First we went the traditional route and Madam had some sauce over a bowl of ice cream. Not too runny, but also not so thick that is wouldn't come out of the bottle. It has a lovely smell, not chemical, and the taste is just right, certainly not over powering. It helps that the sauce is free from artificial colours and flavours, also free from preservatives.
I thought the sweetness of the sauce might be good in coffee, but had to try it out on my mum as I don't drink the stuff myself (I have enough trouble sleeping as it is!). She had about 2 teaspoons of Butterscotch sauce in a regular sized mug of black coffee, and said it smelt lovely, and also had a nice after taste to it, the sweetness staying in her mouth rather than bitter coffee. So, that's a thumbs up from mother dearest, she even tried to pinch the bottle of sauce on her way out!
Following on from the positive coffee experiment, I tried a teaspoonful of the sauce in a mug of hot chocolate. Except I picked up the wrong sachet of chocolate- Butterscotch sauce does not mix well with Mint Chocolate drink, yuck!
I whipped up some pancakes as a weekend breakfast treat (and by 'whipped up', I actually mean 'went to the shop and bought some') and drizzled the sauce over those, Mr B had 4 so they tasted rather good too apparently! I felt that the sauce gave them a nice sweet hit, but I couldn't eat more than one without feeling like I weighed about 1000lbs for the rest of the day!
On the whole, my family really enjoyed the adding the sauce to our favourites puddings and drinks, and I plan on making sure I have a bottle in the cupboard for special treats.
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