Snack Recipes
Tired of the same boring snacks? Want something healthier than potato chips or cookies? We've got gourmet snacks for every occasion.
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Almond Scones
Here's a quick and easy recipe for Almond Scones. Prep time from start to finish is 30 minutes! They're great with a cup of hot …
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Patty Clifford's Irish Bread
This our family's Irish Bread recipe. It is not the soda bread that is usually served at St. Patrick's Day affairs. (We're snobby…
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Five-Spice Chicken Salad in Won Ton Shells
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the Junior League of Chicago's cookbook: Celebrate Chicago! A Taste of Our Town.…
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Seasoned Oyster Crackers
I saw a recipe similar to this in a Lipton add, and I adjusted it to include Spice House spices.
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Vanilla Fudge
The Spice House recently participated in an event called, "Slow Food, A Feast Of The Senses." About 1000 people attended and we u…
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Salsa Verde con Chiles de Arbol
My family knows these chiles as "chile de arbol." This is a fast, easy salsa to make and it's very authentic. It is always a crowd…
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Hummus
This is a quick recipe that can be thrown together in minutes. I try to keep a couple cans of chickpeas (also called garbanzo bea…
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Asian Indian Comfort Food, or Curd Rice
This is the most unlikely comfort food I have ever eaten, and by far my favorite. It's known for its calming, soothing taste serv…
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Apple Cinnamon Nut Bread
I adapted this recipe from a great banana-nut bread recipe I have. --Chef Chip
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Madelines
If Marcel Proust were alive today, he'd recognize this traditional French Madeline cookie instantly. Although I still use my old-f…
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Brownies for Chocolate Lovers
My friend Candace said that there was no such thing as a dense brownie made with cocoa powder. Now there is! This brownie with a…
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Hot Caramel Cinnamon Sauce
This is a spectacular recipe. It takes only moments to make and my family absolutely loves it. Everytime I tell someone about it…
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Cheesy and Spicy Popcorn
My soon-to-be hubby and I were craving popcorn and we had two different ideas for the popcorn. He wanted cheesy and I love spicy …
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Chicago Old Town Sugar Spiced Nuts
This is a great way to use just a bit of a wonderful blend thus saving the rest for other uses. Or you just might decide to make …
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NUTS, BOLTS, AND SCREWS (party mix)
This is a recipe that my sister-in-law made every Christmas and would give to friends to enjoy. I got the recipe and continued th…
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Snickerdoodles
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Garlic Galore Cheese Spread
This was the first thing I ever made with Spice House seasonings. I used a simple cheese spread recipe and substituted Spice Hous…
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Ginger Spice Cookies
These cookies have gone through several incarnations. Cindy Wallner sent us the recipe that her mother adapted from Bon Appétit, …
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Victorian Lavender Cookies with Rose Water Icing
A very nice customer brought us this recipe many years ago. This delious treat is out-of-the-ordinary. A must try!…
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Kathy's Banana Nut Bread
When our children were small, we ended up with a lot of bananas that were too ripe. So, I experimented and created my own recipe …
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Burriquitas (Mini Burritos)
As you may know, "Burrito" means "Little Donkey". Since these are very small, or tiny burritos, I named them "Burriquitas". They…
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Quadruple Ginger Cookies
I've used this recipe for several Spice House functions, and we always get requests for the recipe. The secret is the layering of…
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Mo's Pumpkin Bread Revisited
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the "Spice of Life Cookbook" by Treva Davis (no longer in print). She writes, "I got this rec…
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Cacao Nib Drop Cookies
This recipe was part of the Milwaukee Spice House newsletter from April 2005. Modified from "The Joy of Cooking" by Irma S. Rom…
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Baba Ghanoush
This smokey eggplant dip is a great appetizer for any type of Middle Eastern meal.
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Molasses Spice Cookies
An old fashioned recipe that has been tweaked over the last decade and a personal favorite. I started baking these for people who…
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Deviled Eggs
This is my own recipe, "fine-tuned" over the years. I added the chives and green onion flakes when I started buying my spices from…
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Orange and Cinnamon Biscotti
The spices in this recipe can be changed to meet your own tastes. Sometimes and ginger and chrystalized ginger with toasted almond…
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Baked Brie with Apples & Cranberries
Helen McDonald, a regular customer, submitted this recipe in our Evanston store. This is one of her favorite appetizers. Thanks …
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Cheddar Cheese Popcorn
This recipe is courtesy of our customer Gale Gand, a very talented and famous pastry chef, here in Chicago.…
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Picco de Gallo
This recipe was submitted by an anonymous customer from Alabama. He said he'd originally gotten this recipe from a neighbor who i…
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Classic Irish Soda Bread
Nothing goes better with corned beef and green beer (on St. Paddy's day) than this classic bread.
