#ube sugar cookies with frosting

[royal-food]

Ube Sugar Cookies with Frosting

[sundove88]

World’s End Club Headcanon Masterpost (The Go-Getters)

Cheers to the first post of 2024!!!

In General

They all have an aptly named “Ice cream day”, in which they ride off to the nearest ice cream shop to get their favorite flavors. And if you’re curious, here are each of their fave flavors:

Reycho- Caramel Banana

Vanilla- Vanilla Bean Marshmallow (Obviously)

Kansai- Tiger Milk Tea

Chuko- Cheesecake

Mowchan- Everything But The Kitchen Sink

Nyoro- Strawberries and Cream

Aniki- Toasted Oatmeal

Pai- Maple Bacon

Tattsun- Dragonfruit

Pochi- Neopolitan

Jennu- Ube

Yuki- Frosted Sugar Cookie

Each of them has a friendship bracelet- each having charms of their favorite things. Ex- Reycho has a Fist, Vanilla has a Marshmallow, Pochi has an MP3 Player, Nyoro has a robot, Mowchan has a burger, Chuko has a chili pepper, Tattsun has an Electro Rangers mask, Kansai has a ball and bat, Pai has a flower, Aniki has a guitar, Jennu has Comedy and Tragedy masks, and Yuki has a snowflake.

When it comes to crafting, they have an entire shack when it comes to it. They even invite other kids from around to join in!

Reycho

He’s currently getting baseball lessons from Kansai.

He loves drawing- a lot. Especially when it comes to sports!

He uses sign language to communicate with his friends.

Vanilla

She is quite good at sewing little dolls of yarn!

She enjoys a good storybook or two- especially picture ones.

Dressing up is one of her biggest interests- she also loves taking bubble baths after long days.

Pochi

He’s got a connection to animals- especially dogs. He loves puppies most of all.

He and Reycho moved in with Vanilla and Aniki after the main story, so they’re part of the family.

Not just that, he often invites the others to play video games together and share snacks.

Nyoro

She is arguably the BEST at drawing in the group- all the drawings of blueprints had to start somewhere!

She designs bead jewelry and keychains for her friends to give on their birthdays.

It took a long time for her to forgive her dad, but she did it in giving him a bag keychain she made herself.

Mowchan

He works at food drives so he can spread happiness to those who need it the most.

He makes his own “Secret Sauce”, which is Mayo, ketchup, a bit of soy sauce, a handful of spices, salt, pepper, and a dash of hot sauce.

His parents definitely own a local restaurant.

Chuko

She absolutely HATES bullies. And whenever she sees an innocent person being bullied, she decides to stand up for them.

Her comfort food is definitely anything with cheese. Especially pasta with said ingredient.

She won’t hesitate to jump into action when someone is in danger.

Tattsun

He has an entire collection of comic and manga books at home, mostly ones of Shonen anime.

He has Electro Ranger suits for all of his friends in his closet in case they need to wear them to a convention.

One of his most prized collectibles is a limited edition comic con exclusive Power Rangers Megazord toy.

Kansai

He collects baseball cards. Enough said.

He keeps an entire pack of bubblegum on him for emergencies.

He often invites the others to baseball games at their local park to play together.

Pai

She is an expert in babysitting and always packs extra clothing for everyone when they go on trips.

She loves taking long walks and photographing beautiful animals!

She can write little notes for the ghosts she sees to read.

Aniki

He really wants to take horseback riding lessons with his sister.

He lets his sister stick bows and clips into his hair- and one time even a whole bonnet!

He’s a massive fan of rock music and knows how to play the guitar.

Jennu

She makes her own costumes in her big sis’ honor.

She trades little trinkets with Nyoro as well as designs!

Her favorite musical is Hairspray.

Yuki

Soft pillows and fluffy pajamas are two of her favorite things in the world.

A good book is one of her favorite interests.

She loves tobogganing in the snow, as well as snowball fights! She loves it especially when the gang has them in the park.

[yulogica]

Some designs based off sweets and a secondary theme.

Pride

Cotton Candy Apple | Pomosexual (hehe pomme.) | owned by NiarBytes

Blue Velvet Oreo Cheesecake | Mascic | owned by SpiketheWolf

Ube Pandan Layer Cake | Genderqueer | owned by Ghostlytea

Sanrio

Bad badtz maru ice cream cake | owned by Zombie-Pilot

• Chocolate cookie freckles, gloves and boots meant to look like eyes, pendant and belt meant to look like the beak. Ice cream jacket fluff frosted (frosting-ed lol) hair tips.

• I like how badtz maru's head looks kinda like a black fireball. The xo earring because badtz maru's character symbols tend to be XO. Crosses on pants to evoke more x and eye marking to evoke more Os

• Aimed for a delinquent vibe

Pochacco soda float | owned by Ghostlytea

• Ears and tail attached by the cookie spines from the bottom of which the soda wells up like a dewdrop.

• Ice cream hair. White Chocolate flower. Cookie hairclip

• Pawpads feel like jellies and would taste like soda gummies

• Aimed for a sleepy casual guy.

