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Quick Bites: Chocolates and Mother's Day gift ideas

SWEET GIFT IDEA

For chocolate-loving moms, See's Candies is offering some new Mother's Day items. Among them are a pastel-colored flower-topped Keepsake Box filled with assorted milk-, dark- and white-coated chocolates and truffles (11.5 ounces for $16.25; a petite Keepsake Box is 3.6 ounces for $9.25); and a bright pink organza bag containing pink foil-wrapped solid milk chocolate hearts (5.8 ounces for $6.45). Pick them up at See's Candies shops or order by calling (800) 347-7337 or visiting www.sees.com.

COOKBOOK

If you keep chocolate chips (semisweet, bittersweet, milk or white) stashed in your fridge or cupboard and want to whip up something beyond the usual chocolate chip cookies (even if, like most of you, you never tire of them), you'll find 45 creative ideas in "The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook" (Chronicle; $16.95), by Elinor Klivans. They run the gamut from a variety of cookies and candies to muffins, pies, tarts, puddings, cakes and ice cream desserts   Read Full Article...