Tag: candy canes

  • Candy Cane Infused Cocktail

    Candy Cane Infused Cocktail

    I don’t drink. 

    That’s slightly a lie, I sometimes drink. Mostly I drink when I make these drinks for all of you out there, because I have to know what I’m making. Since we’re past Christmas now, but New Year’s is only a few days away, we’ve brought you a drink you can serve at your New Year’s Party… if you’re having one.

    It’s kind of a thrill to infuse your own vodka. Actually, infusing anything is a pretty good time. (I do it a lot and not just with alcohol). But don’t take my word for it, make it yourself here.

  • Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Bars Review

    Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Bars Review

    Zoe’s Take:

    7.5/10

    So I love chocolate, and ganache and, well, bars. What I am not a huge fan of is peppermint. I think having the peppermint extract and the peppermint on the top of the bars is too much for one cookie. Plus, the candycanes on top were a little bit chewy after sitting on top of the white sugary layer all night. The crust is good, the chocolate ganache layer is good and the cream cheese layer is good but there’s way too much peppermint in this. I think that just the peppermint extract is enough. If you’re really into candy canes though…this dessert is definitely for you.

    Eric’s Take:

    9/10

    These were delicious. I love “oreo” crust and chocolate ganache. The top is similar to a cheesecake. I thought there was just enough peppermint in these bars. But I like a lot of peppermint flavor. The problem with these are they don’t keep well and they are a bit messy. That might be due to me not pressing the cookie layer down enough. The shortcuts here were using a cookie bottom and folding in cool whip into the cream cheese layer.

  • Peppermint Hot Chocolate

    Peppermint Hot Chocolate

    When I was young, we used to visit our family friends in Concord, Massachusetts. It would snow and be freezing and Patricia would take out the snowman mugs and the container of chocolate powder and tiny marshmallows, and make us delicious hot chocolate.

    I can also flash back to the many ski trips I had out west. The kids would be in ski school while the adults combed the mountain. On our many breaks out of the cold, there was always hot chocolate. I can just smell it by recalling the memory. But that hot chocolate is made from powder. This hot chocolate, it isn’t.

    Smooth dark chocolate, whole milk and maybe a touch of cream… maybe some non-traditional spices? Topped with whipped cream and candy cane crumble? Perfect for freezing cold night.

    Find the recipe here.

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