My melody strawberry shortcake | owned by rubesty

• Whipped cream hair and trim on clothing.

• Flowers made of icing

Hangyodon Crepe | owned by NiarBytes

• Marshmallow hair. Cookie pendants/clips. Crepe and whipped cream like fluffy towels.

• Aimed for beachy guy

• The neck and abdomen marks act like gills.

Hello kitty chocolate opera cake | owned by AstronomyWitch

• Aimed for a cute princess vibe

• Ears, hair, and tail of cream w/ powdered sugar. Part of the hair is made of flat sheets of chocolate that's gold on the inside. Chocolate squares on bows

[mr-mischievous]

Personal opinion? (Since apparently chips turned into cookies and crackers?? Im gonna start my own thing on what cookie everyone would be.) Hmm...

Earth would be a white chocolate cookie. (Or a cherry almond shortbread cookie.)

Lunar would be a frosted sugar cookie with possible sprinkles.

Nexus an almond cookie of sorts....

Moon being a raisin cookie.

Sun being your classic fluffy chocolate chip cookie...

Ruin being a Raspberry Thumbprint Cookie with Icing or smth..

Eclipse being a snap cookie or a cinnamon cookie...

Solar being a peanutbutter butterscotch cookie.

Dark sun being aaa... double chocolate chip cookie.. being a chocolate cookie with chocolate chips.

Jack being a pumpkin spice cookie...

Frank being.. an ube crinkle cookie.

If Solar animatronics are different types of chips....

What are the Lunar animatronics?

We must discuss this

OH OH OH-

COOKIES!

IM AN OREO

LUNAR IS A CHIP AHOY-

AND AND- UHM…

OH KILLCODE IS A GHRAM CRACKER-

[twosgays]

All my furbies

For the sake of this list staying as short as possible, I won’t be adding pictures. If you want to see what they look like, search “f: [insert furby name]” OR “f: all of them” on my blog!

Will continue to update as my furby family grows!

Furbies (1998):

Poppyseed Sundae — pink leopard, she/her

Vanilla Creampuff — snowball, she/they

Cookie Dough — snow leopard, she/they

Blueberry Muffin — special edition millennium, he/him

Fudge Stripe — tiger, she/he

Butterfly (Pea Flower) Boba — turtle, he/him

Rosé Jellybean — champagne, she/her

Furby Babies:

Wafflecake — peachy, she/her

Pistachio Mint — mint green, he/him

Scoop (of) Froot Loop — wavy stripes, he/him

Funfetti Frosting — confetti, he/him

Baby Grapes — very purple, he/him

Tangerine Supreme — fresh orange, he/him

Starburst Sorbet — special edition spring baby, she/her

Blue Raspberry — clown, he/him

Buttercream — curly, he/him

Sunny D-Lite — sunny yellow, he/him

Candy Floss — little baby blue, she/her

Happy Meal — primary, he/him (only baby without a sweet theme name)

Grape Fizzy Fanta — purple stripes, she/her

Icy Blue Slushee — purple tip, he/him

Trix Fucking Yogurt — blue change, he/she

Marshmallow Fluff — snowy, he/him

Banana Cream Pie — sunny yellow, she/her

Ube Custard — springtime, she/he

Blackberry Macaron — purple stripes, she/her (traded)

Caramel Corn — seahorse, he/him

Sugar Cookie — pink crystal, she/her

Matcha Milk Tea — lime, he/him

Strawberry Shortcake — coral, she/her

Cakepop — baby pink, she/he

Bubblegum — baby blue, he/she

Rice Krispy — customized sheep, she/her

Emoto-tronic:

Felix (05) — charcoal, he/him

Athena (baby) — sand, she/her

Others:

Strawberry Milkshake — pink leopard buddy, she/her

Rainbow Spinkle Sbeve the TERF Destroyer — long furby, any pronouns (usually it/they)

Samoa — funko pop, any pronouns

Sprite — witch’s cat, friend’s furby, named after soot sprites

Flutter — blue McDonald’s furby, any pronouns

Cubic — 2023 sonic (food chain) plush, any pronouns

Clout — 2023 valentines basket plush, any pronouns gave away

Chachki — pink (hip-bop) furblet, she/he/they

Velour — rainbow (ray-vee) furblet, it/they

Rock���em — loo-lay furblet, she/he

[love-takes-work]

THE “OH MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE ACTUALLY WENT THERE” COLLECTION

These are the recipes that I had to invent something weird, come up with a bizarre solution, or go to unusual lengths to make a Steven Universe dish. Photo evidence of kitchen weirdness after the jump. List of recipes:

Three-Way Sub from “Say Uncle”

Clams, Peanut Butter, and a Side of Fresh-Cut Grass from “Bluebird”

Crystal Lizards from “Lion 2: The Movie”

Donut Box from “Sadie Killer”

Everything Pizza from “What’s Your Problem”

Pizza Bagel & Fantastic Fries from “Restaurant Wars”

Gem Harvest from “Gem Harvest,” including 3-tier Wedding Cake

Off Colors Graduation Cake from “Little Graduation”

Alien Thorax from “Jungle Moon”

Jungle Moon Fruit from “Jungle Moon”

Korean Lunch from “Steven’s Dream”

Pizza Burrito from “Bismuth”

Cool Kids Potluck from “The Good Lars”

Giant Strawberry from the strawberry battlefields seen in “Serious Steven”

Together Forever cake from “Together Forever”

Zoo Fruit from “The Zoo”

Three-Way Sub from “Say Uncle”: I baked an actual three-prong bread that didn’t even properly fit in my oven. It is all one piece and homemade from yeast rise to egg wash.

