Sugar plums and gingerbread, anyone? Check out these Nutcracker-themed treats at local restaurants

The Carolina Ballet's Nutcracker opened this past weekend in Chapel Hill, before moving on to the Durham Performing Arts Center and the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts this month. And, for the fifth year, the ballet is collaborating with local restaurants and bars to offer up some Nutcracker-themed desserts and adult beverages. Yum!!

Here's a sampling of the few (family-friendly) treats (descriptions courtesy of the ballet):

This festive, layered dessert features chestnut custard, spiced pumpkin and sugar plum jelly, gingerbread and a honey caramel drizzle.

Pasty chef/owner Daniel Benjamin’s creation consists of chestnut mousse, black currant yogurt cremeux, almond cake, black currant gelee, and almond shortbread.

The dessert features chocolate gingerbread, coffee buttercream, white chocolate snow and marzipan mice.

Videri makes this treat with local plums, brown sugar, dark chocolate and cinnamon. The dairy-free ganache has a warm, fruity flavor and a lovely fluffy texture inside its dark chocolate shell.

Vidrio’s dessert is prepared to look like a holiday ornament that has fallen off the Christmas tree and shattered on the floor. The dessert incorporates flavors of the season – white chocolate mousse, spiced pomegranate gelee, gingerbread, gingerbread meringue.

On the adult drinks menu, you'll find Clara's Gift, a new offering from Trophy Brewing, a Sugar Plum Fairy Martini at 10th & Terrace, a Mother Ginger at Guglhupf, a Sugar Plum Fairy Cocktail at Bittersweet and more.