Homemade Butter Beer (Harry Potter Fan's will Know What This is!)

My girls had their first Butter Beer back in 2011 when we visited Universal Amusement Park in Florida.  Recently they have been craving a Butter Beer, like they had at the park.  Well we did a little digging, and sure enough there's a recipe for it:

Here's what you'll need:

2 liters Cream Soda

Imitation Rum Flavor

Imitation Butter Flavor

1 cup Whipping Cream

1 cup Marshmellow Fluff

First you'll need to add 2 tablespoons of Butter Extract and 2 teaspoons of Rum Extract into the bottle of Cream Soda, SLOWLY rotate the bottle to mix the extracts in. 

Secondly add fluff, whipping cream, and 1 teaspoon of Rum Extract in a blender, blend until thoroughly combined.  

Fill glasses half full with soda mixture, top off glasses with the blended cream.  Stir slightly, and watch out, as this mixture tends to "grow" in the glass!  

Needless to say this was a HUGE success, and now the girls are asking for it on a regular basis!  

Coffee Hazelnut Milkshakes Anyone?

This holiday season, KRUPS, worldwide leader in kitchen appliances, wants to help you create fabulous recipes for all of your guests. Holiday entertaining can be overwhelming, but KRUPS has created simple recipes all of your guests will enjoy, like this incredible drink!

Coffee Hazelnut Milkshake

 

Ingredients:

 

¼ cup crushed hazelnuts

4 scoops coffee ice cream

1 cup chilled coffee

Whipped cream

Crushed toffee or chocolate shavings

 

Directions:

• Blend coffee, ice cream and crushed hazelnuts in a blender until mixture becomes a smooth but thick consistency.
• Pour into a coffee mug and top with whipped cream and sprinkle toffee pieces (or chocolate shavings).

Egg Nog Coffee!

 

This holiday season, KRUPS, worldwide leader in kitchen appliances, wants to help you create fabulous recipes for all of your guests. Holiday entertaining can be overwhelming, but KRUPS has created simple recipes all of your guests will enjoy, like this incredible drink!

 

Egg Nog Coffee

 

Ingredients

· 2 ½ cups freshly brewed coffee
· 1 cup eggnog
· ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

 



Directions

 

· Brew coffee in Krup XP1500 Coffee and Espresso Machine
· Warm eggnog in a pot over low heat and add the hot coffee and nutmeg. Serve immediately. Garnish with nutmeg.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Smoothies!

I had this super great smoothie last week when I was asked to attend a Shaw's Fall Sampling Event.  Now let me just first say that during the months of September through November December, if it's at all possible, I could very well turn into a pumpkin. 

My downfall... The Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Iced Coffee.  It's a drug...  one where I will actually leave the house, just for the iced coffee. 

It's.  Been.  9.  Days.

Since I last visited my Dunkin Donuts. 

I was introduced to this incredible Pumpkin Smoothie by Jennifer Shea, the Registered Dietitian for Shaw's.  I think I had three of these sweet treats while at the event.  Needless to say, I have been preparing a blender (or two) every day since then.   So I thought I would share the recipe:

Cinnamon Pumpkin Smoothie

6 ounces Honey Greek Yogurt

1/2 Cup Unsweetened Canned Pumpkin Puree

1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon

1 - 2 Tablespoon Honey

4 Ice Cubes

( I have also added Silk Milk to thin it out a little.)

Directions:  Place all ingredients in to blender, and puree until smooth.

Today is National Chocolate Milkshake Day

Photo credit:  Food Network

I love finding out the different, odd, cool national "holiday's" days that cities and states have come up with. 

Today, as I learned this morning was National Chocolate Milkshake Day.  Don't worry, I didn't know this either.

In honor of National Chocolate Milkshake Day, I thought I would share this great recipe for a Chocolate Milkshake.

4 Scoops Chocolate Ice Cream

Chocolate Syrup

1 Cup Milk

1/4 Cup Cream

Combine all the ingredients together into a blender, and blend.  Pour into large glasses, and serve ice cold. 

Okay, so it's not the healthiest, but it sure is delicious!