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Lake Shore - Cheddar Popcorn
My mother in law gave gift boxes from The Spice House to all 5 of the women in the family last Christmas. This started a flurry o…
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Lavender Sugar shortbread cookies
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Almond Milk
This drink is high in protein and has replaced my morning coffee and toast for breakfast. It is quick to make, delicious, and ric…
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Quick Chai cupcake
I found a recipe floating around the internet for a mini chocolate cake made in the microwave in a very short time. This is a vari…
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Ice Box Pickles
This family recipe is compliments of my grandmother, Jeanette Kesselring, from Arnold, Missouri. These are delicious eaten straig…
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Hermit Cookies
I'm from New York City, so the only kind of hermit I knew was a reclusive woman to whom we brought food, books and other things wh…
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Rice Crispy Treats
Rice Crispy treats aren't just for kids, although they are the simpliest of desserts. I play around with the cereals and add in e…
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Candied Ginger Cookies
Our customer, Karen Hansen, sent this recipe in. It is one of her favorites.
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Basic Scones
After searching all over for "the real scone recipe" I synthesized my own. It lends itself well to personalizing with your own ad…
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FIVE SPICE COOKIES
I make cookies and snacks for our music rehearsal group each week at my home and always looking for unusual things. I made this up…
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Winter Salsa
I made this up one evening when I ran out of jar salsa. My son liked it so well that I rarely use jar salsa now.…
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Healthy Spiced Popcorn
My whole family fell in love with this popcorn treat, but we had to learn to eat the popcorn with chop sticks so the spices didn't…
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Spiced Walnuts
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Dot's Chocolate Chip Fudge
Dot Walzer was a family friend from Webster, NY. She passed away a few years ago, but her Chocolate Chip Fudge tradition lives on…
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Spiced Apple Muffins
I found this recipe in a cooking magazine years ago. The version I have presented here is a slight modification of the original re…
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Nuts - Sweet & Spicy
Nuts are a great party snack, but many of the recipes for spiced nuts were either too hot or too pungent for the nuts own flavors.…
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Friday Night Bacon
This is an appetizer that my children and grandchildren always request, especially on Friday nights when we get together for movie…
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I'm Not A Crab Spread
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the "Spice of Life Cookbook" by Treva Davis (no longer in print).…
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Seasoned Tortilla Chips
Tortilla chips can be made easily at home. The benefits are piping hot chips and a wonderful kitchen aroma.…
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Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies
Recipe is from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Food section from Sept 8, 1999 The article was titled "Cookies-to-go will please a h…
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Dolmades (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
Also known as Byzantine Dolmathes or Dolmadakia Yialantzi. The original recipe I had was in the 1980 National Lamb Promotion Cook…
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Mango Salsa
This salsa is a great compliment to fish dishes, like "Sea Bass Crusted with Moroccan Spices" I also listed on The Spice House web…
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Nepalese Jerky
This is an adaptation of the Nepalese equivalent of jerky. Traditionally, the Nepalese use water buffalo meat. The meat is cut i…
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Spiced Nuts
This recipe was given to us by one of our Milwaukee customers.
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Seasoned Baked Sweet Potato Chips
My friends ask for this, and I supply them with Ukrainian Village Seasoning at Christmas time and birthdays.…
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Cheese Corn
I use the cheddar cheese powder on my air-popped popcorn to save on calories. Also, I've found the butter flavored pan sprays hel…
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Pumpkin Muffins (Quick Bread)
My mom has been making these for years and they're a family favorite! I'm not sure where she got the recipe, but she thinks it's A…
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Spicy Trail Mix
This recipe was submitted by a Spice House customer at our Old Town location.
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Za'atar Pita Chips and Hummus
Quick and Delicious Appetizer. Great for that last minute dish to take to a party, or when guests pop by. My first sampling of Spi…
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Toasted Pita Triangles
This recipe is so simple and tasty, you'll make it all the time! I do. It's much healthier than potato chips or tortilla chips, …
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Edamame with Spicy Peppercorn Salt
Edamame makes a healthy low-calorie snack that's filling and delicious. The buttery taste of edamame is decadent. It's low in fa…
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Simple Mango Salsa
This recipe comes from "A Cook's Guide to Chicago," by Marilyn Pocious. This salsa was served at her booksigning event in the Old…
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Billygoat Wings
I made chicken wings for Super Bowl XL and decided I needed a couple of recipes for people who do not like hot/spicy wings and cam…
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Khao Neow Tad (Sticky Rice Squares)
This is a favorite dish my daughter and I brought back from Thailand. We were there on a food/cooking tour in March, 2006. They …
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Guacamole
I created this "enhanced" guacamole recipe a year ago. It's the best I've tasted.