Clams, Peanut Butter, and a Side of Fresh-Cut Grass from “Bluebird”: I don’t eat clams (or any seafood) so I made clam-shaped CANDY. The shells are banded white chocolate painted on the inside with white chocolate, made from a mold, and the insides are homemade vanilla cremes. I also bought edible easter grass. (It exists.)

Crystal Lizards from “Lion 2: The Movie”: These are homemade from scratch white chocolate lizards dusted with sprinkles and green rock candy for the crystals!

Donut Box for the Cool Kids from “Sadie Killer”: Yes, I made multiple different donut recipes (plus jelly donuts) and even a Dog-Nut to put this box together. Donuts are from scratch, all of them.

Everything Pizza from “What’s Your Problem”: Since (again) I don’t eat fish, I made a fish out of BREAD in a special fish-shaped pan and also made fake sardines and fake shrimp from tofu cut into shapes, in addition to all those other ridiculous toppings. The pizza is also made from scratch--the dough is homemade.

Restaurant Wars food from “Restaurant Wars”: Yes, I got ketchup inside the fries. Yes, it was super messy. No, I don’t recommend it.

The entire Gem Harvest from “Gem Harvest”: My friends helped me make the whole feast, and it’s a homemade chicken, corn on the cob, homemade mashed potatoes, homemade bean casserole, homemade yeast rolls from scratch, and I made an entire three-tier wedding cake from scratch including frosting and white chocolate spouses, because of course I did. The cake was chocolate on the bottom tier, lemon in the middle, vanilla on the top.

Four-tier Graduation Cake from “Little Graduation”: Yep, four chocolate cakes with three layers and three kinds of homemade frosting, plus fondant models I made of the Off Colors and cake accents made of fondant or specialty paper.

Alien Thorax from “Jungle Moon”: Made of a Tofurky Roast and legs made of plantains, with a pretty disgusting purple gravy.

Jungle Moon Fruit from “Jungle Moon”: This giant pear thing is a complicated cake flavored with ube flavoring and sugar plum extract. I made it in a sports ball cake pan and created my own vegetarian mirror glaze for the frosting. The stem is a stick of licorice candy.

Korean Lunch from “Steven’s Dream”: This consisted of Korean sushi (gimbap), noodle soup (naengmyeon), dumplings (mandu), and pickled radish (danmuji). I made the gimbap from scratch and bought all the ingredients from a local Asian market, but I must admit the naengmyeon was from a noodle pack (which I added my own ingredients to, like the egg, the fake bacon for beef, and the korean pear), and the dumplings were frozen and steamed to softness.

Pizza Burrito from “Bismuth”: Pizza was made from scratch, and burrito was added with potato chips sprinkled on top. Rolled into large burrito and later eaten in slices because I cannot eat it baby bird style like Amethyst.

Cool Kids Potluck from “The Good Lars”: I made the Snack Sushi (avocado and cheese puff sushi), which itself was an endeavor, and then on top of that I customized my soda, made Fish Stew Pizza boxes for pizza (I used frozen pizza this time), and managed to gather the exotic fruit--no small task considering one of them was the famously smelly durian. (The others are a pineapple and a dragonfruit.) The episode does not include them actually preparing and eating the fruit but I did that too.

Giant Strawberry from “Serious Steven” and others: I made a strawberry cake from real strawberries and made it look like a giant strawberry from the fields. The frosting and the chocolate seeds were all homemade too, with mint leaves grown in my kitchen.

Together Forever cake from “Together Forever”: Made with real strawberry batter swirled into vanilla batter, and homemade frosting in three colors. I’m not very good at piping so this was a big deal for me to make a replica of Steven’s ill-fated proposal cake.

Zoo Fruit from “The Zoo”: This is a vegetarian recipe that isn’t jello. Made with agar-agar, water, and juice, they turn firm after several hours of refrigeration.

