Starbucks Delicious Pairings at Sam's Club

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Delicious Pairings at Sam’s Club

CONTENTS Catching Up with an Old Friend

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Starbucks Delicious Pairings

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Frugal Holiday Barista

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Christmas Tree Decorating

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Enjoy Delicious Pairings

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A Delicious Pair for the Holidays!

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Delicious Pairings at Sam’s Club

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Holiday Coffee Memories

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Saying Thank You with Starbucks Holiday Blend

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Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee and National Pastry Day

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Special Morning Celebrations

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Fuel Your Black Friday with this Delicious Pairing

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Starbucks, Cinnamon Rolls, and New Year’s Goals

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A Delicious Pairing

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Starbucks Perfect Pairing

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Black Friday Recap with Sam’s and Starbucks

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Let the Wrapping Begin

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National Pastry Day with Starbucks

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Holiday Decorating Fuel & Tradition: Coffee and Cinnamon Roll

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The Bloggers (Links)

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Socialize with Starbucks

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COVER PHOTO Kathy Hodson

EDITOR

Rebecca E. Parsons, cre8tiva@gmail.com

PUBLISHER Collective Bias

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Catching Up with an Old Friend Lyuba Brooke The Holiday Blend is a full bodied, dark roast that is spicy and rich with aged Sumatran beans. It is a perfect blend of earthy Asia Pacific, lively Latin American and spicy, aged Sumatran beans. This blend has a sweet and spicy taste.

Starbucks’ Holiday Blend would be paired perfectly with ginger, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange, and cloves flavors because of its blend of sweet and spicy. Think cinnamon rolls, pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, and gingersnap cookies and snicker doodles.

Last Saturday, I had a good old friend come over for a visit.

I thought that Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee with some cinnamon rolls would make a great addition to our gettogether. We had a great afternoon catching up.

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Starbucks Delicious Pairings Paula Bendfeldt Diaz

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7 I don’t know about you but at our house the day does not start without some coffee. I brewed some Starbucks Holiday Blend and sat down on the lanai to drink it.

The first thing I noticed was the delicious aroma; and the scent of freshly brewed coffee always makes me think of home and reminds me of my dad.

The Starbucks Holiday Blend has a sweet aroma that immediately brought back memories of holidays spent with family, Christmas cookies and ponche de frutas (fruit punch).

I took the first sips and found the coffee to be rich and bold in taste with a hint of spices. Then I tried it after I ate a cinnamon roll and this time I could definitely taste some cinnamon and clove as well as a hint of citrus. My husband tried it too and we both agreed that the taste was really enhanced, especially its sweetness and its hint of spices. By pairing it with the mini cinnamon rolls, they truly complement each other.

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Frugal Holiday Barista Kim Danger

When you’re entertaining, it’s good to think about how well the things you serve go together. Do the flavors complement each other? The cinnamon rolls were a good pairing with the Starbucks Holiday Blend. It’s a Sumatran coffee with notes of ginger, pumpkin, and cinnamon, nutmeg, orange and cloves.

The cinnamon rolls really bring out the cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg flavors in the coffee. The coffee itself was flavorful without being overpowering. Even at a bargain price, it lived up to my Starbucks quality standards. Ah, the sweet smells of the holidays!

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Morning Coffee Randi Dukes When I was at Sam’s Club last week, I picked up a large package of Starbucks Limited Edition Holiday Blend Coffee along with a package of mini cinnamon rolls from the bakery.

We enjoyed the richness of the coffee by itself.

We then paired it with the delicious mini cinnamon rolls. The pairing of the two was perfect! The cinnamon flavor in the rolls really brought out the complementary notes in the coffee. I can’t wait to eat some with pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving!

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Christmas Tree Decorating Heidi Kundin Mitch stopped by Sam’s Club on his way home from work the other night and picked up our traditional Tree Decorating Day breakfast Artisan Fresh Cinnamon Rolls from the bakery department. Yum! He also grabbed a bag of Starbucks Holiday Blend fresh ground coffee. I generally choose tea over coffee, but the promise of holiday flavors in a warm coffee drink sounded too good to pass up.