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Cracked Black Pepper Sugar Almonds
This recipe comes from the wonderful book "The Spicy Food Lover's Bible" by Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach. We were very fortunate …
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Northern Nuts
I purchased the Gateway to the North spice blend & decided it would make an amazing sweet/savory nuts for my holiday gifts & part…
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Vulcan's Fire Dip
This dip is delicious right away, but better if you leave it in the fridge overnight to give the flavors time to blend.…
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Moroccan Fruit salad with orange blossom water
I grew with this recipe as you can change it depending on what fruit is in season
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Chai Shortbread
I made up this recipe to join the spices of the orient with the a favorite western cookie.
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Confetti Dip
It is really fun to watch the vegetables hydrate. This is tasty and pretty to serve.
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Cheddar Bleu Garlic Bread Bites
There used to be a restaurant in Beaumont, CA called the Rusty Lantern. They served a garlic cheese toast with the salad course th…
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Honeyprint Ginger Cookies
This recipe was created by Spice House staff member Paige Esbrook for Retail Therapy Night in Evanston. It combines the best aspe…
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Chinese Five Spice Chicken Wings
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Orange Shortbread with Dark Chocolate
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Za'atar Flatbread
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Scandinavian Lace
I love cardamom and wanted to find another way to use it.
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Surprising Salsa
When I served this, someone complained it wasn't hot enough. The heat hit her a couple of seconds later and she gasped for air. He…
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Chili Chocolate Bark
I fell in love with chili chocolate when I lived in England. I used to get a bag from the farmer's market every Saturday in Exeter…
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Mexican Chocolate Cherry Rounds
This is a recipe from the December 1996 issue of Bob Appetit. It was used by Spice House staffer and pastry cook Ashley Gelsomin …
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Horseradish Cheese Spread
During our family visits to my parents' Door County home, we discovered a horseradish cheese spread that wasn't available in the C…
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Molasses Cookies
This recipe was handed down from my mother-in-law, who is now 89 years old. She acquired it from her landlady when she and my fat…
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Spring Rolls
This dish can be just about anything. Use whatever vegetables you like. Use ground meat, tofu, shrimp, or keep it all vegetables…
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Cajun Pecans
I created this recipe to use a wonderful hot blend in a new way.
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Salt and Pepper Almond Pick Up Sticks
Milwaukee store manager Kate wants to do a class in just salt and pepper and so I developed this recipe to use in her class.…
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Vulcan’s Fire Walnuts
I created this recipe to use our hottest blend in a new and fun way.
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Nancy’s Spicy English Gingersnaps
The surprising addition of pepper and ginger nibs adds to the spiciness of these gingersnaps.
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Taco Nacho Layered Dip
I decided to try making this and it was a huge hit. My son takes it to gatherings of boys and it never even makes it into the mee…
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Healthy Banana Energy Muffins
I came up with this recipe to have for breakfast before my first 5K race on July 4, 2009. It contains no white flour, healthy fats…
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Bebo's Over-The-Top Brownies
Everyone has their own tastes in style of brownies. I experimented with many recipes before I made this my final crowd pleasing ve…
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onion dill dip
Personal favorite, can be used with all fresh vegetables and potato chips, everyone enjoys this dip and it goes a long way.…
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Maple Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
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Lemon Twist Date Bars
I added the lemon peel and lemon extract to a recipe I found when looking for a way to use a package of dates.…
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Creamy Peppercorn Dressing Chevre Appetizer
Could not get easier than this.
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Grilled Artichokes with Porcini Mayo
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Apple-Pie-Spiced Walnuts
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Asian Guacamole
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Pizzazz Spread
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Zucchini Bread
I freeze two cups of shredded zucchini at the end of the season so my family can enjoy this bread all winter!…
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Strawberry Vanilla Cookies
This recipe was created by Spice House staffer Desi Phillips to showcase our new Strawberry-Vanilla Sugar for Evanston's Retail Th…
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Garlic-Maple Crackers with Black Mustard Seeds
These crackers are made with gluten-free chickpea flour, as well as being dairy and nut free. They're a great snack for people wit…
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Spicy Chocolate Coins
This recipe comes to us from Nancy Brussat of Convito Italiano Cafe and Market.
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Candied Corny Corn
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Caramel Corn with Cacao Nibs
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Pumpkin & Walnut Loaves
This fall-inspired, home-kitchen-friendly amuse-bouche comes from Chef Jean-François Martin, who hosts cooking vacations in south…
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Fall Inspired Croutons
As I adapted a recipe for a stuffed acorn squash that had wild rice and mild seasonings, I developed these croutons to add flavor …
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Vanilla-Spice Sugar Cookies
This is a slightly modified basic sugar cookie recipe. The slice-and-bake instructions here are handy for turning out a lot of coo…
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Dill Pickle Popcorn
Wish I could claim this as my own, found this online and modified a bit to increase the dill flavor... Enjoy…
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Indi-Chhole
This is a popular roadside dish of India and is loved by one and all, irrespective of anything. This is prevelant in North India, …
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