The weather may still seem like summer, but the calendar reads fall, and all over the Bayou City, chefs are using the season as inspiration for a number of new sweet tastes to try. Here's a dessert sampler, in alphabetic order, to kick the season off right.
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What happens when you take apple pie and you make it a milk shake? You wind up with this Salted Caramel Apple Pie Milkshake, a creamy confection that combines sweet and tart and a whole lot of fall flavor. photo credit: Kimberly Park
Run, don’t walk, to this Galleria-area spot for the white chocolate pretzel bread pudding . It’s a delight of white chocolate, poached apple, cinnamon creme anglais and shaved almonds. Photo credit - Kimberly Park
Hubbell & Hudson Bistro’s Pastry Chef Nguyet Nguyen offers a sinfully good Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding served with butter pecan ice cream, marshmallow fluff, and Grand Marnier Anglais. One word: yum.
The miso and zephyr mousse here for the season features feuilletine, spiced streusel, candied pecans, soy caramel, yuzu curd, ginger jelly and a butternut squash sorbet. Exotic and tasty. Photo Credit Kimberly Park
Celebrate the season with Pumpkin Bread Pudding a la mode. This twist on the traditional Southern dish adds in fall spices and puts pumpkin front and center. And yes, it is big enough to share.
It might be available during the breaskfast buffet, but it will feel like a sweet treat all the same. Hotel ICON’s LINE & LARIAT puts a patriotic spin on a French classic with their Spiced Apple Crepes, yummy cinnamon and apples folded into a perfect crepe.
How can you miss with a decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake? This creamy concoction from one of Houston’s favorite dessert spots will have you raving. Photo credit Dragana Harris
Pastry Chef Kelsey Hawkins transforms the Frito Pie into a sugary delicacy. Sink your fork into a silky chocolate pie with brown sugar corn chip crust, sour cream ganache, and corn chip bark. Photo credit – Jack Thompson.
Just in time for the fall weather comes the Warm Apple Tart served with vanilla ice cream, rum raisins, and caramel sauce. This killer creation by pastry chef Jami Kling is sure to delight.
“I love this time of year," stated owner and culinary director Levi Rollins. "Cooler weather, wool sweaters and pumpkin desserts!" Check out the Pumpkin White Chocolate Mouse and Ginger Snap Parfait, homemade white chocolate whipped cream folded together with pumpkin puree and traditional holiday spices, then layered with house-made gingersnap cookie crumble.
Chef Cedric Vernin at Bistro Provence is a super strong pastry chef. He came up with this basil one for the new menu that comes out this weekend. Tarte chocolat et basilic, a rich, dark chocolate tart infused with basil. Sooooooooo good.
Pastry Chef Chris Leung packs a punch this fall with his new seasonal offering, the Gran Marnier and Pumpkin Adult Milkshake. This flavor will be offered for a limited time only, it’s sure to be a winner with its citrus and spice flavors.
What happens when you take apple pie and you make it a milk shake? You wind up with this Salted Caramel Apple Pie Milkshake, a creamy confection that combines sweet and tart and a whole lot of fall flavor. photo credit: Kimberly Park
Run, don’t walk, to this Galleria-area spot for the white chocolate pretzel bread pudding . It’s a delight of white chocolate, poached apple, cinnamon creme anglais and shaved almonds. Photo credit - Kimberly Park
Hubbell & Hudson Bistro’s Pastry Chef Nguyet Nguyen offers a sinfully good Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding served with butter pecan ice cream, marshmallow fluff, and Grand Marnier Anglais. One word: yum.
The miso and zephyr mousse here for the season features feuilletine, spiced streusel, candied pecans, soy caramel, yuzu curd, ginger jelly and a butternut squash sorbet. Exotic and tasty. Photo Credit Kimberly Park
Celebrate the season with Pumpkin Bread Pudding a la mode. This twist on the traditional Southern dish adds in fall spices and puts pumpkin front and center. And yes, it is big enough to share.
It might be available during the breaskfast buffet, but it will feel like a sweet treat all the same. Hotel ICON’s LINE & LARIAT puts a patriotic spin on a French classic with their Spiced Apple Crepes, yummy cinnamon and apples folded into a perfect crepe.
How can you miss with a decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake? This creamy concoction from one of Houston’s favorite dessert spots will have you raving. Photo credit Dragana Harris
Pastry Chef Kelsey Hawkins transforms the Frito Pie into a sugary delicacy. Sink your fork into a silky chocolate pie with brown sugar corn chip crust, sour cream ganache, and corn chip bark. Photo credit – Jack Thompson.
Just in time for the fall weather comes the Warm Apple Tart served with vanilla ice cream, rum raisins, and caramel sauce. This killer creation by pastry chef Jami Kling is sure to delight.
“I love this time of year," stated owner and culinary director Levi Rollins. "Cooler weather, wool sweaters and pumpkin desserts!" Check out the Pumpkin White Chocolate Mouse and Ginger Snap Parfait, homemade white chocolate whipped cream folded together with pumpkin puree and traditional holiday spices, then layered with house-made gingersnap cookie crumble.
Chef Cedric Vernin at Bistro Provence is a super strong pastry chef. He came up with this basil one for the new menu that comes out this weekend. Tarte chocolat et basilic, a rich, dark chocolate tart infused with basil. Sooooooooo good.
Pastry Chef Chris Leung packs a punch this fall with his new seasonal offering, the Gran Marnier and Pumpkin Adult Milkshake. This flavor will be offered for a limited time only, it’s sure to be a winner with its citrus and spice flavors.
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