Category: Desserts

ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Guinness Float

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A Guinness float with Silver Moon’s Praline Irish Cream ice cream (photo courtesy Silver Moon Desserts).   A stout float—ice cream and a bottle of chocolate stout—has become a popular dessert, thanks to Guinness lovers seeking more ways to enjoy their favorite brew.. For St. Patrick’s Day, substitute the chocolate stout for Guinness. Here’s a…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Pears Hélène Day

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Poires Belle Hélène, shown without the ice cream. Photo by Teresa Kasprzycka | Dreamstime.   If you’ve never had Pears Hélène (more properly called Poire Belle Hélène), today’s the day: National Pears Helene Day. The dessert owes its origin to the opera La belle Hélène by composer Jacques Offenbach. It’s a comedic take on the…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Desserts

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What should you bake/make for St. Patrick’s Day? Irish Coffee Cheesecake Green-Chip Chocolate Chip Cookies Your favorite rolled cookie recipe with a shamrock cookie cutter and green-and-white icing S’mores with green marshmallows Silver Moon’s Praline Irish Cream ice cream Irish Cream Icing for your favorite brownies or loaf cake: Take 1/3 cup Irish cream liqueur…
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RECIPE: Mini Mousse Desserts

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Banana Creme Mousse is one of the four variations of the recipe. Photo courtesy McCormick. Though pumpkin pie spice is typically found in Thanksgiving and Christmas desserts, pair it with coconut milk and you can add a burst of spice to all kinds of desserts, year-round. Pumpkin pie spice and coconut milk is the sixth…
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