Sunday, June 16, 2013

Pinterest Experience: Butterbeer

I've been a huge fan of Pinterest for a while now. One huge problem with it is that I see so many great ideas and just PIN, PIN, PIN and never actually give them a try (Other than the occasional dinner recipe) My husband, however, pins things, actually gets the supplies and tries them. His latest pin that he wanted to try: Butterbeer. If you're a Harry Potter fan (he is, I'm not really that into it) then you've heard of this. It is not an actual beer, just a sweet treat kind of drink. Maybe the Hogwarts hot chocolate?

The recipe we used consisted of :
1 cup (8 oz) club soda or cream soda (We used cream soda)
1/2 cup (4 oz) butterscotch syrup (ice cream topping)
and
1/2 tablespoon butter

Basically, you warm the syrup and butter and stir in the soda.

The result?
For us, we each took a sip, looked at each other like "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" BLEGH!! SO over the top sweet, thick, and just downright disappointing. We each took a couple more sips- willing the flavor to grow on us but, no such luck, and with that, down the kitchen sink it went.

Butterbeer was beery disappointing.
I should've just drank the cream soda. It never lets me down.

I'd love to hear of any 'Pinterest Fails' you've encountered. Comment below!

2 comments:

  1. Well, I wouldn't necessarily call it a "fail", but there's a recipe going around that says Red Lobster cheddar bread. It's supposed to be like their cheddar bay biscuits, only in loaf form. It's a very good dinner bread, but it's nothing like the biscuits. It has cheese, but none of the other seasonings that Red Lobster puts in the biscuits. Just fyi. :)
    ~Darlene

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  2. I actually have a really good recipe for those pinned! They're one of Zach's favorites. I will send you a link to it on facebook.

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