Hot Chocolate Pot - $29.95
www.Williams-Sonoma.com

How could we not associate a kitchen gadget and chocolate as a favorite you-didn’t-know-you-needed-it kitchen item? Not only chocolate, but hot chocolate. Williams Sonoma is known for quality kitchen items that make you feel like royalty in the kitchen. This hot chocolate ceramic pot from Bonjour comes with an automatic frother that whips hot milk and shaved chocolate into a rich cup of something wonderful. Heat the ceramic pot in the microwave, add chocolate and then whip with the frother. All that’s left is to sit and sip. Hot chocolate never tasted so good, or came so easy.

Tea Bag Squeezer – $3.95
www.crateandbarrel.com

Love the tea but hate the squeeze? Crate and Barrel knows what it’s like to cuddle up into a warm chair with a good book and a hot cup of tea, only to realize when the tea bag is done brewing, you have to take it out. Their tea bag squeezer sounds simple, and it is, but it will also save you the inconvenience of squeezing a hot tea bag with your fingers or a spoon. Simply squeeze the bag with the tea tongs and dispose of the bag without ever touching it. Tea lovers will love it.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Spreader – $9
www.thekitchenstoreonline.com

So you never knew how much easier it would be to have a spreader for peanut butter and a spreader for jelly all in one, but now you do. The Kitchen Store at J.K. Adams has an all-in-one tool that lets you scoop and spread peanut butter and jelly without dirtying several knives. The spreader also makes it easier to get out hard
to reach peanut butter and jelly from those curvaceous jars.
Not a big peanut butter and jelly fan? How about mayonnaise
and mustard? Cream cheese and jelly? Whatever you want
to spread, this spreader has your duo-scooping covered.

RSVP Endurance® Baker’s Butter Slicer – $9.50
www.hugthecook.com

Butter is big in any baker’s kitchen, and what’s worse than throwing away the premeasured paper that butter comes wrapped in or a wrapper that slips around the stick when it comes to butter basics? Nothing. That’s why the Endurance Baker’s Butter Slicer is a good thing to have around. For exact measurements, use this slicer to cut long or short on 1/4-pound or smaller sticks of butter. The slicer has an adjustable cutting wire that neatly slices the right amount of butter, which can make or break your pastries, cakes and pies.