(Some not-pictured honorable mentions that were weird and required creativity but weren’t particularly difficult or impressive include Guacola from “Drop Beat Dad,” birthday cakes and a pie for the Gems from “So Many Birthdays,” the pizzas Bixbite prepared in “Guidance,” homemade cereal I created for cereal dust in “Greg the Babysitter” and fruit loops in “In Dreams,” homemade Chaaaaps from “Monster Buddies,” a cloud made of meringues because Amethyst ate some cloud in “Steven the Sword Fighter,” good old Cookie Cats from “Gem Glow,” corndogs from “Too Short to Ride,” marshmallows from several episodes, durian juice, Fish Stew Pizza, the breadsticks and shrimp appetizer from “Fusion Cuisine,” Lion Lickers, mooncakes mentioned in “Little Graduation,” homemade onion rings from “Garnet’s Universe,” homemade oyster crackers for Sadie, Amethyst’s pile of food from “Reformed,” protein bars and pine tea from “Gem Hunt,” pumpkin bread shaped like a pumpkin and the ube roll from “The Good Lars,” and Amethyst’s gross tuna burrito from “So Many Birthdays.”)

This kind of crap is why no one can think of something I haven’t made

[jasminevolkan]

INTRODUCING SCOOPS’ WINTER MENU.

Available from December 15th to February 5th (original menu has been reduced for the special event).

Two sheets of coupons are mailed to the citizens of Catalina, more are available upon request at the ice cream store. 

Hot Chocolate Floats consist of a mug of hot chocolate from a powder mix made by Ethan and Jasmine as a collaboration between Scoops and Catalina Coffee & Cookie Co. with a scoop of personalized ice cream on top, sprinkled with cocoa powder, cinnamon, sprinkles or various other toppings. The drinks can only be eaten in store. The addition of the Hot Chocolate Floats is a suggestion of Aaron.

Katy Perry’s California Dream: milk chocolate powder mix with vanilla and strawberry swirl.

Britney’s One More Time: semi sweet chocolate powder and coffee mix with vanilla ice cream.

Winter Wonderland: milk chocolate powder mix with vanilla ice cream and white chocolate chip toppings.

Minty Party: dark chocolate powder mix with mint ice cream.

Cocoa Bombs include: White, Milk or Dark chocolate shell with milk chocolate powder mix and small marshmallows inside (they can be sold in a pack of two to make at home).

The Special Treats include various desserts with unique flavours and twists.

Icy Rosé & Frozen Berries: rosé shaved ice on top of two scoops of strawberry sorbet (inspired by Georgina).

Ube Ice Cream: ube flavoured ice cream sprinkled with various shades and sizes of purple sprinkles (inspired by Lex).

Candy Cane Explosion: vanilla or chocolate Ice cream topped with bits of broken candy canes.

Snowy Mochis: ice cream mochis available in three flavours, vanilla bean, chocolate or mango.

Strawberry Jam Logs: a slice of ice cream log cake filled rolled and filled with strawberry jam.

Frosty Turkish Delights: various imported Turkish delights (inspired by Jasmine’s family origins).

The rest of the special menu include familiar desserts perfect for the Holidays. They can be eaten at the store, carried home for a sweet treat or asked for an extra and have them wrapped for a special gift.

Gingerbread cookies of various shapes, available without frosting for a vegan option.

Brownie Bites consist of bite sized squares of brownie that are available as a vegan option as well.

Sugar Cookies with various colours and sprinkles that are Holiday inspired.

Pecan Pralines are imported from a bakery in Louisiana.

Huge thank yous to Heather, Pace, Sayuri & Steph for participating!

[tsunflowers]

this is my list of kamen riders as desserts. some of them are like ready to serve at the rider diner and some are just based on the vibes I get from the character but with some small edits you could put them right on the rider diner menu

shouichi is carrot cake bc it’s a dessert but it has homegrown veggies in it. I feel like carrot cake has a simple and unpretentious vibe too. absolutely with little carrots piped on top

tendou is some kind of wagashi thats served on a leaf like this youkan. served with green tea of course. I just think tendou is very Traditional

ryoutarou is a parfait. sweet comfort food but with a lot going on. you would swap in different flavors for the different imagin. although momo could be tough bc he’s a peach but you would want some kind of red fruit instead of peaches. ura has to be blueberry bc that’s the only blue fruit. kin I think would be mostly honey flavored maybe with some yuzu. and ryuu is peanut butter and grape jelly

wataru is red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. red velvet bc its red like blood and hes a vampire, cream cheese bc it’s the best frosting. for decoration you should cover the cake with isomalt shards to look like stained glass

tsukasa is opera cake bc it’s fancy and has a lot of layers like how decade’s helmet has lines. ok I didn’t notice this pic had covfefe in th ebackground until now. thank you. anyway tsukasa opera cake would be even taller and skinnier than this with perfectly defined layers

philip and shoutarou are two scoops of ice cream, matcha for philip and milk chocolate for shou. stick a wafer thin v-shaped cookie of the opposite flavor in each one for that W look

eiji is something with sweet potato bc it’s a very earthy flavor and easy to eat while camping out. I really picture a banana bread but with sweet potato instead for him but if you want to stick with a color theme you could do ube instead. no one get on my case about how ube isn’t a type of sweet potato

gentarou is one of those huge sundaes that you need about 20 people to eat. I couldn’t find a pic of one that was quite as crazy as I’m picturing so I went with this but think about the ones that are so big they’re served in a bucket and they have every topping known to man

