Winter Flavors: A Gift Guide

Pumpkin spice mania has gripped the nation, flavoring everything from java to candles. While I practice bask a scoop of pumpkin H2O ice cream that appears seasonally at the Original Swensen’s H2O ice cream shop, at that topographic point are genuinely plenty of other sugariness flavors that signal the vacation season. There’s gingerbread, cranberry, cinnamon apple, eggnog too peppermint to lift precisely a few. Here are around vacation flavored things to swallow too potable I’ve come upward across lately (my favorites are indicated alongside a ❄).

Talenti Gelato makes a few "seasonal only" flavors every bit good every bit around others that are too dainty this fourth dimension of year. 

❄ Peppermint Bark is a seasonal exclusively flavor combines sparse crisp flakes of semisweet Belgian Callebaut chocolate alongside a brilliant creamy peppermint gelato. This is ridiculously good. I cannot larn plenty of it. Either stock upward or avoid it because 1 time you lot endeavour it, you lot volition endure hooked. $3.50 per pint at my local grocery store. 

❄ Fudge Brownie gelato is for anyone who likes chocolate; this is a hit. It’s a rich chocolate H2O ice cream, but alongside bits of rich too fudgey chocolate brownie inwards it, modest pieces, but precisely plenty to brand the gelato fifty-fifty to a greater extent than chocolatey too delicious. So good! Thankfully it’s available all yr long.  About $3.99 per pint. 

I honey the flavor of eggnog, I fifty-fifty purpose it things similar pancakes. Old World Eggnog gelato has that rattling custardy flavor rich alongside eggs, vanilla too nutmeg. I similar it, though non every bit much every bit the Peppermint Bark or the Fudge Brownie. It’s around other express seasonally available flavor.  Suggested retail cost is $4.99-5.99 per pint. 

Pumpkin Pie gelato has chocolate-brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg too pumpkin addition pieces of pie crust. I constitute this flavor heavy on the spice too I’m non a fan of pie crust inwards my H2O ice cream then this 1 did non win me over. It’s exclusively available until Dec 31.  Suggested retail cost is $4.99-5.99 per pint. 

Caramel Apple Pie gelato is around other gelato alongside pie crust, precisely non my thing. This too has a lot of caramel flavor that competes alongside the apple tree flavor. I approximate I similar my gelato to a greater extent than unproblematic too pure. About $3.99 per pint. 

❄ Spiced Winter Red Tea is called tea, too it comes from a fellowship called TeaPigs, but at that topographic point is no actual tea inwards it. Winter Spice Red Tea is mainly the herb rooibos, alongside orangish peel, ginkgo leaves, orangish blossom, cinnamon, ginseng, cloves too safflower petals. I’m pretty crazy nearly it. The spices are good integrated non overpowering but warming. It’s peculiarly expert alongside milk too needs no sugar. 

This could definitely endure your larn to wintertime tea too I intend it would endure non bad to purpose inwards hot apple tree cider or to brand mulled wine! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bundle of xv tea bags is $9.99

DAVIDsTEA has a huge pick of blends—with herbs, flowers, spices. They convey over 150 varieties too blends, too you lot tin odor or fifty-fifty endeavour whatsoever 1 you lot similar at a Davids Tea shop. Some convey light-green or dark tea but non all of them. Some too purpose artificial flavorings, then practice banking concern fit the labels if that’s a concern. They offering dissimilar teas each season, the Winter Collection is available individually or inwards boxes alongside iii or all five for $27.50. 

❄ Apple Custard is a fruit infusion alongside apples, golden raisins, coriander, chamomile too a hint of vanilla (both natural too artificial flavoring). It’s a expert tea to purpose inwards a cocktail. It’s dainty to convey a vacation flavor that doesn’t include cinnamon for a change. 

❄ Bubbie’s Baklava is an oolong tea alongside roasted chicory root, pineapple, papaya, cinnamon, walnuts, apple, ginger, roasted almonds, cardamom, rose pepper, pistachios, rose blossom, artificial flavoring. It somehow manages to have the richness of baklava. It’s a genuinely fun tea. I was surprised at how much I liked it. I tin imagine it made into a wonderful unproblematic syrup to purpose inwards drinks or alongside desserts. 

Cocomint tea is around other fruit infusion. It includes apple, coconut, sugariness blackberry leaves, peppermint, spearmint too natural kokosnoot flavoring. It's fruity too neither the kokosnoot or the mint genuinely come upward across. Let's precisely state it's non my loving cup of tea. 

Sugarplum Forest is a rooibos based tea alongside apple, hibiscus, ginger, licorice root, raisins, cinnamon, rose hip peel, plum, cardamom, star anise, bruised pepper, cloves, chili pieces, too artificial flavoring. It's fruity alongside a subtle chili kicking to it. It volition tickle your throat! Don't over brew it. 

Vanilla Chai is an organic dark tea alongside cinnamon, dark tea, licorice root, ginger, vanilla too natural vanilla too cream flavoring. All chai is dissimilar too Davids Tea makes quite a few including Chocolate Chili Chai, Pumpkin Chai, Cinnamon Rooibos Chai too Saigon Chai alongside cinnamon, ginger too cardamom. This 1 is to a greater extent than traditional but alongside plenty of spice. 

❄ Chateau Bakery Clair de Lune Buttery Sugar Cookies are ridiculously buttery too but divine! They yoke then good alongside vacation flavored H2O ice cream or tea that I precisely had to include them. I know many people similar to bake cookies this fourth dimension of year, but I challenge you lot to brand cookies every bit expert every bit these! They are made alongside nada to a greater extent than than cane sugar, flour, butter, common salt too vanilla powder. They positively melt inwards your mouth. You tin larn them inwards a handsome large box for $25 or iv modest boxes for $16, which would endure perfect to tuck into a gift basket. 

I can’t intend of a nicer hostess gift than either a pint of vacation H2O ice cream too cookies or vacation tea too cookies. Can you? 

Disclaimer: My thank you lot to Talenti Gelato, Davids Tea too Chateau Bakery for providing samples for me to review. I was non monetarily compensated for this or whatsoever other post. 

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