Pumpkin pie is a traditional holiday treat most often eaten around Thanksgiving, but did you know that pumpkin pie comes in a variety of flavors? I’ve listed a few here to give you ideas of recipes to look for that would entice your family during the holidays…You might also try a different flavor of pumpkin pie for a change this year just to be different.
Some flavors that you can find recipes for online include: pumpkin pie cheesecake, pecan pumpkin pie, pumpkin cream cheese pie, sweet pumpkin pie, pumpkin puddin’ pie, apple butter pumpkin pie, maple pumpkin pie, pumpkin gingersnap pie, ginger pumpkin pie, tofu pumpkin pie, hazelnut pumpkin pie, cranberry pumpkin pie, pumpkin icecream pie, apple peach pumpkin pie, pumpkin rum pie, pumpkin pecan crumble pie, vegan pumpkin pie, and the most popular of them all just plain ole fresh pumpkin pie.
How many flavors of pumpkin pie are there you ask? Countless….a different one for you to try on every holiday, so go ahead, mix it up a little this holiday season!
We’ve already discussed Classic Ice Cream Flavors, so let’s discuss some weird ice cream flavors. Here are some of the weirdest flavors of ice cream I’ve seen….and most of them are Japanese ice creams! Seems they have the most unusual flavors….
1. Octopus Ice Cream - A Japanese specialty, octopus ice cream is an ice cream flavor that will not appeal to everyone. Part delicacy, part weirdness, octopus ice cream has to be number one on this list!
2. Bacon and Egg Ice Cream - Yes, this one is true - I am not making this up. Apparently some British restaurant named The Fat Duck serves it.
3. Chicken Wing Ice Cream - Another Japanese specialty - ice cream that actually has the flavor of fried chicken wings. MMMmmmm…
4. Eel Ice Cream - Yes, another Japanese flavor!
5. Wasabi Ice Cream - Japanese of course. A tangy-wasabi flavored ice cream.
What is flavor exactly and how do you taste?
Flavor is a “taste;” it is a substance that gives a particular sensory perception to your mouth. Your mouth, which contains thousands of taste buds will sense the particular flavor of which you are eating, the taste buds will then send out the signal and you will “taste” what you taste. Your nose often works in conjunction with your sense of taste…next time you have a cold or are sick you will notice that food and flavors do not taste the same as when you are feeling well.
Frozen fruit smoothies recipes here for your review right in time for summer! The fruit is the main ingredient of the fruit smoothie - and because of this, smoothies come in as many flavors as there are fruits.
In order to change it up a little bit for summer, try this twist on your fruit smoothie: make it frozen! A frozen fruit smoothie is ideal for summer, and you can make it in a variety of refreshingly cool summer flavors…you might try the frozen Key Lime Smoothie (key limes of course being the main ingredient), or how about a frozen banana-strawberry fruit smoothie?! Or what about a frozen melon fruit smoothie? Just the sound of these smothies is enough to cool you off!
Here’s a great recipe for a frozen fruit smoothie:
buy a bag of frozen mixed fruit (I like to buy mine in bulk from Sam’s - it gives enough fruit to make smoothies for an entire month!) Add about 2.5 cups of frozen fruit, about 1 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of apple juice or orange juice, then sweeten the whole mixture with honey! Mix it in a blender until it’s all blended together the consistency of a thick shake.
It makes a delicious and refreshing drink - and not only are fruit smoothies flavorful and refreshing but they are also very healthY! Try it and make this fruit drink the flavor of your summer!
Yoplait Go-gurt flavors! Go-gurt is a kind of yogurt that is portable - it is yogurt in a tube! You are supposed to squeeze the tube to get the yogurt out, it’s specifically targeted for kids. Go-gurt comes in a selection of flavors meant to appeal to kids, and some of the flavors do have pretty cool names. Here’s a list of the flavors of Yoplait Gogurt:
- Banana Split / Strawberry Milkshake
- Cool Cotton Candy / Burstin’ Melon Berry
- Strawberry Kiwi-Kick / Chill-Out Cherry
- Rad Raspberry / Paradise Punch
- Strawberry Splash / Berry Blue Blast
- Ro-Gurt Special Edition: Shaggy’s Like Cool Punch & Rawberry
- SpongeBob Special Edition: Strawberry Riptide & Bikini Bottom Berry
The flavor of fresh peach cobbler is a very southern flavor. Ideally, fresh peach cobbler should have a tasty blend of flavors including sweet flavor of summer peaches, mixed in with the fresh flavor of peach juice, and a special blend of explosive spice flavors to give the cobbler that special flavor, including either nutmeg or cinammon. Peach cobbler is a very filling dessert, and the flavor is comforting and familiar, and often reminds people of home or their grandma or grandparents house.