I have to admit...we brewed up a pot as soon as he got home! It smelled too good to resist until breakfast the next morning! The coffee has notes of ginger, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange and cloves, so it truly tastes like Christmas in a cup!

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I am actually really chilly as I sit down to write this post and Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee sounds like just what I need to warm me up, inside and out.

Enjoy Delicious Pairings Amanda Fiveash What could be a more delicious pairing to go with the seasonal flavors of the special blend than some really yummy mini cinnamon rolls and a trio of sweet breads?

Talk about a delicious treat! The flavors were not intense and not overpowering, but warm; and with the hint of orange it made for a delicious cup of coffee. Now if there were only a way to add a hint of chocolate it would be perfect for me!

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A Delicious Pair for the Holidays!

Rachel Rockwell Recently, while shopping at Sam’s Club, I noticed they were selling Starbucks Limited Edition Holiday Blend Coffee. I was pleased to find that a 28 oz. bag was only $18.98! I found some Mini Cinnamon Rolls to pair up with the coffee at Sam’s Club too! They looked SO good that I just couldn’t resist!

I tried the coffee first. It was smooth with a spicy, sweet and slightly citrus flavor. It wasn’t too acidic or bitter which is just how I like it!

Then I tried the coffee cinnamon rolls. I love how I could taste hints of cinnamon and nutmeg in the Starbucks Holiday Blend once I tried them both together. They really made a great pair for my morning pick me up! My hubby tried them too and loved how they paired as well. He really liked the hint of cloves and cinnamon he tasted in the coffee once he tried the two together!

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Delicious Pairings at Sam’s Club Jodi Horsley Being a coffee addict, this is a great time of the year for coffee with all the holiday blends of flavors. I was so excited to see that Sam’s Club was carrying the Starbucks Limited Edition Holiday Blend bagged coffee and for only $18.98 for a 28 oz. bag…now that is a savings!

I was very excited to come home and share my “find” with my husband; plus I could not wait to brew a nice hot pot of my Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee and have a couple of cinnamon rolls with it.

The combination of this coffee with the cinnamon rolls turned out to be one of the most delicious pairings I have had in a long time. I could not believe how much the cinnamon rolls brought out the flavors of ginger, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange, and cloves in the coffee!

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This past weekend when my sister had her annual boutique sale in her home, we put out Starbucks Limited Edition Holiday Blend Coffee and Artisan Fresh muffins for the shoppers to enjoy while browsing!

I tried the pumpkin muffin and followed it with the coffee.

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Wow! It was like the ginger and clove were having a party in my mouth! The two are the perfect pairing! I love how the coffee really complemented the spices in the muffins.

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airings and a Holiday Boutique Sale Tonia Larson

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23 Our family LOVES coffee. Not just any coffee, but good, strong, quality coffee. That is why I was so happy when I went to Sam’s Club the other day and noticed that there is a Starbucks Holiday Blend of coffee, I had to take it home with me.

Next, I headed over to the bakery to find some great cinnamon rolls to go along with my coffee. I enjoy a good cinnamon roll with my coffee in the morning. It is one of my favorite duos.

After eating a cinnamon roll and taking another sip of the coffee, I definitely noticed the cinnamon flavor of the coffee come out more. The coffee has a taste of cinnamon and nutmeg, two flavors that remind me of pumpkin pie and the holidays! If you eat these when tasting the coffee you will see what I am talking about.

Holiday Coffee Memories Kathy Hodson

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The verdict is that the Starbucks Holiday Blend is great on its own but also pairs nicely with most any sweet treat!

Saying Thank You with Starbucks H Mariah Moon At school we are always running low on coffee and our amazing PTO moms often donate to the school. We are lucky to have an amazing group of dedicated PTO moms. So when I found the Starbucks Holiday Blend at Sam’s Club, there was a certain PTO mom who came to mind.

