Blackberry Crisp

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

Homemade Blackberry Crisp, topped with vanilla ice cream.

As we enter the second part of August, our blackberries are back. In the back of our house, there's blackberry trees and that always means I need to bake something with them! This summer I chose to bake Blackberry Crisp. My husband picked about four cups while I was out. I saw them washed and put away in the fridge and I knew I needed to buy ice cream and more sugar so I could bake some crisp.

There are so many recipes online. A lot of them looked pretty plain and sounded kind of tasteless. The recipe I found here from bakeitwithlove.com sounded good. You can click on their link for the recipe. I didn't make any changes so I'm not going to type it out here. She also has a lot of helpful tips for making this dessert.

My crisp turned out oh so good! I let my crisp sit out for about an hour before I dug in and tried a bite. Wow! That sweet and tart berry flavor was spot on. The buttery and crumbly topping mixed perfectly with the blackberries. I topped mine with vanilla ice cream and it just tasted incredible. The crisp was still warm, so the ice cream started to melt just a little. I made the mistake of dishing some up and then taking photos of my Blackberry Crisp just before dinner. This dessert was so filling and satisfying, that I no longer wanted dinner.

You can use this recipe with any fruit, either fresh or frozen. Just don't forget to top it with some ice cream!

Do you have berries growing in your yard this time of year? I hope you pick some and bake something yummy!