
So enjoy Heavenly Hash Day your style, with one of the ideas above or freestyle it to create something new.
An ice cream version: chocolate ice cream with a marshmallow swirl, chopped nuts and chocolate chunks (photo #3-or, use the ingredients with chocolate ice cream, parfait-style). A chocolate cake version, chocolate layer cake with marshmallow cream filling and chocolate icing garnished with nuts 4.7K views 8 years ago Heavenly Hash is a great tasting dessert that the entire family will love because every bite is like a little taste of Heaven. A cookie version, folding miniature marshmallows, chopped nuts and coconut in a chocolate cookie dough. A type of chocolate fudge, with added marshmallows and nuts (photo #2). HEAVENLY HASH: THE CANDY, CAKE, COOKIE OR ICE CREAMįolks liked the concept of heavenly hash so much-different ingredients in a creamy base-they ported it into other sweets called Heavenly Hash: We dug up an old Ambrosia recipe from Emeril Lagasse that uses fresh fruits (bananas, berries, oranges, pineapple), whipped cream and toasted coconut.Īnd because it’s from a noted chef, there’s a chiffonade fresh mint leaves. While some people use the terms interchangeably, most ambrosia recipes contain coconut and pineapple, mandarin or orange sections, and miniature marshmallows.Īs with Heavenly Hash, Ambrosia can also include nuts and maraschino cherries. If the whole concept sounds odd to you, know that Heavenly Hash is very much a comfort food to its fans.Īmbrosia is a similar American fruit salad from the South. We make Heavenly Hash with fresh fruits (strawberries, bananas, pineapple, peaches) and nuts (a mix of pecans, pistachios and walnuts), folded into crème fraîche or slightly sweetened sour cream. Flavored with lime Jell-O or vanilla pudding. Cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple. Here are just a few of the combinations we perused: We prefer sour cream, but have also found, mayonnaise, pudding, whipped cream, even yogurt or cottage cheese and (gasp!) Cool Whip.
So today the recipe for heavenly hash essentially requires some kind of fruit-fresh, canned and/or candied-in some kind of creamy white binder. Over generations the recipe evolved, with everyone inventing his or her own hash (the term, after all, indicates a jumble or muddle of ingredients). It began as a Christmas recipe with red maraschino cherries, green grapes, pecans and other ingredients folded into whipped cream.
The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash is a traditional Southern dish. Is it a fruit salad bound with sour cream or whipped cream, or a chocolate confection or baked good filled with marshmallows and nuts? If someone offers you Heavenly Hash, you may want to clarify: Heavenly Hash ice cream, with chocolate chips, marshmallow swirl and sliced almonds (photo © Stewarts Shop).įebruary 2nd is National Heavenly Hash Day.
Here’s the recipe from Small Town Woman (photo © Small Town Woman). Heavenly Hash fudge, with chocolate chips, mini marshmallows and pecans. The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash, wrapped in sour cream (photo © When The Dinner Bell Rings | Blogspot.