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Lauren Habermehl

Milwaukee

Writer, Photographer, and Recipe Developer at Taste Of Home

Articles

  • 1 week ago | tasteofhome.com | Lauren Habermehl

    Chocolate and pistachio have been having a moment lately, thanks to the popular Dubai chocolate bar. Dozens of mashup recipes of the viral sweet treat, including Dubai chocolate lattes and Dubai chocolate cheesecake bars, have been popping up ever since the bar’s explosion in popularity on social media in 2024. Now, we have our take on the buzzy Dubai strawberry cups.

  • 2 weeks ago | tasteofhome.com | Lauren Habermehl

    You can turn just about any dessert into a cocktail, and this cherry pie cocktail is a prime example. It’s bursting with the sweet and punchy flavor of a Michigan cherry pie recipe, accented with notes of maple, cinnamon and almond. Plus, the addition of RumChata makes it lusciously creamy, like a slice of warm cherry pie topped with melty vanilla ice cream on a hot summer’s day. New to drink slinging?

  • 2 weeks ago | tasteofhome.com | Lauren Habermehl

    Lauren Habermehl for Taste of Home Lauren Habermehl for Taste of Home We sampled seven chocolate chip cookies from in-store bakeries to find our absolute favorite.

  • 2 weeks ago | tasteofhome.com | Lauren Habermehl |Margaret Knoebel

    As someone who has lived in Wisconsin for most of my life, I love seeing fried cheese curds pop up on restaurant menus in other parts of the country; it makes my little cheesehead heart sing! That said, fried cheese curds made in the heart of America’s Dairyland will forever be the best, especially the ones made at the Wisconsin State Fair.

  • 1 month ago | tasteofhome.com | Lauren Habermehl

    Summer is a time for cookouts, picnics and evenings spent on the patio sipping cocktails with friends. While tried-and-true recipes like classic margaritas and minty mojitos will never go out of fashion, we like to add at least one or two creative cocktail creations to our repertoire every year—and this pink pina colada recipe is a new summer cocktail favorite that we’ll be blending up all season long.