Monday, November 5, 2012

Adding Thanksgiving Chocolate Treats To Your Holiday

By Tameka Ware


Thanksgiving chocolate treats might not be the first thing you think about when creating your holiday menu. However, this decadent add-on can work no matter the time of year in many dessert recipes. When it comes to desserts, a fudge-laced indulgence can become a wonderful flavor complement to many other celebratory recipes you may serve only on this holiday.

Your warm drinks can go beyond hot tea or coffee. Cocoa can be a filling and satisfying before-meal or after-meal treat. After a meal, it might be better for digestion than a rich piece of pie, which could be eaten later. Less caffeine in a cup of cocoa also means that you might fall asleep easier than if you kept taking in cups of coffee. If you want to stick with coffee, try a sprinkle of cocoa in the cup.

If you want to go ahead and add flavor-enhanced tones to your traditional holiday desserts, you can crush up chocolate-wafer cookies to use as a reliable and tasty pie crust for pumpkin. The rich combination could strike just the right fall combination with your meal. Remember to add shavings from baker's varieties to the whipped topping for a final detail.

Melted pieces or shavings from a block that bakers use could become a special type of icing or topping added to other desserts you normally would serve. Try this topping over a blend of carrot cake made with pumpkin. You might even have pumpkin-flavored ice cream, which you could add a hot, melted topping to for a rich sundae effect. Add some bananas and you have a holiday hot fudge sundae.

Fudge or brownies alone or modified with your recipes can also be elegant desserts that you might want to try instead of, or in addition to, pies. Try mixing a brownie packet with canned pumpkin and cover with frosting made of cream cheese for a moist and low-fat treat. Many boxes of brownie mix around the holidays will have recipe ideas that can work for you for this special day when you want everything to be exemplary.

For the cranberry fans in your family, try a fudge cranberry cookie recipe or white-chocolate oatmeal cranberry cookies for a different variety of cookie collections. Pies served after the turkey do not have to be strictly pumpkin, either. Turtle pie with pecans, peanut butter, pecans and any combination of fudge filling can be just as appealing to those who may not like pumpkin.

Chips also can add a new flavor burst to your traditional recipes served at this time. Pumpkin bread can have streaks of melted fudge within and be a warm treat. Banana bread could go with dark or white chips purchased in the baking aisle at your local market for another flavor surprise. Serve with a side of ice cream for a decadent display.

Adding Thanksgiving chocolate to your traditional holiday fare can be easy and adventurous. Take the time to review your regular recipes and see how you can take them to the next level with this added ingredient. Your next holiday may be transformed with new and exciting ideas for serving sweet treats.




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