She’s always up at school putting in time volunteering like it’s her full-time job. Her dedication amazes me and my school is lucky to have her. So I picked up a box of Sam’s Club Artisan Fresh Cinnamon Crunch muffins for her. We thought they would be perfect with the rich flavor of the Holiday Blend.

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Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee an Arlene Mobley Any chance I have to celebrate with a good cup of coffee and something sweet to eat I am right on it. Good coffee and a pastry is heaven as far as I am concerned. The Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee has a full bodied mellow flavor that glides over your taste buds and makes them sing.

After taking a couple of sips of coffee I picked out a Red Velvet Cake Ball and took a bite. What is it about Red Velvet? It tastes so good. I’m glad I decided on the Cake Balls because after taking a sip of the coffee again I knew they were the perfect pastry to enjoy on National Pastry Day with the Starbucks Coffee.

The sweetness of the cake ball and the mellow flavor of the coffee are perfect together. The cake ball complements the coffee while the coffee tones down the sweetness of the cake ball perfectly.

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28 We had a lot to celebrate this weekend! My husband is a veteran so we had to celebrate that. He loves coffee {and so do I}. So we looked for a nice coffee for him. The Starbucks Holiday Blend description appealed to me – “spicy & sweet with hints of comfort and joy.”

He thought the coffee had just the right amount of comfort and joy in it – but pairing the coffee with the cinnamon rolls made his morning even more joyous.

I normally put half and half in my coffee and I was surprised that eating a super sweet cinnamon roll while drinking the coffee made my coffee seem sweet without any additions. I could taste the pumpkin and cinnamon pairings in the coffee and I was really surprised about that!

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Special Morning Celebrations Michelle Marine

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Fuel Your Black Friday with this Del Christina Strickland

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I’ve always been a huge fan of Starbucks coffee.

But, this Holiday Blend with the Sam’s Club Artisan Cinnamon rolls.

This is heaven.

The notes of ginger, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in the Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee just sings when complemented by Sam’s Club Artisan Cinnamon rolls.

Do I sound a little ridiculous talking about coffee and bakery treats this way? Perhaps, but these two items together really are that good!

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mon Rolls, and New Year’s Goals Stephanie Brubaker I am a bit of a cinnamon roll freak. All that warm, fluffy pastry loaded with cinnamon flavor; and please don’t skimp on the sticky icing! The only way to make it better is to add a cup (or 6 in my case) of Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee.

Oh how I wish you could smell this!! It has a warm, comforting scent. It is full of cinnamon and cloves with hints of orange, ginger, and nutmeg. Smells happy!

I first tried the coffee and really enjoyed the warm, spicy flavors.

Then I dug into a warm cinnamon roll and when I went back for another sip of coffee it was amazing how much stronger the cinnamon and clove tasted. The flavors really popped! I never knew how certain coffees could enhance your food and vice versa. I would truly recommend trying these together!

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34 Given that we’re in the heart of the holiday season, I’ve been hearing a lot about Starbucks’ new Holiday Blend. Expecting to find a small cup of coffee, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Sam’s Club was serving full-size cups of Starbucks’ new Holiday Blend and a full-size Artisan Fresh Cinnamon Roll! What a wonderful morning treat for early morning shoppers.

When I first tasted the coffee, I noticed how smooth it was. There was no bitterness that I can almost immediately detect in a low quality roast. This particular blend balances sweet and spicy flavors, but it wasn’t until I sipped the coffee with the cinnamon roll that I was able to detect specific spices like cinnamon.

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A Delicious Pairing Caryn Bailey

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Starbucks Perfect Pairing Chrissy Taylor Starbucks Holiday Coffee Blend is “Spicy & Sweet with hints of comfort & joy,” and pairs beautifully with Sam’s Club Artisan Cinnamon Crunch Muffins. The complementary notes on the Starbucks coffee include ginger, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange and cloves.

