Shock Top Belgian White Citrus Cupcakes

Why is this a Foodgasm?

For Beer Month so far I have done a whole lotta Guinness recipes, I knew it was time for something different. On a recent shopping trip I picked up some of these Shock Top Belgian White beers and I really like this type of beer. This is a Belgian style wheat ale with real orange, lemon and lime peel and spiced with coriander. I love a little twist on a classic and a good fruity beer. I knew I had to try a cupcake with this one, it screams dessert!

So to make this EASY I used a cake mix. To reduce the fat I used egg whites for the cupcakes and used a 50/50 blend of butter and smart balance for the frosting.

Imagine- just imagine...cupcakes made with this beer and then infused with orange and lemon zest, whip on some lemon frosting and then sprinkle with some orange zest. This is sweet, creamy, with the nice acidity of the lemon and the creaminess of the icing with the occasional zing from orange zest in the cake and sprinkled on top.

So not only does this baby have beer, it is reduced fat, creamy and easy to make- YUP this is a definite foodgasm!

Somoa Pancakes

Why is this a Foodgasm?

Well imagine you took a Somoa then pancake-ized it! Is that a word, who cares? This is NY Foodgasm we break the rules! What if I also told you I lowered the fat, fuhget about it! Yeah I totally did it! Why? There is no reason to have all the fat when you keep all the yummmm! That is the NY Foodgasm way!

I came upon an AMAZING recipe for Pistachio Pancakes on Peanut Butter and Peppers, one of my favorite food blogs and I had to make them. I mean Greek Yogurt in a pancake, I had to try this! So I took the same basic recipe and made some minor adjustments to make them chocolate with some chocolate chips.

Coconut Cuties

  

Why is this a Foodgasm?

You take some cannoli type cream mix it with some coconut, then put them in crunchy little Fillo shells, finish off with toasted coconut and you got yourself a one bite Italian foodgasm!

At first I came up with the idea of canolli bites- to put a twist on the classic and lighten it up a bit. But then I became insanely obsessed with coconut. So then I thought why not make the same kind of recipe, but with coconut?! Tah Dah! A foodgasm was born!

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