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When I'm cooking an Indian dinner I'm always looking for something interesting to fix as a dessert. Over the years I've served many things, Orange flower ice cream, rosewater ice cream with pistachios, kheer (rice pudding) semolina pudding, burfi, fresh fruit, baked yogurt, roast bananas, I've even rolled my own Paan a time or two. You name it, I've tried it. It's always a delicate balance between sweet, and "oh my god..I can't possibly eat anymore...what? Chocolate???!!"
Ok, so what does all this have to do with Chuckles with multicolored jelly candy that my husband is hooked on? Well, actually quite a lot.
Here in Sonoma we have a very charming old fashioned style candy store called Tiddle-E-Winks. It's a really cute place…
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