This Starbucks Holiday Blend was delicious, and such a smooth coffee. Then I tried pairing the Starbucks Coffee with the Artisan Cinnamon muffin. The muffin really brought out the cinnamon flavor in the coffee. They are a perfect pair!

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Black Friday Recap with Sam’s and Brandi Morgan I read a few weeks ago that Sam’s Club would be offering a FREE Delicious Pairings Breakfast to their Black Friday shoppers! The pairing consisted of Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee, Artisan Fresh Cinnamon Rolls and fresh fruit. Because of this event, it helped sway me to purchase them!

I don’t like my coffee strong so I did not follow the package directions when I brewed my own.

It turned out GREAT! I could taste the orange and cinnamon undertones.

Some of the other flavors included in the coffee are nutmeg, cloves, ginger and pumpkin. I normally do not purchase Starbucks Coffee to brew at home and only get their mixed drinks at their retail locations. I was pleasantly surprised at how good my cup of coffee was!

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Let the Wrapping Begin Jillian Warner After grabbing a few gift boxes at Walmart I headed around the corner to Sam’s Club to grab the last gift I needed to pick up.

While I was there I saw this big display for the Starbucks Limited Edition Holiday Blend Coffee and decided to grab a bag. By buying it in bulk meant it wound up being about the same price as store brand coffee.

You may not know this but I have a severe weakness for cinnamon rolls so it was impossible for me to pass up the mini cinnamon rolls in the bakery section. They’re mini so they don’t really count if you eat them right?

I brewed up a pot of the Holiday Blend and set out some cinnamon rolls. This special blend brings out the magic in foods that have cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and more which makes for some Delicious Pairings.

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National Pastry Day with Starbucks Kimberly Sneed Did you know that this past Sunday, December 9th was National Pastry Day? Did you celebrate?

Our family did, and why not… who wouldn’t enjoy fresh pastry and a little coffee on the side?

This weekend I stopped by our local Sam’s Club to pick up our pastries and we chose the Artisan Fresh Cinnamon Rolls and their Artisan Fresh Apple Lattice Pie! We also stopped by Sam’s Club’s fantastic assortment of coffee and picked up a bag of Starbucks Limited Edition Holiday Blend!

Once we got home I brewed up a pot of the Starbucks Holiday Blend.

As a daily coffee drinker, I have to say that this blend is fantastic.

We had fun tasting them all together for a sweet treat. The cinnamon rolls really brought out the cinnamon in the coffee. And the apple pie and coffee together were so tasty! Typically I have apple pie with ice cream, but I think I have found a new favorite combination!

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Holiday Decorating Fuel & Tradition Jocelyn Brubaker

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on: Coffee and Cinnamon Roll One family tradition we have is to eat cinnamon rolls for breakfast every Christmas morning with coffee.

There is something so wonderful about that Delicious Pairing. This year I picked up a bag of the Starbucks Holiday Blend Coffee and a pack of the Artisan Fresh cinnamon rolls from Sam’s Club to motivate my tree decorators.

Did you know that certain kinds of coffee go better with certain foods?

When we tried a bite of the cinnamon rolls with the coffee it was amazing! I couldn’t believe how much more cinnamon I could taste.

My family all agreed that the cinnamon rolls were so much better with the coffee. We will definitely be getting more of these rolls to enjoy with the rest of our Starbucks coffee on Christmas morning.

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THE BLOGGERS Rachel Rockwell Kim Danger Randi Dukes Jodi Horsley Lyuba Brooke Michelle Marine Amanda Fiveash Tonia Larson Kathy Hodson Mariah Moon Paula Bendfeldt Diaz Christina Strickland Heidi Kundin Caryn Bailey Chrissy Taylor Brandi Morgan Jillian Warner Arlene Mobley Stephanie Brubaker Jocelyn Brubaker Kimberly Sneed

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