The smell of a freshly brewed cup of coffee is the type of scent that can make people mad with desire or tremble with anticipation.
One of the things I love about the holiday season is the amazing aromas that fill the air pretty much everywhere you go. Sweet shortbread cookies baking, aromatic pine needles shining on trees and the woodsy, burnt smell of an open fire. Even when the snow falls, there is a fresh scent in the air with a tinge of chill, just begging for you to stick your tongue out and catch a flake. One of the first things I think of when these delightful perfumes waft by is enjoying a cup of my favourite hot beverage; coffee. Add in one of those cookies and I am in heaven. ♥ This holiday it is going to be even better with the wonderful collection of blends from Van Houtte; perfect for use in my Keurig or brewing fresh grounds!
Did you know that Van Houtte has been teasing your taste buds for almost 100 years? It’s not surprising when they have such delightful offerings like the Holiday Blend and Holiday Spice Latte. Why not try something new this year by adding one of these lovelies to a time honored recipe? Van Houtte and Keurig want you to try and dazzle your family and friends by adding the woody, spicy notes and rich aroma of their Holiday Blend to a meal your family already loves, like Quebec Mini Tourtieres. Or surprise them with a beautiful Stuffed Turkey Breast that houses a unique Holiday Spice Latte kick to it. 
Just have fun with it, be creative and let Van Houtte help you rediscover your holiday favourites in a whole new way. Check out some of the yummy recipes Van Houtte has already prepared for you here.
The Giveaway
We have a special prize to share! How cool is this? One very lucky MapleMouseMama reader is going to win a Van Houtte Holiday themed gift pack to help you make a special meal even better and a new Keurig K200 Brewing System! To be eligible to win just complete the Rafflecopter below with your qualifying answers. This giveaway is open to Canadian residents, excluding Quebec, over the age of 18. Please read our giveaway rules before entering. This giveaway will end on December 11th, 2016. Please note that with the busy holiday season there is no guarantee the prize will arrive before Christmas, but we will do our best! Good luck!
What holiday classic recipe would you kick it up a notch with by adding one of Van Houtte’s special Holiday flavours too?
FT&PD
Suz
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A holiday classic recipe that I would love kick up a notch is my peppermint brownies – by adding Van Houtte coffee, I could turn them into delicious peppermint mocha brownies. I would also love to try Van Houtte’s revisited stuffed turkey breast recipe.
For sure the recipe for the Mini mocha cheesecakes – yum!! I’ve never thought to use coffee for cooking/baking – LOVE the idea!!
The Braised Beef with Tomatoes .. a great Christmas eve dinner!
That tortiere recipe looks fantastic! I want to make that for sure
I’d add it to my Christmas spice cake…I think the coffee flavour would be delicious!
The recipe for the Mini mocha cheesecakes . I love coffee and cheese cake. Love Van Houtte coffee.
I would make the NANAIMO BARS. These would be fantastic!
The Stuffed Turkey Breast with Spiced Latte sounds interesting! I’d love to try it. Thanks for the chance to win!
I make some dainties that use coffee, so I think I can kick it up with their flavoured varieties. Van Houtte is my usual coffee brand.
Definitely the cheesecakes, anything with cheesecake and making it even yummier is great for me.
I would make the tortiere for Christmas Eve! Sounds so yummy!
Ooohhh the mini mocha cheesecake
I’d add some coffee to my grandmother’s Gingerbread Cake recipe; I think it would give it more depth of flavour!
I would definitely say Coffee Cake!!
The Stuffed Turkey Breast that houses a unique Holiday Spice Latte sounds amazing. I may add to some of my baking. Maybe the fudge?
A holiday classic recipe that I would love kick up a notch is my tiramisu by adding Van Houtte coffee, I would also like to try Van Houtte’s mini mocha cheesecake recipe.
I’m not sure but I think the Meat Pies recipe looks so delicious. I think that’s something my family would enjoy.
I would make my chocolate Yule log with a notch of Van Houtte coffee.
I would kick up my brownies by adding one of Van Houtte’s special Holiday flavours.
I’d add it to my tweed squares it would be a nice change for the holidays
Holiday Spiced Latte would be great in homemade Biscotti and interesting in the Wild rice risotto recipe Van Houtte features.
CANDIED TOMATO & GOAT CHEESE
French Canadian tourtiere..not Christmas unless there’s tourtiere
I think I will try the Turkey Breast roast with the Van Houtte kick! What an interesting idea!
I would kick my cheesecake up a notch and maybe even my NANAIMO BARS.
Adding Van Houtte to my chocolate crinkle cookies sounds like a great idea
I’d like to try the Quebec Mini-tourtières recipe, seems like a smart flavour addition!
I would definitely kick up coffee granola bars that my mom loves. I would also kick up crockpot hot chocolate.
I would add it to my Nanaimo Bar recipe.
I would add it to my short bread cookies!
I think it would be fun to add some coffee to a Bailey’s Cheesecake that I make.
scotch cookies. yummy.
I might try jazzing up the whipped shortbread cookies I make. Coffee flavour can only enhance, right?
I could use this in my coffee cake.
I have a chocolate cheese cake I make that would be better with a Van Houtte coffee.
I would try the Stuffed Turkey Breast.
cheese cake with coffee
OH my! Definitely the mini mocha cheesecakes! Sounds so amazing.
I would make coffee cake!
Cheesecake
I’d add it too the icing that I use on my doughnuts, love the flavour of coffee in those – they’re a cruller type of doughnut that I make and then dribble icing over.
I would make the Nanaimo Bars recipe
Would love to try the MINI MOCHA CHEESECAKES!! I love using great coffee in recipes! So delicious
Tiramisu!
The Nanaimo Bars! This would really put a great twist on a Canadian classic treat!
I would love to try kick up my cheesecake deserts by trying the mini mocha cheesecakes.
The old standard – egg nog
The mini cheesecakes!! Yum!
I would dunk a homemade Christmas sugar cookie in a cup of fresher brewed cup of Van Houttecoffee.
This is very interesting! I would add it to a turkey breast to kick it up.
I would like to try a flavour with my Confetti squares.
i would add some to the whip creamin my cream puffs! and to cookie batters to make a mocha cookie!
many of them! but i’ll choose PORTUGUESE PIRI-PIRI CHICKEN
I would love to try the stuffed turkey breast.
My mom absolutely loves biscotti so I would definitely try to add some Van Houtte coffee to my new biscotti rescipe! I will be trying it in a couple days- cannot wait to try it!
The Quebec-style meat pies!!
The stuffed turkey breast recipe looks great – i’ll try that!
I have a chocolate cake recipe that call for coffee so I would use Van Houtte coffee to it
the Mini mocha cheesecakes we love cheesecake and this wounds great
I would like to try the The Braised Beef with Tomatoes with the Van Houtte holiday flavours.
I would kick my peanut butter cookies classic recipe up a notch by adding Van Houtte’s special holiday creme brûlée flavour
Christmas spice cake…I think the coffee flavor would be delicious!
I wonder how that would work in the pete de soeurs we make.
Peanut butter snowballs my mom’s famous recipe!
I rather like the sound of the Nanaimo
I would make a coffee cake loaf. cookies sounds awesome with coffee in it.
I would do the Nanaimo bars. http://www.vanhoutte.com/en/recipes/nanaimo-bars.aspx
I would add it to a delicious chocolate cake!
I would kick up a notcj the Mini mocha cheesecakes.
oh my gosh! the Mini mocha cheesecakes!! <3 craving right now. Looks delish
I would definitely add it to my cheesecake
I would add it to a chocolate glaze!
I would like to try it in a Nanaimo Bar recipe.
Mini mocha cheesecakes it sounds delicious.
I could add some spicy coffee to my gingerbread cookies.
I could see the Holiday Blend being used in a rub for a turkey.
I love coffee and sugar cookies. I would make a sugar mocha coffee cookie.
I would add it to my Nanimo bar recipe it would be delicious
I would add the holiday spice latte to my Christmas gingerbread cookies. I think it would be so yummy.
I would add the holiday blend to some creme brûlée
Cheesecake
i would make the Mini mocha cheesecakes
Mini mocha cheesecakes
I make a chocolate covered peanut mound cookie that would be even better with a Van Houtte Vanilla Hazelnut kick added to it. Chocolate, Coffee and Vanilla all go together great and Hazelnut is just an extra given
mmm in homemade bicotti’s
Van Houtte coffee is tooooooo good! Great giveaway!!!!
I’d add it to the icing layer in Nanaimo squares.
I would kick up my shortbread by dipping half in mocha rather than plain chocolate
I would love to try the meat pies. Sounds delicious.
Mini mocha cheesecakes
I love the idea of adding coffee to the Quebec meat pies!
I would make the mini mocha cheesecakes
Cheesecake for sure…I love cheesecake and good coffee.
Coffee Ice Cream!
Christmas morning Coffee Cake!
im not sure!!! Possibly a chocolate cake ?
The meat pies sound delicious.
Id like to try this coffeee in my boiled christmas cake
Coffee in my recipes… hmmm… Spiced Holiday Cake is the obvious choice!!
In my Bavarian apple torte
Definitely the NANAIMO BARS! We LOVE NANAIMO BARS.
A nice slice of apple pie and then a piece of chocolate.
CANDIED TOMATO & GOAT CHEESE sounds amazing to me
I’d love to add it to my cheesecake!
the recipe for the Mini mocha cheesecakes sounds delicious with coffee in it
I’d like to try in sugar cookies
I would put a little coffee in my individual cheesecakes to give them a holiday kick!
Tiramisu with a flavoured coffee would be yummy!
I would add the coffee to a decadent chocolate cake for New Year’s Eve.
I would love to make the Nanaimo Bars for our Holiday get together.
I’d add it to the Mocha cheesecakes
stuffed turkey breast
Definitely the nainamo bars, they are tasty.
I would love to try the Van Houtte Christmas Blend to make my favourite Christmas treat the Caramel Mocchiato.
How about classic Christmas pudding! YUM
Coffee cake yum!
I would like to try the Glazed Ham or maybe the Mini Mocha Cheesecakes.
It would be great to use a more unique coffee in tiramisu.
I’d like to try the Mocha cheesecakes
I would try the mini mocha cheesecakes.
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Love to pump up some cheesecake with coffee.
That tortiere recipe looks good!
Some holiday cheesecake
nanaimo bars with coffee dust
Gingerbread cookies
Bailey’s and Coffee Cupcakes!
I would make the NANAIMO BARS, they would be so good.
The classic recipe I would kick up a notch with Van Houtte is the Quebec-Style Mini Meat Pies. Sounds delicious!
Definitely the glaze for my chocolate coffee cake!
I’d add it to my coffee cake recipe.
would make the NANAIMO BARS
I would like to try the Mini mocha cheesecakes.
I would add it to my banana bread…..yum!!
Mocha Cherry cookies…add a bit of coffee! Yum!
Some good old fashioned rum balls
Bailey’s and Coffee Cupcakes
I would try to kick up the tortiere for our Christmas Day app party!
I have a Mocha Shortbread recipe which I could kick up a notch using Van Houtte Holiday flavours; I think it would be delicious. Thanks!
The Québec mini tourtières!
Stuffed Turkey Breast with Spiced Latte sounds really amazing!
The Nanaimo bar recipe with Holiday Spice Latte coffee infused in the crust sounds divine!
NANAIMO BARS!
Add it to a cheesecake dessert.
I’d add Van Houtte Holiday flavours to mini cheesecakes.
I’m an eater, not a baker and I tend to just drink my coffee and not eat it LOL …. or I just have no imagination …I leave the baking skills to my baby sis
I could up my recipe for coffee cake –
The Nanaimo bars for sure. They have always been a favorite of mine.
I would add it to my egg nog… or holiday nog as they call it now.
I would so use some coffee in my pound cake recipe!
Mocha ball cookies dusted with powdered sugar are a tradition in our home. I think the Holiday Spice Latte would add the perfect kick to the recipe for Christmas.
Coffee Cupcakes with Baileys
I make round upballs. They are chocolate covered in coconut They would be great with coffee flavoure and covered in coco powder. Can’t wait to try them.
I would add it to brownies!
I wouldn’t have thought of coffee in cooking, but we’d try the tortiere recipe!
Coffee in Cocktails for the holiday season! Cheers!
I would make cheesecake for sure
Cheesecake is always a good choice
Chocolate sugar cookies
I would kick up a notch the Naniamo Bars. our family LOVES them
Definitely the nainamo bars
Definitely nanaimo bars – my favorite!!
Gingerbread cookies for sure.
The mini mocha cheesecake sounds amazing! Yum
I would add it to my holiday chocolate cake.
I would love to try the tourtiere
I wonder how it might work with my homemade cranberry and sausage stuffing.
I would use Van Houtte in my Apple Cheesecake recipe.
I would use the coffee in my Nanaimo Bars!
I would love to try the Stuffed Turkey Breast revisited recipe!
I would add this to chocolate chip cookies!
coffee in my pound cake recipe!
coffee in my Nanaimo Bars!
the mini cheese cakes!
sugar cookies!
I think anything chocolate such as brownies or chocolate cake.
Nanaimo Bars with coffee..
I would make mocha muffins
It would be great to win a Keurg prize pack.
I would add Van Houtte coffee to gingerbread cookies.
coffeee in my boiled christmas cake
I would use the Van Houtte coffee to make mocha flavoured nanaimo bars.
I would make one of my Grandma’s recipes that uses melted dark chocolate and all a strong Van Houtte coffee roast to balance the flavor. Nice giveaway! Happy Holidays to you and yours!!!
Gingerbread cookies would be awesome with Keurig!
I think it would give some extra punch to my tiramisu
I would love to add to my mocha chocolate cookies this Christmas with the Van Houtte flavours
I would make the Mocha Shortbread
I would add to my Chocolate chip cookies for added zing
Gingerbread yummy
cheesy potatoes
nainamo bars
The Mini Meat Pies
I was thinking cinnamon buns or coffee cake until I saw the Nanaimo bars! Brilliant!
Braised Beef with Tomatoes sounds yummy