![]() ![]() After tossing around a few ideas, I decided to make a hard cider-based cocktail with an apple pie spice truffle. I knew for sure I wanted something autumnal to go with Halloween. But what to do about flavors? The story offers no description of the potion’s flavor, so I could basically do whatever I wanted. A truffle made the most sense for an antidote, since you can finish it in 1-2 bites, and it looks a bit like a pill if you use your imagination. I’ve seen lots of food bloggers make cocktails inspired by Hyde’s potion before, so to make it my own I decided to turn it into a cocktail/dessert pairing: a potion AND antidote. I already knew I wanted my recipe to riff off the famous potion that turns the good, kind Dr. Granted, it barely mentions food, but that was ok with me. I actually made a Jekyll & Hyde moon pie a looooong time ago as part of a set of classic monster moon pies, but I’ve always wanted to create a recipe dedicated to JUST this story. What’s not to love? Plus it’s a super quick read-easily done in less than a day-which is just what I need in my chaotic mom-with-2-small-kids life. We’re talking foggy London streets, a troubled scientific genius, murder, mysterious potions, and the dichotomy between good and evil. Jekyll & Hyde has that spooky Victorian Halloween aesthetic that makes my gothic-literature-loving heart go pitter pat. To that end, I found myself turning to an old favorite: “The Strange Case of Dr. Since I’m currently drafting a series of Edwardian paranormal short stories (like you do), I wanted my seasonal read to be set near the same time period as my stories to keep me in the right mindset. I have a lot of energy products on my desk and in my fridge still waiting for review, and I am kinda pissed I chose Hyde Winter Blast over, well, any of them.Every autumn, I like to read something spooky to get me in the mood for Halloween. The buzz is ludacris, lasting four and a half hours long, though the sugar-free aftertaste may still be lingering in your mouth. Every sip after your first tastes like you started sucking on one of those yellow packets at a coffee shop it is an experience I will not soon forget, for all the wrong reasons.Įach can contains 350 milligrams of caffeine, which almost makes up for the awful taste. It is tough to sip, the synthetic saccharinity punching through your teeth and antagonizing your palate the citrus and spice become so lost within the palate-clogging tastes and aftertastes of the sucralose. ![]() ![]() There is no indication what kind of flavor "Winter Blast" is anywhere on the can, but I am a sip or two in so let me give it a shot: lime, vanilla, and aggressive artificial sweetener. I have reviewed dozens and dozens of drinks found on the clearance shelves of Big Lots, but this easily ranks as one of the worst. Hyde," you would hope that there would be some duality in the design or something there is no reason for this to tie into the classic novella by name alone. ![]() The can is inoffensive, I suppose, but its all silver color scheme is a bit boring to look at, and with source material like "Dr. These "Bang"-style energy drinks are newest gimmick in town, but with Hyde Power Potion arriving at my local Big Lots, the market is officially flooded. ![]()
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