haruto is a little entrements dome with mirror glaze. I know if it’s a dessert haruto would want to eat it would have to be plain sugar donuts but fuck that. this is something that’s very flashy and shiny, probably with sugar crystals encrusted on the outside instead of nuts like this one. when you cut it open it’s a white vanilla mousse with thin layers of cake/jelly/custard/whatever in each of the other colors wizard transforms into

kouta is a cupcake bc they’re small and basic but you can do a lot of crazy stuff with them. sorry I called kouta basic. I think an orange flavored cupcake full of orange zest with a slice of candied orange stuck in the frosting. if you really want gaim vibes dye the frosting blue

shinnosuke should be something coffee flavored I think. bc what gets you in top gear more than drinking a nice cup of coffee. macarons are maybe a little too delicate for him but it would be really cute to do black coffee flavored macarons with maybe a raspberry filling and you pipe white frosting on them to make them look like little tires

sento’s some molecular gastronomy shit where you have to scoop up a pile of foam and it tastes like bubble gum. ok actually for sento it would be cute to do a thin chocolate sphere that you pour chocolate or caramel on to melt it away and then inside is a little cake marbled red and blue

[zukkacore]

What are your top 5 desserts? 🥺💖✨

I love having to think abt this but making choices is so hard!

Toron - if you’ve never tried you have to, these were my favorite thing as a kid but honestly any kind of fried banana or plantain is good

Halo halo w/ ube ice cream - I’ve warmed up on this, you know how as a kid a lot of ppl don’t like weird textures, they just wanna eat baby food? That was me. Anyways I was wrong

pie— I love all kinds of pie but if I had to pick one then apple w/ ice cream

cookies and cream milkshakes - I’m basic

Classic chocolate chip cookies - I’m basic

+ bonus: those shortbread cookies w the pink frosting and sprinkles which I’m sure are pure sugar but I don’t care I have zero self control

It’s sleepover time, talk to me!

[foodies22]

[banhbotloc-moved]

[ID: grid of nine purple ube sugar cookies minimally frosted to look like bears’ faces. A pale hand holds up one of the bears closer to the camera.]

Ube sugar cookies

[goblin-gardens]

For the 5+ headcanons about an au, idk if you’re accepting just random au’s thrown into you askbox for this xD but how about an adoribull au where they both are married and own a bakery together?

(this is more than 5, to make up for the wait)

Dorian’s the experimenter. Cinnamon chili cupcakes, lavender key lime bars, ube and charcoal swirl cheesecake– Bull’s just along for the ride. Bull and his trusty chocolate chips cookies.

Bull names each of Dorian’s creations. Twice. “Gingerbread Bullshit” in the kitchen is “7-Spice Heaven” on the shelves. “Death by Chocolate Croissant” is a favorite– he calls it the “Fuck Me Croissant”. The “Mint Julep Bon Bon Extravaganza” is just “That Thing.”

They live a block away from their shop. They tried the cute little apartment on top idea but they kept falling asleep downstairs.

Neither can actually cook regular meals that well. They eat out a lot. (pun intended)

Sten is their first hire and secret weapon. He keeps order in the kitchen. Bull’s secretly jealous of how well he works with Dorian.

Their biggest fight started because Dorian used dried ginger instead of fresh.

Their second biggest fight is about cupcake cores. It’s ongoing. Every cooking magazine and cute DIY video fans the flames anew.

They work together well now (8+ years into marriage/bakery-owning) but at the start of the venture there was a literal tape down the middle of the kitchen. There are still spatulas that are explicitly Bull’s, and Dorian has an Orlesiean Star frosting tip that lives in a box with “BULL DO NOT TOUCH” written on it.

Dorian whips meringues by hand because he doesn’t like the consistency the beater creates.

Bull sits on counters. He likes to feel tall.

Food-based sex play got old real fast, but occasionally makes a resurgence on the anniversary of Dorian’s famous Four-tiered Move In With Me Please Cake.

They did not bake their own wedding cake.

They do make each other breakfast (Bull makes crepes, Dorian makes pain au perdu) on birthdays and whenever they feel like it.

One day, Bull will decorate a geode cake.

They have a scrapbook of every birthday and wedding cake they bake for their friends. 

They call each other Sugar, Honey, Chocolate Chip, Baking Powder, Double-Zero Flour (it’s extra fine), Vanilla Extract, Shortening, Butter, the list goes on…..

Their bakery is named after their cat Teaspoon. She’s the logo, the mascot, the patron saint. They’re that sort of cat dads.

