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Christmas Punch

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This delicious Christmas Punch recipe is fruity and delicious! Make it with rum for a punch with alcohol, or omit for non alcoholic. Need a great punch recipe for the holidays? Try this Christmas Punch! The flavor is fruity and delicious, with a little sparkle from ginger ale. You can make it with rum for a punch with alcohol, or omit it for non alcoholic. Either way, it tastes incredible! As two drink and cocktail experts, we’re big fans of punches and pitchers because they make it so simple to serve a crowd. Garnish it up with sliced citrus, rosemary branches, and cranberries, and it makes a festive centerpiece for any gather. Ingredients in this Christmas punch recipe This Christmas Punch recipe is easy with minimal ingredients, perfect for no-fuss holiday entertaining! When it comes to punch, we’ve found that it’s not any “anything goes” situation. After some careful testing and tweaking, we found the perfect combination of juices, carbonated bubbles, and optional al...
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Chocolate Pancakes

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This chocolate pancakes recipe is a fun breakfast treat! The flavor is rich and chocolaty, but it still works to start the day, or as a snack or dessert. Top with syrup and fresh strawberries or raspberries. Chocolate for breakfast? This is not an everyday occurrence for us, since we generally eat Mediterranean diet recipes . But when it’s a holiday or a special occasion: count us in for a fun breakfast or brunch! This chocolate pancake recipe is rich and chocolaty, but still works for breakfast topped with maple syrup and fresh strawberries or raspberries. They’re great for holidays like as a Christmas breakfast idea or Valentine’s Day . You can also eat it as a decadent snack or even a dessert. Since we’re all chocoholics, our whole family loved these—of course! The flavor key—Dutch process cocoa powder This chocolate pancakes recipe uses Dutch process (dark) cocoa powder to get a dark chocolaty flavor. It’s a special type of cocoa powder treated with an alkali to make i...
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Pickle Martini

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Calling all pickle lovers! Here’s the cocktail of your dreams: the dill pickle martini ! Essentially a dirty martini with pickle juice, it’s a fun spin on the classic that infuses a briny, salty flavor. The other day we were out at a restaurant and something on the cocktail menu sparked our interest: a “pickle martini.” Since Alex and I are lovers of all things dill pickles and authors of hundreds of cocktail recipes , of course we had to give it a try. This drink tastes exactly how it sounds—adding pickle juice to a dry martini infuses it with briny, salty flavor. It makes for one irresistible sip (at least for pickle lovers!). Here’s how to make one for yourself! Ingredients in a pickle martini A pickle martini is simply a dirty martini with pickle juice instead of olive brine. You’ll need to dial up the pickle juice for it to shine through, so it uses double the pickle juice versus our dirty martini recipe. Here are the ingredients you’ll need: 2 ounces gin ½ ounce...
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