This amazing dessert (a viola and two eggs) is made of tons of hazelnut mousse and puff pastry, with some delicious chocolate topping to complete the effect.\u00a0 It’s a viola-tastic (viola-tasty?) creation engineered (imagineered?) by Badbeard himself (with upcoming Badbeard action figures) Justin Kagan.\u00a0 What an amazing dessert from an amazing guy!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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