This season is all about the sweet treats. Whether you need something for when company’s coming or to take to a party, there are many delectable dessert options available.
Grab a White Chocolate Peppermint Silk Santa Pie from Pie Junkie. The pie is made with white chocolate mousse with a delicate mint flavour and topped with whipped cream. While Pie Junkie is known for their delicious pies, they also have some cookies, brownies and squares, just in time for the holidays.
Crave has the cutest cupcakes in their North Pole Specialty Pack. Santa, Rudolph and a Polar Bear are joined in a six pack with Sponge Toffee, Crave-o-licious and Spiced Eggnog Cupcakes.
Yann Haute Patisserie always comes up with an impressive holiday collection every year. Their Mandarin Peak cake is made with mandarin sherbet, hazelnut cake with an almond sable and hazelnut crunch. The peak is covered in a mandarin meringue. They also have a Chocolate Hike dessert made with chocolate genoise, dark chocolate panna cotta, a chocolate cookie crunch and a dark chocolate mousse. It is then dipped in dark chocolate. A chocolate lovers dream.
The Rustic Sourdough Bakery has some impressive tortes that’s perfect for any gathering. Their Sacher Torte has two layers of very dark, chocolate cake which is filled with raspberry jam. Their Hazelnut Buttercream Torte has three layers of hazelnut cake filled with hazelnut buttercream.
Stollen is a Christmas fave and you can pick one up from Sidewalk Citizen Bakery. Their stollen is babka style with rum soaked fruits and marzipan. They also have an Eggnog Layer Cake The rum soaked cake is made with a caramelized white chocolate buttercream.
Is it too cold for ice cream? Never! You can find these seasonals around town.
Made By Marcus has an Eggnog & Rum Caramel. Their eggnog base has a ripple of rum caramel running through the ice cream.
Love At First Scoop at the Calgary Farmer’s Market West are serving up Candy Cane. The vanilla and peppermint ice cream is packed with crunchy bits of peppermint candy pieces.
Head over to Village Ice Cream for their Christmas Toffee Crunch. Saltine toffee bits are enveloped in a toasted saltine sweet cream base. For those wanting something vegan, the Peppermint Hot Chocolate has multicoloured candy cane bits in a dark chocolate peppermint base.
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