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When it comes to ice cream I can be pretty fussy. I like creamy versus chunky and I have a weakness for rich decadent flavors. So a few years ago when Häagen-Dazs introduced Dulce de Leche ice cream I was in heaven. I'd describe it as deliciously intense caramel, set against a backdrop of creaminess. If you check out the ingredients you'll know why it's so yummy, it's made of cream, condensed milk, egg yolks, sugar and not one artifical ingredient.
Häagen-Dazs has recently introduced Cinnamon Dulce de Leche, which has the same luscious caramel and an added hint of cinnamon. I love it! Since both dulce de leche and cinnamon are popular flavors in Latin America this combination makes perfect sense to me.
For lovers of chunky flavors, check out the other newish Häagen-Dazs flavor, Sticky Toffee Pudding, a tribute to the classic British dessert that seems to be getting more and more popular these days. You'll find it on menus coast to coast, from a New York gastropub to San Francisco's own Town Hall. It's also a favorite of food bloggers, near and far. The ice cream version is a mix of creamy vanilla ice cream, chunks of moist, brown sugary cake and swirls of toffee sauce and dates.
Tomorrow only from 4 - 8 pm you can get a free scoop of either of the two new flavors. You can find a shop near you by clicking here.
FOOD
- World Dulce De Leche Day---dark Chocolate Turtle Cupcakes
My contribution to World Dulce de Leche day; double-dark chocolate cupcakes filled with glorious dulce de leche, topped with a dark chocolate ganache, pin-striped with more dulce de leche & finally topped with chopped, toasted pecans. You know you...
- Forget Those Self-adhesives...
If I could only get my hands on these Australian stamps... Haagen-Dazs-flavored stamps? Seriously??? Brilliant! I know I'm not the first to blog about this, but it's just too good to ignore. So...any Aussies want to send some over? Preferably...
- Shf #12-cooking Up Custard: Dulce De Leche Ice Cream
(I'm melting...melting!) This month's Sugar High Friday, hosted by Elise of Simply Recipes, is all about custard. Still recovering from a rather nasty flu/cold, I toyed with the idea of skipping SHF this month. But, no matter how crappy I might...
- The Scent Of Green Bananas In The Cupcake Bakeshop
I have a lot of pictures lying around from before we left Denmark - including these, of some cupcakes I served for my brothers birthday in late February. It's not so much a recipe, but more of an idea. It sprang from the fabulous White Chocolate...
- Dining With The Bloggers - February 16th.
For this week's Dining with the Bloggers, Cathy suggested she and I tried out ingredients that we've never cooked with before. If you are anything like me, you too have there, in the back of the cupboard, weird stuff that you bought on a whim,...
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Free Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Tomorrow!
When it comes to ice cream I can be pretty fussy. I like creamy versus chunky and I have a weakness for rich decadent flavors. So a few years ago when Häagen-Dazs introduced Dulce de Leche ice cream I was in heaven. I'd describe it as deliciously intense caramel, set against a backdrop of creaminess. If you check out the ingredients you'll know why it's so yummy, it's made of cream, condensed milk, egg yolks, sugar and not one artifical ingredient.
Häagen-Dazs has recently introduced Cinnamon Dulce de Leche, which has the same luscious caramel and an added hint of cinnamon. I love it! Since both dulce de leche and cinnamon are popular flavors in Latin America this combination makes perfect sense to me.
For lovers of chunky flavors, check out the other newish Häagen-Dazs flavor, Sticky Toffee Pudding, a tribute to the classic British dessert that seems to be getting more and more popular these days. You'll find it on menus coast to coast, from a New York gastropub to San Francisco's own Town Hall. It's also a favorite of food bloggers, near and far. The ice cream version is a mix of creamy vanilla ice cream, chunks of moist, brown sugary cake and swirls of toffee sauce and dates.
Tomorrow only from 4 - 8 pm you can get a free scoop of either of the two new flavors. You can find a shop near you by clicking here.
FOOD
- World Dulce De Leche Day---dark Chocolate Turtle Cupcakes
My contribution to World Dulce de Leche day; double-dark chocolate cupcakes filled with glorious dulce de leche, topped with a dark chocolate ganache, pin-striped with more dulce de leche & finally topped with chopped, toasted pecans. You know you...
- Forget Those Self-adhesives...
If I could only get my hands on these Australian stamps... Haagen-Dazs-flavored stamps? Seriously??? Brilliant! I know I'm not the first to blog about this, but it's just too good to ignore. So...any Aussies want to send some over? Preferably...
- Shf #12-cooking Up Custard: Dulce De Leche Ice Cream
(I'm melting...melting!) This month's Sugar High Friday, hosted by Elise of Simply Recipes, is all about custard. Still recovering from a rather nasty flu/cold, I toyed with the idea of skipping SHF this month. But, no matter how crappy I might...
- The Scent Of Green Bananas In The Cupcake Bakeshop
I have a lot of pictures lying around from before we left Denmark - including these, of some cupcakes I served for my brothers birthday in late February. It's not so much a recipe, but more of an idea. It sprang from the fabulous White Chocolate...
- Dining With The Bloggers - February 16th.
For this week's Dining with the Bloggers, Cathy suggested she and I tried out ingredients that we've never cooked with before. If you are anything like me, you too have there, in the back of the cupboard, weird stuff that you bought on a whim,...