Fa La La La Flavors: Businesses Getting Your Taste Buds in The Holiday Spirit

Have you noticed that holiday flavors are getting more and more outlandish?  We’ve been seeing a trend this season where businesses are taking the taste of the holidays to the extreme.  So, before you bring a fruitcake to your office party or leave a tray of gingerbread cookies for Santa, spare your taste buds.  From festive foods and unique flavors, we’re weighing in on the not-so-traditional holiday treats of 2013! Mix it up this season and try a new take on some holiday favorites.

Not Your Average Fruitcake: We can’t stress enough that a real way to wow your family, or your significant other's parents, is not through a cardboard with dried fruits. Coco Beni Confections, located in Northborough MA is whipping up cupcakes that have as much personality as those famous holiday sweaters!  Anything but ugly- take a bite into a Christmas Sweater Cupcake. These chocolate cakes filled with sweet strawberry preserves, delicately topped with pistachio whipped cream and drizzled with red (white) chocolate will be sure to leave friends and family fighting…over the last cupcake! While you wait for that special holiday package to arrive, you can nibble on this next treat. Coco Beni’s Christmas Package Cupcake is a moist chocolate cake filled and topped with homemade chocolate mint pudding and then decked with crushed candy cane and Andes chocolate mints- how’s that for an unwrapping?

Send your Spirits high this holiday: The Stadium Sports Bar & Grill, with locations in Quincy, South Boston, and Faneuil Hall is offering their patrons a chance to get warm from the inside out! These fun flavors are more than a little something extra to pour into hot cocoa.  They are a fusion of the holiday spirit in every sip! No need to waste time cooking up gingerbread cookies to get your molasses fix. Swig their signature Gingerbread Cookie cocktail infused with vanilla whiskey and ginger beer. Or, to soothe those New Englanders who’ve got ice in their veins- try the familiar Nor’Easter that will be sure to conquer any storm! If you’re looking for a classic, try their popular ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’ martini garnished with a graham cracker rim and an appearance by Fireball Whiskey!

Caution: Keep out of reach from Heat Miser! Pazzo Gelato is making sure you know that just because frozen treats are a summertime favorite- doesn’t mean gelato has made the naughty list. Pazzo Gelato, located in North Andover, MA has got a delightful flavor for every special part of the holidays. A little something to ease your way into the family gatherings- try their Annoying Uncle: A rich and creamy nougat gelato with an ‘interruption’ of peanut brittle crunch! Or, if you’re more into reindeer games- Rudolph can offer you something sweet! Taste Rudolph’s Nose- a white chocolate gelato with raspberry swirl with thick fudge brownie chunks- this will be sure to guide your way to happiness. Last but not least Pazzo Gelato is offering those cotton headed ninny muggings a favorite misguided elf, Buddy. Enjoy Buddy The Elf: the hint of eggnog gelato and maple pecans as it becomes a new holiday classic!

Treat yourself for surviving yet another holiday season! Get ‘em while they last- because trust us, they won’t.