JUST ENTER: DEVILISH DESSERT RECIPE CONTEST IS SIMPLE

The Southeast Missourian's first-ever Devilish Desserts recipe contest is perfect for those tired of endless rules and regulations.

There are just two simple guidelines:

-- All recipes submitted must have chocolate as a prominent ingredient.

-- The entry deadline is Jan. 27.

Desserts can be in the form of cakes, cookies, candy or other sumptuous treats. They don't have to be original recipes, but the newspaper plans to publish entries under the submitter's name. In other words, you might ask Aunt Mildred before you send in her recipe, and she sees it published under your name.

To enter, send your chocolate recipe to: Devilish Desserts, Southeast Missourian, Box 699, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 63702-0699.

Two specialists with the University of Missouri Extension Service will narrow down the recipes to the top five. All those who submit a recipe will receive a certificate of appreciation, and all recipes will be published on the Feb. 12 Home Page of the Southeast Missourian -- just in time for Valentine's Day.

The five semi-finalists will be asked to bake up their desserts and bring them to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday, Feb. 8 for a taste test by a community panel of chocolate and cooking experts.

The winner will receive a year's subscription to the Southeast Missourian -- a $137.50 value. The four runners-up will win their choice of a Southeast Missourian comic-strip umbrella or the "Images of the Past in the City of Roses" hard-bound pictorial history book.

All finalists will be photographed and interviewed about their devilish desserts.

For more information, call Joni Adams or Peggy Scott at 335-6611.

DEVILISH DESSERTS CONTEST

Mail chocolate recipes to:

Devilish Desserts

Box 699

Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63702

Deadline is Jan. 27

Include address and phone number