Famous Desserts

Time to link your brain directly to your sweet tooth with this trivia game featuring famous desserts from around the world.

15 questions · Published November 6, 2023

Trivia questions (5 of 15)

Multiple Choice
1. Which of these famous cookie brands originated the chocolate chip cookie?
The original chocolate chip cookie recipe was created in the 1930s by Ruth Wakefield at the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts.
The Toll House brand of chocolate chips is now owned by Nestlé.
Multiple Choice
2. Which of these is NOT a traditional ingredient in the iconic French pastry Kouign-amann?
While there are recipes for plussed-up versions of Kouign-amann using orange zest, the original recipe is simply lots of butter and sugar, flour, yeast, and water.
Multiple Choice
3. Which NBC "Must See TV" sitcom aired a memorable episode centered around the popular Jewish sweet bread babka?
In the "Seinfeld" (1989-1998) episode "The Dinner Party," Jerry and Elaine wait in line at a bakery to buy a chocolate babka only to have the customer in front of them buy the last one.
Fill In The Blank
4. A "macaron" is a sandwich cookie filled with jam or ganache, whereas a "macaroon" is a drop cookie made with shredded __________ and chocolate.
FUN FACT
While the macaroon we know today is filled with shredded coconut, in its native Italy, fillings were made from ground almonds.
Multiple Choice
5. What liquor is traditionally used to flambé the bananas in the New Orleans dessert staple Bananas Foster?
Brennan's of New Orleans, Louisiana, created Bananas Foster in 1951, using aged, high proof rum to flambé the bananas table side.

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