November Eats and Drinks

 Here are my food and drinks for November that weren't featured in my other posts. The fun extras, I like to say! November is feeling more and more like early Christmas every year, and a lot of places have already start rolling out their holiday items. It's almost like we're celebrating the holiday season for two months now. Nevertheless, we tried some unique drinks and desserts this month! 

At BJ's Brewhouse at Westfield Southcenter, they currently have two Dubai Chocolate items. We had to go try them both! The Dubai Chocolate Pizookie and the Dubai Chocolate Espresso Martini were both so good! I adore Dubai Chocolate and it's more than just a food trend for me. 

My sister-in-law had a day lay over in Seattle, so I took her to The Flora Bakehouse near my house or some coffee and a walk around the neighborhood. I had a Pumpkin Pie Latte. 

This month, Target and Starbucks collaborated on a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate. It was delicious! 

The new Hemingway Daiquiri from Von's 1000 Spirits not only had the best presentation but was strong and really tasty! 

We finally tried the viral fruit ice cream! This was really good and looks so cool. We also tried the mango one, too. The ice cream looks just like the fruit and there's a light coating of white chocolate. The ice cream itself was perfectly creamy and smooth. 

This isn't food, but I had to show off my Starbucks holiday pins and Hello Kitty gift card we bought this month! On November 6th, Starbucks released their Hello Kitty merch, and other holiday items such as pins, cups, stuffies, and the very popular Bearista cups. These adorable bear cups sold out within minutes of the stores opening. Starbucks only stocked a few cups in some of the stores, which they later apologized for. 

In the first store I visited that day, they didn't have any of the merch. Then my husband went to a store later in the day and surprised me with these cute pins and the Hello Kitty gift card! It was so sweet of him and I was thrilled! 

During Veteran's Day our family went shopping and had lunch at Shake Shack. I tried their new holiday shake, the Sticky Toffee Pudding Shake. It was highly caloric, but super enjoyable! 

My first Iced Gingerbread Chai Latte of the season! I'm loving the holiday cups this year with the bows! 

For Thanksgiving brunch, I baked this Apple Pie Cinnamon Roll Bake. I found the recipe here. It just has three ingredients and was easy to make. It isn't too sweet, and the apples make it seem healthy! 

The day after Thanksgiving, we watched Zootopia 2 in the theater. Such an amazing and funny movie! My son and I shared some popcorn and soda in this adorable, themed bucket and cup with a Nick Wilde (the fox) topper! 

Another night we had a movie night at home. We watched The Grinch, and we made marshmallow popcorn with holiday M&M's. To make, I melted 1/2 cup of butter in a large saucepan. Then I added a large bag of marshmallows, about 12 ounces. I stirred until it was melted and then added two bags of microwave popcorn. Then I added one large bag of holiday M&M's and some sprinkles. I poured the popcorn mixture onto two baking pans. When it cooled, I poured it all into one large container and tried not to eat it all right then and there. 

Krispy Kreme currently has doughnuts from the Peanuts cartoon, and they are adorable! Snoopy is too cute in doughnut form! 

Thanks for checking out my November food and drinks post! I can't wait to see what unique and festive items I try for December!