Add a Reindeer Bar to your next holiday gathering.
Love this idea!! Reindeer - made with Laughing Cow spreadable cheese triangles with pretzel twist antlers, peppercorn eyes and olive noses.
Reindeer Food Bar: Be creative and make it a taco bar with a variety of toppings.
North Pole Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting and Toasted Coconut.
Drink recipes from BHG
Tiramisu Tippers
Ingredients- 1/2 cup coffee ice cream
- 1 oz. (2 TB.) vodka
- 1 oz. (2 TB.) coffee liqueur
- 1/2 oz. (1 TB.) creme de cacao
- 1/2cup ice cubes
Chocolate-covered coffee beans, coarsely chopped (optional)
available at coffee shops
Directions
- In a blender, combine ice cream, vodka, coffee liqueur, and creme de cacao. Add ice cubes. Cover and blend until mixture is smooth.
- Pour mixture into four espresso cups. If desired, top each with coarsely chopped coffee beans.
- Serve immediately.
Chocolate Blitzen
Ingredients- 2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
- 1/3 cup chocolate-flavored sprinkles
- 1 cup chocolate ice cream
- 2 oz. (1/4 cup) Irish cream liqueur
- 1 oz. (2TB.) dark cream de cacao
- 1 oz. (2 TB.) vodka
- Chocolate curls or grated chocolate
- In a heavy small saucepan, heat chocolate over low heat until melted. Dip the rims of martini glasses in the melted chocolate and then dip in the sprinkles. Chill until serving time.
- In a blender, combine ice cream, Irish cream liqueur, cream de cacao, and vodka. Cover and blend until mixture is smooth.
- Pour into four prepared glasses. Garnish with chocolate curls.
- Serve immediately.
Pomegranate Sparklers
Ingredients- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 1 bottle sparkling wine, such as Prosecco, Asti Spumante, or brut champagne, chilled
- In a bowl place pomegranate seeds and enough brandy to cover. Cover; let stand at room temperature for 4 hours.
- For each Sparkler, pour 5 oz. sparkling wine into a champagne glass. Add a few brandied seeds. Makes 5 servings.
Hot Scarlet Wine Punch
Ingredients- 2 inches stick cinnamon, broken into 1-inch pieces
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 32 oz. bottle cranberry juice (4 cups)
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 750 milliliter bottle white Zinfandel or dry white wine
- Cranberry-Cinnamon Swizzle Sticks (optional)
- For spice bag, cut a double thickness of 100%-cotton cheesecloth into a 6-inch square. Place cinnamon and cloves in center of cheesecloth square. Bring up corners of cheesecloth and tie closed with clean 100%-cotton kitchen string.
- In a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker, combine spice bag, cranberry juice, and brown sugar.
- Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 3 to 4 hours or on high-heat setting for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove spice bag.
- If using low-heat setting, turn to high-heat setting. Stir wine into mixture in cooker. Cover and cook for 30 minutes more.
- Serve immediately or cover and keep warm on warm setting or low-heat setting for up to 2 hours. Stir occasionally.
- If desired, serve with Cranberry-Cinnamon Swizzle Sticks.
This is AWESOME! I can't wait to try this idea this weekend! thanks Susan :)
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