It is full of butter and full of sugar – so keep it away from the kids or they will be bouncing off the walls for hours to come, and if you are on a diet, don’t even tempt yourself it is too good not to eat it all!

I personally think this sauce is best served with vanilla icecream, because it is SO chocolatey, that with any other flavour it can just be overwhelming.

So here is the recipe:

1/4 Cup Cocoa
1 Cup Brown Sugar
50g Butter
1/2 Cup Milk
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla

Measure the cocoa and sugar into a small pot and add the butter (cubed), milk and vanilla.
Bring to the boil over low heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved.

You can keep it in the fridge, and just reheat in the microwave next time you want to use it.

Here is a picture I stole from the internet
I tried to take a photo of the one I made, but it looked like a poo volcano had erupted over half melted icecream, so not attractive
But seriously, here is the link for their recipe, it requires real chocolate, so is probably even better than mine

This is the perfect warm recipe for a winters night when the kids are FINALLY asleep!

Here is your sneak peek of our Winter 2013 range which is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!
So close you can almost taste it… excited much? I AM!!

For those of you who are ‘old school’ Punk Baby Fans, you may remember the Winter 2011 Dino Hoodie.
Well this year its back… its redesigned and better (and cuter) than ever!!

Also I’ve been working very hard this season to redesign your old (and new) favourites so not only are they way more awesome, but they will fit for way longer. When you make an investment in Punk Baby, I want you to get way more than your monies worth – so I’m adding extra features like roll up cuffs and extra long sleeves so that you should expect around about 2 years wear (if not WAY more) out of your Punk Baby Goodies!
With the added bonus that because Punk Baby is made in New Zealand with great care and quality fabric, once your kidlet has grown out of their piece you should still have a product in great nick to pass onto brothers, sisters, cousins or friends!

So stay tuned Punk Ladies over the next few days we will bring you some new designs that are too good to be true (but they are true, so get amongst it!)

But in cyber world I have been having fun looking at wedding stuff anyway, so much has changed since I got married, and it is interesting to think that if you were to get married today, how much different would your wedding be – would you wear the same dress, have the same taste in decorations, invite the same people!

I still LURVE my wedding dress, it hasn’t gone out of fashion just yet! I designed it and my Mum made it, so it was a pretty special dress, I would never sell it or get rid of it – I don’t have any girls to pass it onto, but its nice to get out and look at every now and then!
My dress was ivory colour and I still think I would choose ivory (if it was my first time getting married) – but if I was getting re-married, I think a black dress would be very cool – I found this pic over at Off Beat Bride – I love her black dress with the blue detailing, and the guys studded belt – very punk – very cool!

Or if you didn’t want to go all out with a black dress – a white dress with black accessories is most awesome!
Found this awesome pic at Miami Wedding Planner

Our wedding cake was one hell of a disaster – it turned up around 6pm the night before our wedding day and was HIDEOUSLY ugly and nothing like what we had asked for – as well as being filled with cream – which I HATE and had expressly asked them to stay the hell away from!
So fast forward to around 9pm when we decided we had to make a new cake, couldn’t find ingredients anywhere because all the shops were closed and then spent the rest of the night baking… minor crisis moment! I must say though my brothers pig dogs got a special treat that day, wedding cake dog bonanza! So a different (not made hours before by us in a panic!) cake would definitely be on my list of things to change!
Love this one from Buttercream Couture!

I’m not a high heels person, can’t walk in them to save my life – so on  my wedding day I had a company I used to work for hand craft me a pair of white leather sandals – I wanted to be comfy, to be able to walk across the grass and on the beach – and really, just get drunk without breaking my ankle! I really love, love, love this idea I found at Weddings by Lilly – especially tying in the colours of the shoes with the flowers – SUPER CUTE!

I would so love some stationary like this Day of the Dead from Superstarling – jealous much?!

And last but not least I have completely fallen in love with Goodiemud and their amazeballs cake toppers – these are so incredible I would love to see them in real life, I bet the detail is just insane!

Well there is a taste of what my pretend future ‘re-wedding’ would look like – maybe in another 10 years?!

If you’ve found any awesome ‘Punk Wedding’ ideas – hit me up, I want to see them!

(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

Today is the last day of our 7 days of Sneaky Santa Giveaways! Its been a fun 7 days and I hope you have found some great new New Zealand businesses to swoon over! It never ceases to amaze me the fantastic creativity of our hand made community!

 When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

So one last hurrah for our supporting businesses Mostly Monsters, Bibbles Dribble Bibs, Mushymoo, Estella Rose Designs, Just A Girl Jewels, and Gasoline Rainbow

Now for our final giveaway…

From Punk Baby Clothing everybody’s favourite clothing designer IN THE WHOLE WORLD (giggle!)
Summer is fully upon us so my offer to you for todays prize is one super cool reversible hat – as pictured above you can choose either the cap or the bucket hat style, and these are just examples – please feel free to choose whichever fabric you prefer from our range of hats.

To enter our last day of the competition head over to Punk Baby on Facebook www.facebook.com/punkbabynz and find Sneaky Santa in one of the albums. Once you have found him – answer this question about the album “How many different styles of the Hungry Caterpillar Skirts are there?”

