I happily arrived at the breakfast table with a platter full of piping hot chocolate chip pancakes. My glee was however short lived, as my 8-year-old son Sam jumped up from his chair and ran to the kitchen saying, “I need to get some of that Crown Royal syrup!” Yes, straight from glee to startled to raw parental concern. “Sam, I’m sure that it’s Noon somewhere, but really? It’s only 8AM.”

Thankfully, Sam returned from the kitchen with Mrs. Butterworth in hand (thankfully the bottle version and not the full female). That’s when I recalled my recent “Cookie of the Week” post featuring “Maple Crown Royal Cookies.” That’s also when I fully realized the unintended consequences of Maple flavored liquor baking ingredients. Who knew that Mrs. Butterworth drinks the hard stuff?