Just before it’s time for cocktails, a summer dinner ends with a sweet treat. If you want to lighten the mood and offer some less traditional tasting desserts, try adding some alcohol to your recipes.
Cupcakes
While the cupcakes themselves can remain fairly innocent, we can introduce a cheeky boozy icing for the grown-ups. Favorite icings are prosecco or tequila and lime buttercream.
Ice Cream
Bourbon is a great match for many different ice cream flavors, which you can eat together with a cake or some fruit. A classic option is a bourbon-caramel swirl, but you can go for the fancy option of cherry-vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips and bourbon.
Cheesecake
There are endless possibilities here, but it’s good to start with tequila-lime, Baileys, or bourbon-chocolate cheesecakes.
Brownies
The only condition here is alcohol that goes well with chocolate, so we’d suggest an Irish Cream brownie, salted-whiskey-caramel layers, or banana-bourbon cream blondie brownies.
Cool Mousse
Refreshing for a summer’s day, whip up a mousse with some adult flavors and keep in the fridge until your guests arrive. Try a minty tequila, limoncello, or a sophisticated chocolate-and-whiskey-cherries treat.
