So I’ve been accused of objectifying my food-freeze framing it. Guilty as charged. Place me in the camp of bloggers who as Jessicasays “recreates overflow”. Well with this one I didn’t so much re-create an overflow as much as I wanted to shoot the overflow in action. As for the opening shot below, it’s out of scale and crooked, but then everything turned into a big mess before I could get it right.
The thing with some of us food bloggers, we get weird with our food—we talk to it, we massage into shape, we primp and garnish it for added enhancement (not to be mistaken for enhancing food into something it’s not). We are culinary fluffers—if you will. If you don’t know what a fluffer is, don’t look up this term in front of young eyes. You’ve been warned. When you do look it up, let’s judge me kindly and agree that I am well read.
I shouldn’t even qualify that I know the meaning (not from experience!) of such a word, but the last time I mentioned it was with some friends and half of them had no idea what it was and were somewhat shocked I did—then not so shocked.
To know me, is to know I’m full of contradictions—my ex-boyfriends can attest to that and Matt will confirm it. I am a husband’s nightmare and a writer’s dream – at least for the first and second act.
Okay, seriously, I veered way off the food path on this one. Back to the matter at hand: Beer floats, more accurately, chocolate Porter and Biscoff coffee beer floats. I know it sounds like a crazy combination, but it works. The Biscoff spread adds a spiced bite to the coffee ice cream that’s further enhanced by the chocolate Porter beer.
Other biscoff recipes from this week:
Dark Chocolate Biscoff Butter Cups
Biscoff and Kahlua Crunch Cupcakes
Don’t forget to hop over to the The Little Kitchen and check out Julie’s Biscoff Milk Shake for our second installment to Biscoff Week.
Boozy Biscoff Beer Floats
Ingredients
- 1 half gallon Dreyer's Slow Churned ice cream
- 3/4 cup Biscoff spread
- 22 oz. chocolate Porter beer
Instructions
- Soften ice cream and fold in Biscoff spread until combined. Place ice cream mixture back in freezer until hard.
- Scoop ice cream into glasses and pour desired amount of chocolate Porter beer over ice cream.
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
I’m both cheap and a neat freak…overflowing on purpose and wasting precious chocolate and then having to clean up said sticky mess that got all over…I’ll let you and Jessica keep on with your overflows. I’ll just slurp neatly from my glass. Lol
abby @ thingsforboys says
I love the overflow pics…what a delicious mess! I’ve always wanted to make a grown up beer float! Off to get some porter.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
These look sooo freaking yummy!
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says
Wow!! These are amazing and I love the mess. Sometimes photos work and sometimes not but these are awesome. Go Biscoff!
Gina says
I LOVE how these turned out & have now added a few things to my list for the market.
Megan says
I thought I knew what a fluffer was…I was wrong. LOL
Laura says
While I’m not a beer-drinker, I think my husband would go crazy over these! He absolutely loves the flavor of Biscoff. Unintentionally, I have sort of joined your Biscoff-themed week by making cherry biscoff ice cream with pieces of biscoff cookies in the ice cream 🙂
JulieD says
Love this, Naomi. I’ll take two of these…haha, I need them on my flight right now!
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
I don’t like beer but I do love biscoff and coffee ice cream!
Brian @ A Thought For Food says
Culinary fluffers! I’m totally putting that on my business card! Love everything about this float! Magic!
katie says
LOVE your photos… this boozie drink looks and sounds amazing! I can’t wait to give it a try!
Jennifer Chong says
it is a beautiful mess and i love it!
Sarah says
Weird question, but are those served in tealight holders?
Ann P. says
chocolate porter is probably my favorite type of beer 🙂 this is amazing!!
Cathy @ Noble Pig says
Holy cow, Biscoff week…I love it! I just bought some crunchy Biscoff and it is to die for and I made Biscoff Stuffed French Toast…Heaven! But with beer…I love the idea.
Reem | Simply Reem says
I saw the pic on instagram.. SO beautiful!!
This drink looks boozily delicious!! love them
Naomi says
Sarah – Bingo. Yes, they are styled and photographed in tealight holders, but I wouldn’t not eat out of them as I’m sure they are not food safe. 🙂
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says
I love the natural overflow look. Makes me droooool 😀
Trish says
I seriously love your blog. Like, really seriously. I love the imperfect pics, and real like convo feel.
Thanks!
Trish
http://www.jellybonesblog.blogspot.com
JulieL says
Looks yummy. What flavor of ice cream did you use?