocolate desserts. This might be just the idea… *yum*

Must admit I never pictured Dracula as a combo of cranberry and chocolate, but the two together sound yummy. The book also sounds like a good read…may have to check it out

Mmm, the dark side is good.

Could you allow us to “accidentally” stumble upon the recipe you found for this dessert?

Surely, there’s no harm in do so. And, I’m sure just any cranberry and chocolate combo won’t yield what you’ve pictured here!

Thanks.

I would so much join in!

I’ve read Kostova’s book TWICE! It is fantastic, and I’m so excited that you have enjoyed it, too! And I love the name of this dessert.

ha, what are the odds that you’d come across 2 dracula things?!

Yummmmmmmeeeeeee! Well done, Ivonne. This looks fantastic!

I’m with you - there’s something so exhilarating about getting caught up in a superbly-written novel; and having an equally superb dessert to enjoy with it :0)

I haven’t read a book that captured me like this one seems to have you. To connect it with a great treat like this is beautiful. I’ve more often found when I’m reading a book that really captures me, if I’m playing music, the music will bring the book back to me when I hear it later:)

It looks sooo good. When I am captivated by a book that I am reading I usually only focus on the book but I think this dessert might sway me..

Chocolate mousse makes me feel full just by looking at it, but oh how I like to look. Intrigued by the cranberry combo - I love chocolate and cherry, chocolate and raspberry, and chocolate and strawberry, so why not another red fruit-berry-thing?

What an awesome looking dessert! Too bad you can’t post the recipe =( But it definitely makes me want to do something with my bar of dark chocolate and the whole cranberries on sale at the grocery store here…
As far as the book goes, don’t worry, I was trying to read The Vampire Chronicles during Christmastime as well. Maybe something cynical in us just needed to counter all of the sappy, family togetherness? Not that I don’t love it…but there’s a reason for everything!

That sound like a great read and your mousse looks so decadent! I just finished a novel and am very aware that it could be my last for a while. Our new baby is due in a few weeks!

I am so reading that book.. it sounds wonderful!

And the dessert? Heavenly! If you can describe something with Dracula in it’s name as heavenly? heheee!

xoxo

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