[laracraftworld]

Top to bottom: Ube Macaron (Ube Cream Cheese Filling + Purple Sugar Pearls) S'mores Macaron (Chocolate Ganache + Melted Marshmallow Filling + Graham Cracker Crumbs) Brazo de Mercedez Macaron (Custard Filling + White Sugar Pearls) 'Twas my first time making Ube (at first I couldn't stop eating the cream cheese frosting 😝). I added powdered milk for added structure so it was also creamy! The s'mores was my personal favorite! It was a challenge filling the cookies with melted marshmallow. Frankly, it got messy and was a lot of work lol. But definitely worth it! Lastly, I used the same custard filling for my Brazo de Mercedez cake on the macaron version. Thank you for all those who gave me feedback! I know there's always room for improvement. Just know that when y'all appreciate my baked goods, it makes me the happiest. Lots of love, Lara ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJFEnU_l15R/?igshid=r1v9jqqheeuv

[perfectirishgifts]

Holiday Gift Guide 2020: The Best Baked Goods Gift Baskets

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Holiday Gift Guide 2020: The Best Baked Goods Gift Baskets

Ultimate Christmas Gift Basket

Cookies, cakes, muffins, breads… who doesn’t love a high-quality baked good? Take the guesswork out of picking gifts and send over a basket full of buttery, sugary indulgence this holiday season to your loved ones! From rum and fruit cakes to artisanal donuts and layered dessert bars to Danish specialties and Ube treats, this baked goods gift basket has something for everyone on your list!

Harry & David Ultimate Christmas Gift Basket

Go all out this season with this top-of-the-line gift basket filled with Harry & David’s top gourmet treats and baked goodies. Along with Royal Riviera Pears, this elegant red tin with gold detailing arrives piled high with indulgent sweets such as a traditional fruitcake; delicious cinnamon swirl; chocolate-covered peppermint cookies and more. From milk chocolate Moose Munch Premium Popcorn, velvety chocolate cherries, and yogurt covered pretzels to a pumpkin bundt cake and more, this gift offers a ton of goodies to share with everyone.

Buy: Ultimate Christmas Basket, $199.99

Holiday Signature Collection Gift Basket

1-800 Baskets Holiday Signature Collection Gift Basket

Looking to impress this holiday season? Send this over-the-top baked goods gift basket filled with a huge selection of artisanal goodies from Harry & David, Simply Chocolate, Wolferman’s, and Cheryl’s Cookies. This classy wicker basket is packed with everything from Cheryl’s crunchy chocolate chip cookies and famous frosted round cut-out cookies; milk chocolate covered peanuts and cherries; sweet and juicy Royal Riviera Pears; and high quality famous English muffins in a lovely selection of flavors, along with indulgent preserves.

Buy: Holiday Signature Collection Gift Basket, $139.99

The Doughboys Best Donut Assortment

Stan’s Donuts The Doughboy’s Best Sellers

For the donut lover in your life, blow them away with a gourmet assortment of 12 of Stan’s handmade famous donuts! From uniquely flavored old fashions including lemon pistachio and cherry to the classic apple fritter and powdered sugar cake, there’s a favorite for everyone. Love chocolate covered donuts with sprinkles? Red velvet cake? Your traditional glazed? They’re all freshly baked and waiting to be devoured. Delivered in Stan’s unmistakable pink box, its perfect for gifting!

Buy: The Doughboy’s Best Sellers, $59

Ube Obsession Gift Basket

Goldilocks Bakeshop Ube Obsession Gift Basket

Have you tried ube yet? The beautifully purple delicious flavor that’s widely used in Filipino and Asian desserts? If you haven’t, you’re missing out! Ube is a purple yam that is incredibly delicious in baked goods. For the ube-obessed, send them Goldilock’s Ube Obsession Gift Basket filled with one Ube Roll (soft, sponge-like cake filled with an ube filling), Ube Hopia (moon cake-like pastry), Ube Polvoron (Filipino shortbread), Ubelicious Ensaymada (sweet ube bread), Ube-filled Ensaymada, Ube Crinkles (chewy cookies), Ube Loaf (sweet bread with ube swirl).

Buy: Ube Obsession Gift Basket, $48.95

Shining Snowflake Ultimate Gift Basket

Shining Snowflake Ultimate Gift Basket

This pretty gift basket is filled with enough baked treats and sweet snack to last all holiday season! This holiday basket features a star design in gold and is packed with Butter, Cheese, Caramel, White Cheddar, Cornfusion, Chocolate, Cinnamon Sugar, Cranberry Kettle, Holiday Cookie Dough, Ranch, S’Mores, Cracked Pepper & Sea Salt, and Salted Caramel Bourbon Popcorn — each individually wrapped. Included is Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffles; Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Caramel Squares; Cheryl’s Cookies Festive Tree-Shaped Cookies; chocolate covered whoopie pie cookies; strawberry tartlet cookies; milk chocolate sea salt caramels; coated pretzels, and other sweet treats.

Buy: Shining Snowflake Ultimate Gift Basket, $149.99

Holiday Cake Collection

Sunnyland Holiday Cake Collection

Freshly baked with love from family-owned Sunnyland Farms, this holiday cake collection is absolutely scrumptious! Complete with three different cakes, it’s a lovely gift for those who enjoy premium baked goods. Inside is the Limoncello Loaf, which is made by pouring a citrusy batter over crushed almond slices. Once baked and still warm from the oven, the loaf is drenched with a Limoncello glaze that is light, but tart, in flavor. Next is the Light Fruitcake Loaf is a traditional fruit cake made with real butter, orange juice, plenty of dried fruit, and, Georgia pecans straight from Sunnyland Farms’ fields. And finally the Rum Crunch Loaf which is crusted with sweet coconut flakes and midget pecan pieces. Drizzled with a rum butter sauce, this moist loaf keeps its crunch for a satisfying treat. Seriously delectable!

