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Toy Tips

Name: Marianne Szymanski

Kids: son, age 7 1/2; daughter, age 4 1/2

Works: president and publisher of Toy Tips and Parenting Hints | toytips.com

Favorite part about being a mom: Smiles on my children's faces

Least favorite part about being a mom: Driving here, there and everywhere for this lesson and that

Famous for: Baking homemade cakes for all birthdays


My Valentines Day Indulgence

By Marianne Szymanski
Wednesday, Feb 11 2009, 12:38 PM

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE kinda healthy Coffee MUG CAKE for Mom

Ingredients: Your favorite large microwave-proof coffee mug

2 tablespoons good 70% cocoa

4 tablespoons organic sugar

4 tablespoons white flour

1 cage-free egg

3 tablespoons vegetable oil or applesauce

3 tablespoons organic, soy or almond milk

3 tablespoons chocolate chips ( I add a few more)

A littlle splash of pure vanilla extract

Directions: Mix dry ingredients in the mug. Add the egg and mix again. Pour in the milk and oil (applesauce) and add the chocolate chips and pure vanilla extract. Mix once more.

Place your cute mug in the microwave and cook for about 3 minutes at 1000 watts.

Let the cake rise out of the mug to know it is down. Let it cool and add a dollop of marshmallow cream for the indulgence.

Serve with a good book in complete silence while the kids are sleeping. Happy Valentine's Day! --Marianne

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About Marianne Szymanski

Marianne Szymanski is founder and president of Toy Tips, Inc., an international child development research group that conducts independent on-going academic and scientific research on products from the toy and juvenile product industries. A national author, entrepreneur, speaker, lecturer and media personality, Marianne has led her organization's unbiased tests of over 40,000 products from more than 1200 manufacturers and publishes Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine. (toytips.com)

A former retail sales representative for an international toy manufacturer, Marianne saw the opportunity to provide parents with unbiased information they can trust on how to select products that enhance a child's development. This inspired the 1991 formation of The Toy Research Institute, a year-round program of toy evaluation and testing that does not accept revenue from manufacturers. In order to serve her local community with toy lending, Marianne created the Toy Tips Toy Lending Library in conjunction with the Franklin Public Library in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 
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