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Fantastic Upgrades Of Your Favorite Snacks
Occasionally you might be overcome with a wave of nostalgia when you reminisce about the food you used to love. Sadly, it’s hard to enjoy your old favorites when your taste buds have matured and your palate has changed. With a bit of compromise and creativity, you can savor the nostalgia and the taste by trying these fabulous upgrades to your favorite snacks.
Movie Popcorn
Instead of heading to the movie theater to get a bag full of popcorn covered in fake butter, you can enjoy a cheap and delicious upgrade at home. Get a bag of kernels from the store, pour them into a covered pot and heat them on the stovetop until they pop. For a more mature taste, you can coat your popcorn with olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper and shaved parmesan cheese. Another upgrade that you should try out is a salty and spicy caramel popcorn, which uses cayenne pepper for a tasty kick and peanuts for additional crunch.
Ice Cream
You may cherish the times in the summer when you could get a cone from the ice cream truck, but there are much better options than plain vanilla or chocolate soft-serve. Embrace the upgrade of your old favorite and say goodbye to boring ice cream—choose exciting flavors of mochi ice cream instead. This chilled dessert is a refreshing sphere of premium ice cream covered with sweetened rice dough called mochi. You can find boxes of MyMoMochi ice cream available in your nearest grocery store’s frozen food aisle. Try incredible flavors like ripe strawberry, sweet mango, mint chocolate chip, cookies and cream, and green tea.
Hot Chocolate
Instead of pouring a packet of hot chocolate mix into a microwaved cup of milk and topping it with mini-marshmallows, use ingredients that are a little more gourmet. Make your hot chocolate on the stove-top with high-quality chocolate or cocoa powder and finish it off with thick homemade marshmallows. You can also take advantage of your stocked liquor cabinet and have an adult hot chocolate with alcohol as a featured ingredient.
Fruit Punch
Juice boxes of fruit punch were usually set out on tables at events alongside soft drinks, but now you mightfind the beverage to be too sweet to handle. The adult alternative to this favorite is a fantastic bowl of boozy punch—it’s also an ideal drink for pleasing thirsty guests at cocktail parties.The first step to making a batch of boozy punch is to get a large punch bowl, a serving ladle and number of cups. Then select what alcohol you want to act as the foundation of the punch like rum, whiskey, bourbon or vodka.
Your palate may be more refined and your taste buds may be more mature, but it’s hard to let go of those favorites like movie popcorn, ice cream cones, hot chocolate and fruit punch. Instead of trying to capture your nostalgia by giving yourself a stomach ache, give your favorites a much-needed upgrade.
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