Let’s be honest, who hasn’t thought about hunkering down like a hibernating bear when the weather is cold? Sadly, we can’t always do that, but we can at least make an enormous number of bear-shaped treats to enjoy that make us feel all warm and cosy inside.
The Little Blog of Vegan’s vegan polar bear cream buns are adorable and are jam packed full of cream. It looks very snowy and wintry, which feels very seasonal, especially with the cold weather right now.
If you want to make a whole sloth of bears, then this recipe from Arikitchen will give you 16 little morning bread bears of your own. They are all different colours and flavours, but to make it simpler, you could just pick one!
These larger teddy bear buns from Sugar Yums are perfect for making your burgers extra cute. I love how the ears and nose have been added on for a 3D effect.
On these chocolate cupcakes from Nana Pastries, the icing has been rounded to make little bear heads. The cupcakes are also filled with a chocolate ganache to make them extra tasty and the icing comes in two varieties so you can have both brown bears and polar bears. There’s a video on Instagram too.
This macaron recipe from Process Kingdom is a bit of an inception moment; it’s a bear macaron macaron! The bear shells for the macaron design have little rosy cheeks and the ‘filling’ is a mix of two colours. Do you think you would try and match the actual filling to the filling on the design?
I think I would need to listen to V’s ‘Winter Bear’ song on repeat whilst baking these polar bear cookies from Chelsweets for ultimate cosy vibes, and then serve them up to eat alongside a piping hot hot chocolate.
I have never seen a bear-shaped flan (crème caramel) before so this big sharing one from Bites by Bianca was a sight to behold. She creates a normal one before using a big bear-shaped cutter to cut the flan into her desired shape. Genius!
Mitarashi dango is one of my favourite Japanese sweet treats, so when I saw these bear-shaped ones from Lovesoup, I fell in love instantly. The most adorable upgrade to an already fantastic dessert.
Which of these bear recipes would you cosy up with?
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