I received Dream Catcher Liqueur and ingredients used to create this Boozy Brie Appetizer at no cost to me. Recipe, opinions and wording, as always are my own.

Boozy Brie Appetizer - A nutty liqueur is the secret ingredient in this kicked up classic cheese appetizer.

A funny thing happened the other day. I posted a quick, spur of the moment picture on Instagram and Facebook of two loaves of bread I baked. I thought it was cute because one of the loaves I baked was extra small because I was giving it to my brother. In my head I thought perhaps a few people would check off "like" and that would be the end of it.

Nope.

No, sir.

Some of my followers have a keen eye.

And a lot of you apparently like cheese.

You guys spied my super secret - middle of the day - me eating an awesome boozy brie cheese appetizer - in the background of my pictures! You are super sleuths. I had a few comments and quite a few private messages asking me, no imploring me, to give the recipe.

Yes, I sometimes eat cheese alone during the day. Whatever.

So here it is.

You're welcome.

I think any nutty liqueur would work well here but the one I used was a chestnut liqueur called Dream Catcher.

So, warmed brie is a classic, obviously. A go to, in my house on the holidays. While usually I top it with some preserves and/or puff pastry (like my Blueberry Brie Puffs ), I wanted something with a little more texture. With a little more pizazz. With a little more oomph.

To get this party started I toasted up some almonds and then poured in a good helping of liqueur. At that point, I had no other plan. Seriously, I was kind of frantic watching my boozy nuts cook away. I opened my pantry and it was like I was on auto-pilot. In went some honey and brown sugar and a pinch of salt. Then I dipped my finger in to taste it (prematurely, I might add - yes I burned my finger) and it was AWESOME.

I poured that concoction over a wheel of brie and warmed it up in the oven on a baking sheet.

I'm not proud of what happened next. Let's just say when my brother came to pick up his loaf of bread, I sent him with the remaining half of brie. Yes. You've done the math correctly. I ate half of a wheel of brie by myself. Don't judge.

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