(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts
June 25, 2023
June 13, 2022
May 17, 2022
Cookies and Cupcakes
November 2, 2021
Delicious Knafeh
June 24, 2021
Ever Sit On A Cow
June 1, 2021
Cheesecake and Whipped Cream
January 19, 2021
Ah, German Chocolate Cake
November 13, 2020
Donut Art
September 14, 2020
Best Bread Pudding
July 23, 2020
Wow, Good Enough To Eat
September 3, 2019
Cheesecake Heaven
This was an awesome display of the varieties of it at the Cheesecake Factory.
I remember my mom used to make a pretty darn great cheesecake (and a lot of other good food)!
I still can see the graham cracker crust with the sweet hot creamy cheese filling coming out of the oven.
Unfortunately one of the conundrum of life is that all the good tasting things are so darn fattening and bad for us.
I think though if they can make fake burgers like Beyond that taste like the real thing, then surely at some point they will figure out how to make a skinny cheesecake that tastes good.
There are still some mysteries left in this universe for us to unravel. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 18, 2019
This Is What You Smell
"This Is What You Smell!"
Hot cinnamon pecans or almonds.
Wow, did that smell nice.
I got a tiny bag of the pecans, and when I opened it, the smell and taste that hot cinnamon really took over.
Were there other smells present as well?
Probably, but I chose to focus on the cinnamon nuts.
The other smells will have to wait for their special sign and appropriate attention to deal with it. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
March 26, 2019
Out of Control Ice Cream
But somehow I managed not to get any...this time.
I promise!
LOL
These are made with fresh hot waffles wrapped around your choice of ice cream and toppings.
As you can see these are pretty big and scrumptious!
Anyway, they have a store in Rockville and I absolutely must stay away from it.
Oh, maybe I just go in once for a taste. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 22, 2019
Rainbow Cake :)
Price is not bad for $3.99.
Calories are horrific at 750!
What happened to the broken blue part of the cake at the bottom--maybe that's where another 50 calories got lopped off.
Anyway, it's Friday and I want to wish everyone a happy Rainbow Cake weekend and a Shabbat Shalom!
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
August 19, 2018
Fav Ice Cream
Soft chocolate swirl ice cream topped in a hard chocolate shell that literally melts in your mouth.
OMG, this is to die for.
This is not something you get every day...it's a special treat.
They have this ice cream locally in the mall, and sometimes I just go there, literally, just a taste of this.
Usually, I get the small and then share this, but even that is too much really.
It is like a meal in and of itself.
So rich, creamy, cold, and chocolatey flavorful.
Who needs caramel (sitting next to it) when you have chocolate!
Love it, love it, love it.
Yum, yum, yum. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 5, 2018
Calories Extreme!
They said they bought a slice of cheesecake.
I asked: "Was it the Oreo Cheesecake?"
They said, "yeah!"
But they went on, "It was too much for one person to eat."
Uh, you think?
Check out how many calories are in one piece of this "Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake" -->>1,630!
Yes, that's one slice, not the whole cake!!!
And over 50% is from fat!
Take all this in context: The calories for an average female and male is just 1,900 and 2,500, respectively, if your moderately active.
So one slice of cheesecake like this Oreo flavor is around 86% or 65% of the total recommended calorie intake for a women or man for the entire day!
What the heck do they put into this cheesecake--butter, cream cheese, sugar by the truckload!
I know it must be good, but does it also have to be this deadly! ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 1, 2018
Worst Passover Cake Ever
It's definitely not kosher for Pesach.
Not only is it made from chametz, but it's shaped like a chazer (i.e. pig) too.
This thing would be conceptually treyf even on the best of non-Passover days.
Does it have lard too?
I don't know for sure, but would it really be a pig cake if it didn't!
This lousy cake doesn't even have an ounce of chocolate in it--have you ever heard of a genuine dessert that tastes like the calorie count it adds up to be without chocolate?
I've heard of the callous calling people a pig for eating too much cake and being fat, but making the oink oink face directly on the cake itself--and on Passover--is not only insulting, but at $28.95, it's overpriced too. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
March 20, 2018
Fortune Cookie Generator
"If your cookie still in one piece, buy lotto."
Hmm, what cookie is this referring to? And why should I buy lotto?
So I start to think that this is likely a computer-generated garbage fortune--i.e. the artificial intelligence makes no f*ckin sense!
Anyway, you will be fascinated to know that the modern fortune cookie with the paper fortune inside the hollow of the cookie was invented in California.
However, the Japanese put something like this in the bend of the cookie already in the 19th century.
Using this fortune as an example, I have this gnawing feeling that the Japanese fortunes had a lot more intellectual substance to them.
Anyway, someone tell this lame cookie fortune teller that Lotto is way out and Powerball is in and where the real winnings are. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
November 23, 2017
Chocolate Turkey Delight
Gobs and gobs of white, milk, and dark chocolate.
And they actually shaped it all like a turkey.
Sort of cute, but also sort of sugary disgusting, no?
Generally, I'm not a huge fan of eating turkey either.
Maybe when they boil it in oil, and it's cooked through and through, it actually comes out juicy and not so bad.
But give me a nice piece of beef, and I'll be your pal forever!
A colleague who was a veterinarian and worked inspecting meat plants overseas told me some things about the cleanliness though that made my skin crawl.
"The cleanliness outside of the U.S. is WAY DIFFERENT than here!"--and not in a good way.
Even in places that do maintain clean facilities and healthy animals, the way that "they make the sausage" sounded so unappetizing.
It made me think of all those PETA and other commercials that show the chickens and other caged birds in those crowded and filthy (and diseased) conditions...even aside from the cruelty, it's enough to make you cringe.
He said they mash the meat until it's like just a pink paste that gets shot into the tubes for hot dogs and things like that.
"It looks disgusting!"
Also, they put parts of the animal in that are basically leftover meats from the head and other parts of the animal that did NOT sound desirable at all.
I'm thinking to myself...FROM THE HEAD.
Uh, no more hot dogs for me, thank you.
I think that I'll stick with a nice steak or burger or something KOSHER and palatable.
You can have your turkey and your sausage and eat it, but not me! ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 10, 2017
Pirate Cake Pops
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