- Part 75

Salted Caramel and Chocolate Pretzel Cups

No oven required. This no-bake dessert is as easy as paint by numbers-crush, melt and press your way to a dessert that will have everyone begging for seconds faster than they can say, “Please”.

The salted caramel along with the pretzels provides the needed balance to the sweet richness of the filling. It also gives enough texture and body to the dessert to keep the filling from hitting the roof of your mouth like a dog with a spoonful of peanut butter. Continue reading Salted Caramel and Chocolate Pretzel Cups

Salted Caramel and Whiskey Truffle

Turning a classic truffle into a modern sophisticate with a little salted caramel and whiskey.

Here’s the secret: Cook the salted caramel right to up to the point the mixture is about to burn. The caramel will impart a deep flavor that moves beyond the one dimensional sweetness when cooked only to a light or medium amber. Throw whiskey in the mix and you have yourself a classic truffle that is updated with a little sweet and salty along with some whiskey. Continue reading Salted Caramel and Whiskey Truffle

Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz

Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz ~ The best of summer’s peaches lend a helping hand to this updated riff on a classic gin fizz. Replacing the traditional egg white is a little bit of heavy cream and there to assist in body is a cream soda instead of tonic water. Behind that is the juice of a full lime to flatten out the sweetness of it all and bring everything back in balance to the classic gin featuring cocktail.

This is a drink that was first introduced to me during my college years by my then bartending boyfriend. I remember initially not liking this too much at first taste and then disliking it completely once I found it was made with raw egg whites. Gross. Continue reading Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz