Nielsen-Massey baking extracts for the holidays
This giveaway has ended. Congrats to our winner, Linda L.
We are very excited to announce a new giveaway with Nielsen-Massey, makers of some of the world’s finest vanillas and flavor extracts since 1907. Originally founded by Richard Massey, the company is still a family-owned operation run by the third-generation of Nielsens. Their high-quality products include pure vanillas and many other flavors available all across the world. In our parts, you can find them in your nearest Williams-Sonoma or locally at Sur la Table and Sweet Basil in Scottsdale.
Nielsen-Massey uses a cold extraction process instead of heat extraction to gently pull out the flavors and preserve the taste of these ingredients in their natural state. Cold extraction is much more delicate and takes a longer time to process — think weeks instead of days — but the benefits are evident in the finished product.
One of our readers will win a set of Nielsen-Massey baking extracts – a fun giveaway just in time for the holiday season! The set will include 2 oz bottles of Pure Peppermint Extract, Pure Almond Extract, Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract and Pure Chocolate Extract.
All of their products are all-natural and 100 % pure. I tested the same set for myself and immediately dug into the Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla as soon as it arrived (you can never have too much vanilla on-hand, in my opinion). The 2 ounce dark, glass bottles are perfect for storing in the pantry and preserving quality (not to mention more health conscious than plastic too). The Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla smelled sweet and creamy as soon as I opened the bottle and added such a richness to my baking dishes. Pure, natural vanilla flavor made cookies, cakes and frostings more rich and decadent than store-brand vanilla extracts. You can definitely taste the quality here.
Second in the set was the Pure Chocolate Extract, crafted from fine cocoa beans and exhibits the flavor of very dark chocolate. It can be added to many dishes including beverages, desserts, sauces, and even spicy foods. Try pairing it with chili peppers for a unique twist. One tablespoon of their chocolate extract equals 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder which is very handy if you don’t have it in your pantry. I used it in my favorite Nutella-banana frozen smoothie and it brought out a deep, chocolate flavor just as if I had added a square of unsweetened dark chocolate.
The Pure Almond Extract is just as good as all the others and pairs really well with sweet flavors of vanilla, chocolate, maple and butterscotch. If you’re a baker, you know how useful a good bottle of almond extract can be! Use it to create homemade ice cream or a delicious custard.
The Peppermint Extract is one of my favorites to use around the winter season and you’ll find that Nielsen-Massey’s does not disappoint. Crafted from the finest mint oils, use the extract for flavoring your teas or peppermint hot cocoa. I love using it to whip of a batch of my infamous white chocolate peppermint bark to give as edible gifts near Christmas. Nielsen-Massey even recommends adding it to savory dishes like pork or  lamb (lamb would be especially good ) and poultry.
Though the collection will run you a little higher than grocery store vanillas and flavorings, the quality surpasses all and it’s always useful to have high-quality baking ingredients on hand around this time of year. Good-quality vanillas and extracts make all the difference in sweet and savory dishes.  Bonus, all of the above products are kosher, gluten-free, all-natural and allergen-free!
Visit the website at nielsenmassey.com to find a store locator near you and enter the giveaway below for your chance to win a set.
One of our readers will win 2 ounce bottles of each of the following: Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract, Pure Chocolate Extract, Pure Almond Extract, and Pure Peppermint Extract.
This giveaway has ended. Congrats to our winner, Linda L.
The Fine Print: The giveaway is open to readers who are 18 years or older and reside in the United States. Winner will have 5 days to provide their address before another winner is chosen. In compliance with FTC guidelines, Nielsen-Massey will provide the product to the winner, complimentary. PhoenixBites received complimentary samples to facilitate the review. View our Disclosure Policy for more info.
I would use it in anything that is sweet to our lips and right to our hips 🙂
I would use it in my coconut cream pie recipe, chocolate pie recipe, and in all the other good things I love to cook .
I would happily use these in the pies and cookies I bake for the holidays!
I will use it to make my famous sweet potato pies.
I found some great sounding recipes for homemade syrups I’d love to try.
I’d make flavored icings for my holiday cookies.
I make cookies and spiced nuts for the holidays.
I would use it in my chocolate chip cookie recipe. Yum!
Well I bake all the time and these would be great for my cookies and cakes.
These would be perfect in all of my winter/holiday pies, cookies and cakes, baking is my passion
These would be fantastic in my Vanilla Cinnamon pancakes. Thanks!
I would use the Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla extract in a smoothie.
I would use it in my cookies, cakes, anything that I can bake that is sweet.
I have some pretty awesome cookie recipes that I could enhance with these extracts
Russian tea cake cookies, mousse, coffee and more.
I do a lot of baking this time of year; the peppermint and the almond (along with the king of extracts ~ vanilla) would be utilized again and again in cookies and cakes. How wonderful, and this is the finest quality.
Cookies
I’d use them for Christmas cookies, blondies & cakes!
I would use the baking extracts to make loads of vegan desserts–almond cookies, peppermint brownies, etc. And to liven up vegan pancakes! My husband just started a new job on the graveyard shift, and I bet he’d love to come home to suped-up pancakes for dinner 🙂
Cakes and cupcakes!
I would love to makes some great pound cake for the holidays.
The holidays are coming and I love to create new flavors and recipes.
banana bread!
I would use these extracts to in my icings, cookies, and cakes.
I would use these in my Christmas baking!
Monkey bread!
I’d use these in chocolate chip cookies.
In cookies and quick breads.
My daughter would bake with them, pies, vanilla cakes (I would like it in my tea).
I’d use them in ALL of my Christmas baking!
cheesecake!
Probably cookies. 🙂
Cheesecake! Pound cake! cookies …. italian cream cake ….
I would love to use these in baking cookies with my mother and niece! 🙂
Christmas cookies!
I’d make the Fiesta Mole Sauce for Chicken Bake. I’d also bake lots of cookies! Thanks for the chance!
would love to try it in chocolate chip cookies …..my grandkids favorite!
vanilla ice cream or chocolate chip cookies.
chocolate cake with vanilla frosting
I would use them in pound cakes and breads.
Thanks
I would use a drop or 2 of the Chocolate and Peppermint extract in a awesome Mexican Chocolate Hot Cocoa! And the others I would use in my mixtures for Peach Crisp, Apple Crisp…
sugar cookies!
I think I would make vanilla cupcakes
I’s use these extracts for cookies, and candies!
I would use them in the Christmas cookies we will be baking
I would use it for all my cookies and baking needs! I hope I win because I am already excited to use them!!!! 🙂
Divinity!
I want to use this extract to make a fresh butter cream frosting for my sugar cookies!
Christmas cookies and tollhouse cookies.