Buy: Sunnyland Holiday Cake Collection, $46.35

Christmas from Wisconsin Gift Basket

O&H Danish Bakery Christmas from Wisconsin Gift Basket

Famous for its Midwestern roots and Danish heritage, the 70-year-old O&H Danish Bakery highlights two fan favorites in this indulgent gift basket. The Wisconsin Kringle and the Wisconsin Christmas Coffee Cake. The Wisconsin Kringle combines Door County, Wisconsin Montmorency cherries and fresh local cranberries with cream cheese to fill the signature 36-layer Kringle pastry and is topped with creamy icing. The Wisconsin Christmas Coffee Cake blends together local cherries and cranberries with cream cheese and is topped with streusel, honey glaze and icing. It’s the perfect yuletide pair!

Buy: Christmas from Wisconsin Gift Basket, $47.49

Mandel Bread DIY Kit

Michael’s Mandel Bread

This homemade sweet baked good is made with a secret family recipe that features an incredible marzipan flavor, yet it’s nut free! Not a cookie, not a cake… this is a unique baked good that makes for a tasty gift for those who enjoy the classic Jewish, biscotti-esk almond cookies known as mandel bread. Also available for the holidays is a DIY kit that comes with a loaf in addition to festive sprinkles, Nutella and marshmallow fluff.

Buy: Michael’s Mandel Bread, $25

Oven Arts Baked Goodies

Oven Arts Baked Goodies

These freshly baked treats are made with high quality ingredients like rich chocolate, fresh creamery butter, whole eggs, pure cocoa and vanilla, premium fruit and nuts, and aromatic spices. Holiday treats include mini butter cookies in holiday shapes enrobed in white confectionery and hand decorated; deliciously layered dessert bars that come in flavors that include classic fudge, peanut butter, coconut magic and caramel pecan; brownies and blondies and more!

Buy: Oven Arts Variety Packs, $8.99-$29.94

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Pili nut memories

2.05.18, 7:30am:

Growing up a first-generation Filipino American in the US... I came to love when family would visit/return from the Philippines lugging many a pasalubong (gift from travel) in their suitcase or better yet a Balikbayan box (literally, return to country box) or two. These pasalubong would most often be foodstuffs you can only get in the Philippines... Barquillos, dried mangos, Pastillas de Leche, Lenguas de Gato, banana chips, Polvoron... And Pili nuts.

Like some Filipino children will think that if you live on the US, you have been or live near Disneyland, I thought that Pili nuts grew everywhere in the Philippines. Cut to my mid-thirties, living with my Calabash cousin and casually mentioning Pili nuts and her going: "What's that?" And then several of my other Pinoy friend's also going "What's that?" to the mention of Pili nuts. Shocked, I started to understand that it was a regional treat. My parents hail from the Bicol region of the Philippines... My dad in particular spent his childhood between Naga and Paracale and was very spoiled with the abundance of Pili in his life--not to mention coconuts. So, Pili nuts were a treat that even US born, I came to know as a Filipino only food.

When I was a kid, I liked Pili nuts okay, but it wasn't my favorite goodie out of the balikbayan box... But now, having researched that the tree that grows the nut is only local to SE Asia, Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia, and that the Philippines is the only place that it is commercially cultivated--80% of which is from the Bicol region alone--I understand what a special nut it is because it is very hard to come by. I only ever have it when my Dad sends me care packages. I have seen the nuts sold on occasion in Filipino/Asian markets, but they are always in these packages that always impart their foil/plastic taste into the Pili nuts... So, buying them is often a sad waste of money for me and only Pili delivered from Dad or other family members will do... Well, outside of a trip to the Philippines.

More recently, I discovered a brand of Pili nuts called Mount Mayon Pili Nuts on Instagram. I think they liked a post I shared of toast smeared in pili-coco jam toast. But as their name suggests, they harvest their Pilis along Mount Mayon--The Philippines version of Mount Fuji--it's shape just as perfect as Fuji's, claiming that the volcanic soil may have something to do with how delectable their Pilis are. I have yet to try their Pili nuts, but I am very glad that they are making it easier--if not a bit pricey, to purchase in America. I was just about to buy a package when my Dad called and said there's a package in the mail and it should arrive Friday... Nope, Saturday... Nope... It better come Monday!!! I was hoping to write this article as I ate some of this precious nut gold, but alas I write it yearning for a taste and hoping the package didn't get lost in transit or worse yet, stolen!

