Technically this isn't a baking story, but it's definitely my biggest kitchen disaster. I was making a big batch of chocolate truffles and placed them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper so I could put them in the refrigerator to harden. I opened the refrigerator door and started to put the pan inside but the door bounced off an open closet door (I had a tiny apartment) and hit the tray I was holding. The parchment slid off and truffles splattered all over the floor and inside the refrigerator. I spent the next hour scraping now hardened chocolate off the floor and the refrigerator shelves. I haven't made truffles since...

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