Mozart Chocolate Cream Pumpkin Spice | Drinks Recipe

As it’s October, you can now get almost everything in orange, or in Pumpkin Spice flavour. As it turns out, alcohol is no exception to that. As it’s the season we decided to pick up the Mozart Chocolate Cream Pumpkin Spice edition when we spotted it online. I’m going to talk about it for a little bit today as part of our highly Halloween-themed Blogtober challenge.

Firstly, although it’s tough to see on the label, it is a dairy-based alcohol – like Tia Maria and Baileys. If you don’t like those – or have severe allergies – then just stay away. It’s got quite a lot in common with those two brands, however, it should definitely be noted that the flavour really, really comes through in this one.

That said, I’m actually not the biggest fan of pumpkin spice. But this is definitely not to the extremes that we see in other things (Coffee). Sipping it straight you almost immediately get the creamy texture coming though, this is actually almost syrupy. Then, rather than just the flavouring, the bite of the spirit comes through at the same time, with the bite dying away and leaving the taste. It’s nice, and it’s not bad drinking straight, although as with it’s dairy-based cousins I find that it’s better mixed with something else.

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Pumpkin Spice Scones | Recipe

It’s a Autumn tradition to create these Pumpkin Spice Scones in our house! I’ve been making them for the better part of five Autumns, so it’s a scone that I really enjoy. When I first moved to England, I wanted to make an “English Pumpkin Thing” so I made some pumpkin scones. Over time, this recipe has changed a bit, but at it’s core it is still everything I love in a dessert. The scones are a bit more cake-like then scone-like, but that’s part of their charm!

When it comes to pumpkin puree, you can either use the canned stuff (if you can find it) or make your own. To make your own, you just need to purchase a cooking pumpkin – not a carving pumpkin – split it in half, scoop out the middle, and roast it, before digging out the flesh and pureeing it. I can’t seem to find the canned pumpkin puree in stores in England anymore, so this year I made my own. You don’t need much of it, so do keep an eye on our blog for more recipes using the puree we made! Let’s get into the pumpkin spice scones recipe!

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Pumpkin Seeds 3 Ways

Pumpkin seeds are a must this time of year, especially when you are already carving pumpkins. Did you know, that different types of pumpkins are used for different things? The inside of carving pumpkins aren’t very sweet and don’t make for good puree. Their seeds, however, do make for a good snack – as do the seeds of larger cooking pumpkins. We used the seeds from an Australian heirloom – blue/gray – pumpkin.

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Spooky Halloween Ramen | Recipe

I love ramen! I have always loved ramen. Whether you want to make your boring, Top Ramen instant noodles a bit more spooky or want to get fancy with your own homemade bone broth, we have a bunch of cute ideas to make the spookies, tastiest ramen that you could enjoy! For our version, we used a pre-made ramen broth, as we just aren’t as skilled as we could be on making our own.

Radish Ghosts

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Baked Apples with Cinnamon Ice Cream | Recipe

I love baked apples – they look spooky, they taste yummy, and they are perfect this time of year. I also love ice cream, and making a cinnamon ice cream to go on top is always very fun! We love playing around with new desserts, and whether you make the ice cream to enjoy on some warm apples or make the baked apples and add whipped cream. I am happy to share my recipe for baked apples and cinnamon ice cream for you to try this autumn.

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