As I am a food adventurer of sorts, I'm always coming up with ideas for recipes... And lately I've wanted to just have plain Pili nuts to play with and cook with... Both raw and roasted, but that seems even harder to come by. Best I could get is roasted and salted... But generally, Pili nuts are already caramelized, mixed into coconut jam and baked in tarts by the time they get to me. Which don't get me wrong, are all yummy outputs, but I want to try making a pure Pili nut butter, a pesto, a Pili nut brownie... Pili polvoron, kare kare, a Burmese heavenly tomato salad but instead of using peanuts, using Pilis. Same goes for Pad Thai or Som Tam Salad--swapping out crushed peanuts for Pili nuts. My train of food thought is never ending, and has me salivating, but my Pili supply is soooo lacking... Sigh.

So, what does Pili nut taste like? Growing up in Hawaii, I was led to believe that macadamia nuts are the yummiest and most expensive nut. Later, buying up pine nuts and cashews, I felt their worth in cost, but out of all the nuts I've tasted in my lifetime, Pili nuts are the most unique in texture... They are buttery and very light and crisp. Most nuts have a weight to them, feeling filling from their rich flavor, but Pilis are light as air and have a unique snap to them that other nuts just can't match... And that is what I am yearning for right now... But as I wait, worried knowing they were sent and yet have not arrived, I wish my Dad didn't tell me they were on the way to me... Ignorance is bliss. Right now, I'm seriously Pili-hangry.

Update: 2.05.18: It's 8:45pm and Dad’s package finally arrived! Alleluia! Within, I found Pili nut tarts and a new to me brand and treat: Ruffa's Special Pandecillos. The former is nostalgic in flavor, tasting exactly as it does every time I unwrap one whether it's the 80's, 90's or now. The latter is a cross between bread and biscuit, with a soft bite but alas a milder pili flavor... I may have to try Mount Mayon Pilis... Because my craving isn't quenched, and I want a purer taste!

Update: 2.06.18 I ordered some Mount Mayon Pilis I hope like the Volcano's shape; the brand’s Pili nuts are perfect in Pili flavor. I'll keep you posted... But for now, I'm in the waiting game... the cool thing about Mount Mayon's US Seller, Barefoot Provisions, is they have a shipping tracker! So as of this moment, it's been shipped from California and is on route to me! 

Update: 2.09.18, 5:30pm: Le sigh! Le frustration! I’ve been tracking my order and it is in the mailbox, but the key won’t work... it’s got me singing “Oh no wait a minute Mister Postman!” I left him a note.

Update: 2.10.18, 7:13pm: Thank you Postman, for leaving the box at the foot of my door! The Ecuadorian cocoa coated chocolate ones are every bit as fantastic as Mount Mayon Brand Pili Nuts suggest!

Update: 2.11.18: Here is the first of my Pili nut studies: Well, it’s not just a Pili nut focused endeavor, but an American tribute to my Filipino roots ala Rice Crispies. From left to right: Rice crispies topped with 1) Ecuadorian Cocoa Pilis, 2) Crunchy and thin Filipino Banana Chips, 3) House of Polvoron Ube Polvoron dusted, 4) Himalayan Salt Pilis, 5) Latik (Roasted Coconut) sprinkled, 6) Ube Polvoron enrobed and 7) Everything and the kitchen sink version with all the toppings thrown on top... all are tasty!

Update: 2.12.18: I’ve made another sweet iteration with the Pili nuts I have on hand inspired by Mexican Mazapanes de Cacahuate, which is a similar candy to Polvoron, but easier to make and gluten free to boot! If you are Mexican or live in the southwestern states that border Mexico, you may have eaten a candy called De La Rosa... well that’s what Mazapanes de Cacahuate is! I like to call it Polvoron’s cooler cousin as it’s got a cool bite from its powdered sugar content versus the warmth of Polvoron which has toasted flour and powdered milk ingredients. But I have a confession... they didn’t turn out the way I thought they would... because Pili nuts are extra buttery and delicate in texture, the mixture turned into a nut butter. I guess I could've added more powdered sugar, but I felt that would start to overpower the Pili nut flavor, not to mention make one’s teeth hurt eating all that sugar content. The finished texture was like the butter balls at a fancy restaurant, soft but still holding their form, whether flower or ball--even a bit gelatinous. So instead of wrapping in the iconic cellophane wrappers that candies such as polvorons are wrapped in, I placed them ever so gently in a small dish, ready for a butter knife to scrape by and grab some pili goodness to spread on breads... so it wasn’t a complete fail, more of a failure for the initial idea that led to another food discovery. How often has that happened in food or any other science or experimentation? A lot I’m sure. This consistency of pili nut butter I think could also be used as a frosting option for vegans--especially the Ecuadorian cocoa version. Currently, I’m freezing a couple to see if that helps with structure--hoping they don’t turn into hard ice cubes.

2.24.18: The last couple of iterations of this pili oriented adventure included a brownie output:

...and a riff on White Chocolate Macadamia nut cookies that turned into a Lemon Kiss White Chip Pili Nut Cookie.

I guess I will have to buy another round of Pili nuts for a Savory focus output...