Hop Nation USA Dessert Beer Recipes

Episode 36(click to listen), we drank dessert beers and brought our dessert recipe A game to the show. Here are three great dessert recipe ideas for your next cheat date or entertaining event. Don’t forget the beer!

Steve’s Super Simple Pudding
Ingredients

• 1 Package Instant Jell-O
  
  
• 1 cup cold Milk
  
  
• 1 cup beer
  
  

Whisk all ingredients together until uniform. Chill before serving.

Suggested Beer Ingredients: Chocolate Pudding + Young’s Double Chocolate Stout,Vanilla/Banana Pudding + Well’s Banana Bread Beer, Butterscotch Pudding + Southern Tier Salted Caramel

No-Bake, Cheesecake Stout Cups
Ingredients

• 1 cup of  graham cracker crumbs or chocolate Oreo cookies crumbs
  
  
• 3 tbsp of melted butter
  
  
• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  
  
• ½ cup heavy cream
  
• 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• ½ cup  stout beer
  
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
  

Mix the graham cracker or cookie crumbs with melted butter. Set aside. With an electric mixer, whip cream cheese until light. Add heavy cream to combine. Then, add dry ingredients and mix until fluffy. Turn mixer to low and slowly add beer and chocolate. Once all ingredients are added, turn mixer to high and mix until uniform.  In serving cups, add a layer of crumbs and fill with cheesecake mix. Chill for at least 2 hrs before serving.

Suggested Beer Ingredients: Southern Tier Thick Mint for Mint Chocolate Cheesecake or Terrapin Wake n Bake for Coffee Cheesecake

Stuffed Dates
Ingredients

• 4 oz Cream Cheese
  
• Two dozen pitted dates
  
• 1 tsp honey
  
• ¼ cup chopped pecans
  
• 4 oz of beer
  

Mix cream cheese, honey, and beer in a bowl. Put mixture into piping bag and pipe into pitted dates. Top with pecans. Optional: Wrap stuffed dates in prosciutto for a sweet, savory appetizer.

Suggest Beer Ingredients: Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan