{Winter Wonderland Desserts}

As I think I have mentioned before i absolutely love winter and Christmas time; and I adore all the yummy food that comes along with it! It's safe to say I spend many, many hours melting chocolate, crushing peppermints, and baking all sorts of winter treats. This is one, very simple and store-bought dessert that I really enjoy, and its super easy!

Peppermint Ice Cream Bowls With Hot Fudge

INGREDIENTS:

~ Peppermint Ice Cream

~ Hot fudge -or- chocolate syrup

DIRECTIONS:

~ Heat up hot fudge and place aboue 3 tablespoons in each bowl for serving. Make sure to thuroughly coat the bottom and sides of each bowl.

~ Place 2 large scoops of ice cream in each bowl.

ta da! so simple and cheap but a yummy winter treat :)

tips&&tricks;

     ~ I used Dryers peppermint ice cream, because it's my personal favorite. Some other good brands are Starbucks, Bryers, and Trader Joes

     ~ Place the bowls in the freezer 2 hours before serving, bowls will be frosty and cold when you serve desert.

     ~ You can also top the ice cream with chocolate shavings, mini marshmellows or whipped cream.

xo

B

{Serendipity} Frozen Hot Chocolate

If I had to pick my favorite thing about fall&&winter time, I would definitely choose the food. Something about the the weather, music, and just overall "cuddle" feeling, makes food taste so much richer around this time of year. I absolutely adore it. Well, the past few winters many of my friends would talk about "frozen hot chocolate" and what a wonderful concoction it is. So last night I looked up the original recipe from Serendipity in New York. It was simple, and turned out really yummy. 

INGREDIENTS:

~ 6 pieces (1/2 oz) chocolate, a variety of your favorites

~ 2 teaspoons store-bought hot chocolate mix

~ 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

~ 3 cups ice

~ Whipped cream

~ Chocolate Shavings

DIRECTIONS:

Chop the chocolate into small pieces. Place it in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar. Stir until completely melted. Remove from heat and slowly add ½ cup of milk until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

In a blender, place the remaining cup of milk, the room-temperature chocolate mixture and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a giant goblet and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

tips&&tricks:

     ~for the chocolate shavings, simply take a chocolate bar, zap it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds, and use a vegetable peeler to create shavings.

     ~ in addition to chocolate shavings to top the whipped cream, you can also crush peppermint on top for an extra treat. Or add a tablespoon of Starbucks peppermint syrup to the frozen mix to make frozen peppermint hot chocolate. 

Enjoy!

XO.

B