Try these 5 sweet seasonal treats around Las Vegas
Candy Apple Fritters
Heritage Steak, The Mirage
Fuji apples poached in honey, thyme and blood-orange liqueur are finished with cream cheese funfetti ice cream and cracked caramel sugar and served atop white chocolate-Fuji apple ganache, $12.
Espresso Torte
Hexx Kitchen + Bar, Paris Las Vegas
Popcorn decorates not the tree but this torte, made from single-origin Tanzanian dark chocolate with espresso foam, $10.95.
Yule log
Buddy V’s Ristorante, Grand Canal Shoppes
This traditional rolled cake is made of chocolate sponge with chocolate mousse, decorated with meringue mushrooms and cocoa — and it’s gluten-free, $10.
Eggnog creme brulee
Austin’s Steakhouse, Texas Station; The Charcoal Room, Santa Fe Station; T-Bones Chophouse, Red Rock Resort
Eggnog and mascarpone cheese enrich this classic dish topped with caramelized sugar, $6 to $10 on Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Eggnog profiteroles
Public House, Grand Canal Shoppes
These puffy pastries with spiced pear compote, gingerbread ice cream and pomegranate, $9, are on the Christmas a la carte menu.
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