Say goodbye to 2018 with these delectable Las Vegas treats
Cucina by Wolfgang Puck and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill
Created just for the holiday, the Christmas Cocoa Budino puts a twist on the wintertime favorite hot cocoa by topping the Italian pudding with marshmallow fluff and peppermint streusel. Through Wednesday at Cucina, $12; Christmas Eve only at the bar and grill, $11.
The Shops at Crystals, Downtown Summerlin, wolfgangpuck.com
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar
A familiar holiday flavor turns into a cool, creamy Christmas treat in this peppermint cheesecake with crushed candy cane, pretzel bark and an Oreo cookie crust, through Jan. 31, $16.
The Venetian, 702-297-6541, runchickenrun.com
Milk Bar
The affinity of chocolate and peppermint makes it a popular holiday flavor, and it stars in this 6-inch creation from Milk Bar, in which chocolate malt cake is layered with peppermint frosting and chocolate fudge and sprinkled with chocolate crumbs, $50.50.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 702-698-7000, cosmopolitanlasvegas.com
Delmonico Steakhouse
Named for chef de cuisine Ronnie Rainwater’s grandmother, Carrie Jean Tucker of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the Carrie Streusel pound cake is infused with salted cane syrup to reflect Emeril Lagasse’s beloved Southern flavors and topped with cream cheese frosting, $14, only on Christmas Day.
The Venetian, 702-414-3737, venetian.com
Sweets Raku
For Sweets Raku’s traditional French chocolate Noel cake, chocolate sponge cake is rolled with chocolate cream and strawberries and frosted with chocolate, bracketed with cookie “log rings” and topped with holiday decorations, $45.
5040 W. Spring Mountain Road, 702-290-7181, raku-sweets.com
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