Pastry Pairing

How many times do you come across something totally mind-blowing and wonder to yourself how the hell you didn't think of it yourself? That's right tons of times. The same thing happened to me when I read this Flying Dog Brewery blog post.

I once tried pairing peanut butter cookies with Reese's Pieces alongside my homebrewed mocha stout, but I never thought how perfectly Girl Scout cookies could go with different craft brews.

I've linked you to the entire list the brewery staff came up with. I'm sure the possibilities are endless. In my humble opinion, the Thin Mints most likely go well with any type of chocolate stout.

Stout Paired With Cookies

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about certain pairings with wine and how I looked forward to experimenting with wine/food pairings as well as continuing to explore pairings with beer.

Not long after I had completed the post I came across a handful of chocolate chip/walnut and peanut butter/Reese's Pieces cookies. We have plenty of homebrewed stout lying around. So, I decided to crack open a bottle to see how it went with the cookies.

Believe what you are seeing. those are Reese's Pieces in cookies.

I'm sure many beer fans enjoy the chocolate-on-chocolate pairing, such as the stout with the chocolate chip cookies. It wasn't bad, but the complementary flavors I got from pairing the stout with the peanut butter cookies was fantastic.

The chocolate and peanut butter flavors bounce off of the other wonderfully. It was kind of like a peanut butter cup infused with a shot of coffee.

I don't think I'm done with pairing experimentation with this beer. Since there's plenty coffee flavor as there is chocolate and malt, one would think this would be an ideal beverage for breakfast. I'll keep you updated if I can come across a stack of chocolate chip pancakes with a side of sausage links one day soon!