Email your entry through to punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with ‘competition’ in the subject line
One lucky winner will be drawn at random for todays prize

And thats it folks! Thanks for playing along and I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!
Punk Baby Out

(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

For the next 2 days you will be able to explore 2 of the 7 great businesses to find the answer to a daily clue and be in to win some awesome prizes! So show some support for these great NZ Made Businesses – have a look around, you never know what you might find – something special for someone for Christmas maybe. When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

Todays prize is the cute little purse pictured above – they open/close with velcro across the top and are the perfect size to fit all your cards, cash and coins. I have one of these purses as my every day wallet and I just love it!
There are so many awesome fabrics to choose from – you have to head over to Gasoline Rainbow and check out the entire range!

To be in to win todays purse from Gasoline Rainbow check out their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GRamyadams and find the album that Sneaky Santa is hiding in – once you find him answer this question about the album “How much do the purses in this album cost?”

Then email your entry to punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with ‘Competition’ in the subject line
One lucky winner will be chosen at random for todays prize

See you here tomorrow for the last day of our competition, Day Seven!! Boo Hiss its almost over!

(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

Everyday for the next 3 days you will be able to explore 3 more great businesses out of the 7 to find the answer to a daily clue and be in to win some awesome prizes! So show some support for these great NZ Made Businesses – have a look around, you never know what you might find – something special for someone for Christmas maybe. When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

If you are not a fan of Just A Girl Jewels yet then you are MISSING OUT! They have the most awesome pirate booty for the ladies, I myself have a few pairs of earrings and I must say they are super awesome!

On offer for todays prize is a $30 voucher to use at Just A Girl Jewels on whatever your heart desires – what a great Christmas Present for yourself! So head on over to their Facebook Page www.facebook.com/JustAGirlJewels and locate Sneaky Santa.
Once you find what Facebook album he is hiding in answer this question about the album “What is the name of the store in Melborne that stocks Just A Girl Jewels?”
Email your answer through to punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with ‘Competition’ in the subject line.
One lucky winner will be drawn at random for todays prize

See you here tomorrow for Day Six – its almost over folks, sob sob!

(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

Everyday for the next 4 days you will be able to explore 7 great businesses to find the answer to a daily clue and be in to win some awesome prizes! So show some support for these great NZ Made Businesses – have a look around, you never know what you might find – something special for someone for Christmas maybe. When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

Todays prize is from Estella Rose – check out their website for a range of gorgeous gifts for Mum, Baby and Home.
Today you can be in to win this gorgeous Blue Flower Nappy Wallet as show in the picture above, is closes with velcro and also has a handy velcro strap to attach to your bag or pram.

To enter todays competition head over to Estella Rose on Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Estella-Rose-designs/118896894828166     and find Sneaky Santa.
Once you have found what Facebook album he is in answer this question “what colour are the little sailboats on the shoes”
Email you answer to punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with ‘Competition’ in the subject line

One lucky winner will be drawn at random for todays prize

See you back here for Day Five Tomorrow – only 3 more days to go – waaaa!

(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

Everyday for the next 5 days you will be able to explore 7 great businesses to find the answer to a daily clue and be in to win some awesome prizes! So show some support for these great NZ Made Businesses – have a look around, you never know what you might find – something special for someone for Christmas maybe. When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

Todays prize is from the superly awesome Mushymoo! Nerissas designs are hand crafted in New Zealand, bright, colourful, and made with the most awesome fabrics – tidbits of pure style! Todays prize is a $20 voucher which can be used via Mushymoos Facebook Page or Felt Page.

So head on over to Mushymoo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mushymoo/198080113536051 and find Sneaky Santa in one of her albums – once you find the album answer this question “Name 2 items in the cream wool and red first aid kit” – then email through your answer to punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with ‘Competition’ in the subject line.
One lucky winner will be drawn by random for Day Threes prize.

See you back for Day Four!

(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

Everyday for the next 7 days you will be able to explore 7 great businesses to find the answer to a daily clue and be in to win some awesome prizes! So show some support for these great NZ Made Businesses – have a look around, you never know what you might find – something special for someone for Christmas maybe. When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

Todays prize is courtesy of the awesome Joe over at Bibbles Dribble Bibs – Bibbles are the perfect shape and size to catch some dribble, but not hide the clothing beneath. Todays prize is your choice of any 2 Bibbles from the available range.

To be in to win visit Bibbles over on Facebook www.facebook.com/BibblesDribbleBibs – and find Sneaky Santa in one of the albums.

Once you have found Sneaky Santa answer this question “How many different styles of Bibbles are there in this folder?”

Email punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with your answer and ‘Competition’ in the subject line
One lucky winner will be drawn at random to win the Day Two prize.

See you back here for Day Three!!

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(OPEN TO NEW ZEALAND ONLY SORRY!)

Everyday for the next 7 days you will be able to explore 7 great businesses to find the answer to a daily clue and be in to win some awesome prizes! So show some support for these great NZ Made Businesses – have a look around, you never know what you might find – something special for someone for Christmas maybe. When you buy handmade not only are you supporting a New Zealand family, but you know you are getting a quality product that won’t fall apart on boxing day!

DAY ONE: MOSTLY MONSTERS

Rocket Monster

Head over to Mostly Monsters to be in to win your very own Rocket Monster – Mostly Monsters designs are fun, quirky, colourful and original!
You can find Mostly Monsters on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mostlymonsters – To be in to win have a look around their Facebook page and find Sneaky Santa, once you find the album he is in answer this question “What colour is the Robot that is in the same folder as Sneaky Santa”

Email your answer to punkbaby@xtra.co.nz with ‘competition’ in the subject line
One name will be drawn at random to find the winner of the days competition.

Don’t forget to check back in on Tuesday to see what is on offer for Day Two!