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Engaged couples who share a common love for crunchwraps and cheesy fiesta potatoes have a new venue to consider: Taco Bell!

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Your taco night requires snacks like chips, salsa, guac, and now this Tex-Mex Chex Mix. Spicing up the classic party mix is easy with the help of taco seasoning. The spice blend of chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, paprika, and salt is sure to make your Chex Mix the life of the fiesta.

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If you think an afternoon pick-me-up should be about more than just a shot of caffeine, you’re not alone. And what goes better with your coffee treat than a cool scoop of ice cream?

Starbucks is hoping this is your thought process, anyway: The coffee mega-chain is testing special affogato menus at their Reserve locations in Los Angeles, Boston, and Washington, DC, as well as at 100 traditional locations in Orange County, CA, reports Business Insider.

Preliminary results as Seattle’s Roastery last June were positive (are you surprised?) and we’re feeling hopeful that affogato menus will be available at a Starbucks near us very, very soon.

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Cocoa powder is a pantry superstar. Mild and unassuming next to those rich chocolate bars, it nevertheless offers surprising power — if you know how to use it right.

If you’ve spent any time baking with cocoa powder, you may have noticed recipes that call for the cocoa powder to be “bloomed” sometimes with hot water (or, in the case of our pantry cocoa brownies, in oil). Here’s what that really means, why it’s actually important for your chocolate dessert, and a few smart ways to do it.

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From Apartment Therapy → Never (Ever!) Say This Word To Guests In Your Home

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If you’re going to give a gift, it should be something that you’d actually want to receive, right? And if your purchase helps the world in some way, that’s doubly great.

That’s why we’ve rounded up 10 awesome tabletop gifts that give back. Now you’ll be able to pat yourself on the back every time you give a gift crafted by local artisans in a developing country or made by a company that helps supply clean drinking water to people in need. Go, you!

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If you want to be young again, take a snow day. Like hiding a tooth under your pillow in an optimistic barter with a fairy, snow days are the rituals that make childhood magical. But unlike baby teeth for midnight swapsies, no matter how old you get, snow keeps coming. And it comes with little warning, which is exactly what makes it so thrilling.

Most other rituals are, by their very definition, expected: chocolate on February 14, challah every Friday after sunset, or even the first cup of coffee of the day. We anticipate, we plan, we cook, we invite, and we prepare. But snow days literally fall right out of the sky.

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A buttered-up combination of cereals, crackers, pretzels, and a few other pantry staples, snack mix is a ubiquitous party staple because you seemingly can’t mess it up. But, while party mix is forgiving, there are a few major mistakes to avoid. And these mistakes can be the difference between snack mix that wows and snack mix that’s just “meh.”

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Okay, so it technically costs $999.99, if you want to be a stickler about it.

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Can you even keep track of all the ways it is possible to eat pork? Chops, tenderloins, roasts, soups, stews — the list goes on and we didn’t even mention bacon or belly! Pork is a hearty meat and February is a hearty month, so don’t think too hard when it comes to making this dinner.

We’ve rounded up some of the easiest ways to do it. Whether you’re serving up some maple-ginger pork with caramelized sweet potatoes or a spicy carnitas salad bowl to keep you and your loved ones well-fed and satisfied, here’s how to do it without too much fuss.

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