Recipes for peach cobbler abound - you’ll find creative recipes which make peach cobbler with a cake mix or a bisquick mix, peach cobbler with a double crust or a crispy crust. Even low-fat peach cobbler recipes. Check out Easy Peach Cobbler Recipes on recipezaar; experiment with the spices to get the pie flavor exactly the way you want it.
Beside peach cobbler itself, peach cobbler is also a popular summer icecream flavor - check out the Ben & Jerry’s Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler if you want to try it! It has cinnamon, sugar and shortbread pieces and is both an ice cream and pie enthusaists dream!
What makes for a good lemonade flavor? The best lemonade should be slightly sour in flavor, and sweetened only enough to reduce it from being sour enough to make your face cringe. In other words, lemonade should not be very very sweet…err on the side of being sour. As for Frozen lemonade, keep in mind that you drink frozen lemonade when it is hot, so you want it to be refreshing. If you make it too sweet, you’ll be dissatisfied with it, and you’ll want water. Therefore, you want to keep frozen lemonade slightly sour in flavor as well.
How do you make frozen lemonade? A good recipe for frozen lemonade that comes out with a good flavor is:
- approx. 1 cup of lemon juice, 3 cups of crushed ice, 3/4 cup of sugar, 3/4 cup of water. Put in the blender and blend!
Enjoy!!
Right in time for summer, let’s talk about Kool Aid Flavors! The original six flavors of Kool Aid include Raspberry, Cherry, Grape, Lemon, Orange, and Root-Beer. When the powder is mixed with the correct amount of water, all the flavors have a refreshing light taste. They also all have a very sweet-tasting flavor. Grape in particular is slightly different with a sweet-sour flavor, especially appealing to children. If you’re worried about all the sugar in Kool-Aid, you might try the sugar free flavors of kool-aid, which are Cherry, Grape, Lemonade, Soarin’ Strawberry Lemonade, and Tropical Punch. Even the sugar free versions however are surprisingly sweet and are particularly appealing to children for this reason. One interesting fact about Kool Aid: Kool Aid is the official soft drink of Nebraska!
Recipe for Kool Aid / How to Make Kool-Aid: Kool-Aid comes in powder form in little packets. The packet will tell you how much water that should be mixed with the powder. Warm one third of the water instructed in the mixing. Then mix the fruit sugar flavoring from the packet into the warm water. Then put in the rest of the water and stir. Add ice to finish it off. Let it sit for 5 minutes, and you’re ready for this summery-sweet refreshing summer flavor!
Anise cookies are especially good for those people who like the flavor of licorice or licorice flavored pastries since it is made with anise seed or anise extract which both smells and tastes like licorice. (Anise seed is a seed related to caraway, dill, and fennel, and is popular in European cooking, in particular with fish and shellfish cooking to give the food a Mediterranean flavor. Look in the spice section of the supermarket for a bottle.) Anise cookies are a great choice for the holidays because of the sweet licorice flavor..be advised though that the taste is bold, and not subtle. If you’re looking for recipes for how to make anise cookies - here’s a good Anise Cookie Recipe for those looking to use their anise extract or anise seeds in a tasty dish. Here’s another good recipe for Italian Anise Cookies. Finally, here’s another recipe for Sour Cream Anise Cookies. So licorice lovers pull out your anise extract and get cooking!
p.s. For more info on anise, check out my post on Anise Flavored Liquer.
Today’s flavor is white chocolate. White chocolate is a popular variation of the classic flavor chocolate. White chocolate flavor has been described as tasting like chocolate but with a milky and smoother flavor. The ingredients for white chocolate include sugar, cocoa butter (the fat from cocoa beans), milk solids, lecithin, sugar, and vanilla. One notable difference between chocolate and white chocolate is that white chocolate does not contain chocolate liquor or cocoa solids. Because it does not have any cocoa solids, white chocolate (unlike regular chocolate) does not have any caffeine. White chocolate should not be confused with milk chocolate. (Milk chocolate actually IS chocolate, and contains sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, milk, and vanilla.) Milk chocolate appears as a brown color like chocolate, while white chocolate appears as white.White chocolate is incredibly popular, and many people that do not care for regular chocolate like white chocolate as the flavor is quite different. Flavorings of white chocolate include white chocolate pepperment bark which is popular around Christmas. White chocolate fudge is a popular dessert and is described as being creamy, rich, and very sweet - you can find recipes easy online. White chocolate cheesecake is popular in the supermarkets - a very dense and decadent dessert. You’ll never find white chocolate popcorn in a movie theater, however if you find a gourmet popcorn bag, you might find this flavor. Other items which have been flavored successfully with white chocolate include white chocolate mocha (to drink), white chocolate cookies (you can add white chocolate chips to make them), white chocolate pretzels (very popular and easy to find), white chocolate syrup, white chocolate icing, white chocolate liquer, white chocolate m&ms (yes, they exist), and the list goes on and on.White chocolate - great flavor!!
