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Fall is coming to an close and I think we're finally entering the end of Pumpkin Everything Season--to me, Christmas and New Year's Eve feel more like chocolate and caramel things. But I didn't want to let it go without one more festive pumpkin recipe! And when Lavazza sent me some coffee to try out and challenged me to create a complimentary recipe, I knew these little pumpkin custards would be just perfect.

Ingredients:

One cup of canned pumpkin

One teaspoon vanilla extract

One teaspoon cinnamon

Four eggs

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

One cup of canned coconut milk

1/4 cup maple syrup

Pinch of salt

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Boil some water.

2. Mix the pumpkin and the spices into one bowl. In another, lightly beat eggs and add maple syrup, vanilla, and coconut milk.

3. Slowly add egg mixture into pumpkin mixture and combine well.

4. Pour the mixture into half-cup ramekins. Put the ramekins in a baking pan and carefully add boiling water to the dish so that it surrounds them. Don't spill water into the custard! Not that I did that or anything (I totally did).

5. Gently place the pan into the oven and bake for 30 minutes (this will totally depend on your oven--mine were totally done after half an hour, but I've read other custard recipes that call for an hour of baking time. They'll be done when you put a knife into the center and it comes out clean).

6. Serve with coffee!

This post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Koss.

I'm not usually one for holiday gift guides, but I do have a handful of pretty awesome sponsors this month whose products would make wonderful presents for the people on your Christmas list.

First up is Koss, whose Fit Buds and Fit Clips are actually changing my life. I've been using the same old earbuds for years, and they're worn to bits and fall out of my head with every other step I take. Koss' female designers teamed up with Gold Medalist Dara Torres to create the world's first headphones designed specifically for women.

Also, they're just really fun.

Get 'em at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Walgreens, Kmart, or Sears this season. Happy holidays!

Thank you again for your support as I take on a few more sponsors this month. I only work with brands that I love or use myself, so I hope you find these partnerships of mine beneficial to you in some way.