It’s also a really pretty cake, and is especially attractive when you save an assortment of chiles to garnish the platter.
Green Chile Fruitcake
Before you go on to another recipe, stop and give this green chile fruitcake a try!
Spicy Plum and Peach Ambrosia
Here’s a fruit-dominated mousse if there was one. Also dominating is the soft burn of the chile powder as it’s blended into the whipped cream. This recipe is extremely simple to make.
Spicy Peanut Butter Cookies
Making spicy peanut butter cookies seemed like a good plan. And it was. It’s also a sleeper hit for groups of chileheads who want a little different kick with their snacking.
Chile and Dried Cherry Chocolate Dessert
Since preparing a Thanksgiving feast on a barbecue isn’t traditional, why finish it up with the usual pumpkin pie? This layered dessert from Nancy Gerlach is unique in that it can be cooked on the grill like the rest of the meal.
Dr BBQ’s Pumpkin Cheesecake
Dr BBQ’s pumpkin cheesecake here serves as a great alternative to pumpkin pie, bread, or the nasty wax mouth-hell we call “candy corn.”
The Great Montezuma Hot Chocolate Drink
“Everybody wants some… I want some too…” Van Halen wasn’t talking about hot chocolate when they wrote that but they might as well have been. Chocolate gets associate with sex more often than Craigslist. This hot chocolate is about as close as you can get to what they were singing about without getting buck nekkid and arguing over who gets to go downstairs for sandwiches and cigarettes afterward. We have Richard Sterling to thank for this wonderful libation. You’ll find it and more in this holiday spicy beverage guide at our sister site.