This one *may* be one of my faves that we have made so far. I mean, who doesn’t love peanut butter, banana and chocolate?!?!? It’s like a staple in dessert world, right?! 🙂 Zeke has wanted to do this combo from the start and I have to say that this ice cream is delish and give me chewy peanut butter cookies ANY day of the week! 🙂
So this week, we give you the PB + Banana + Chocolate chip ice cream sammie! 🙂
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Week Six : Black and white Ice Cream sammie!
This whole journey has been a blast making homemade ice cream sandwiches with Zeke….his ideas, his flavors and his excitement every time we bit into one! BUT, this whole time I have had in the back of my head, the quintessential dark and white chocolate idea….because it’s a CLASSIC! So, here is our take on the BLACK + WHITE ICE CREAM SANDWICH!…
Week five : 4th of July tie-dye ice cream sammie!
OK! So if you are anything like me, you LOVE the red, white, and blue, America’s birthday and basically any reason to wave the flag and get dressed to the nines and watch some fireworks and BBQ with friends and family all week long! I mean, right?!? It’s like the quintessential summer to-do, eh?! 🙂 SOOOOOOO this week, Zeke and I (and his friend Lilia) tried a super fun technique to try and “tie-dye” the inside of an ice cream sandwich. Let’s just say that these were SO SO SO fun and so easy and ended up VERY tasty! 🙂 Today, we give you the July tie-dye ice cream sammie (with a blondie)!!!!
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Week Four :: Lemon Meringue Pie ice cream sandwich
Since this weekend was Father’s Day AND we also celebrated our 12th anniversary, we decided to do one of Daddy’s fave flavors for our summer of Ice cream Sandwiches…LEMON! 🙂 Who doesn’t love lemon meringue pies?!?! (If you don’t love them then perhaps we aren’t really deep friends!) 🙂 They are sweet, and tart and light and fluffy and just quite amazing. So! Today, we are sharing this recipe for our SUPPPPPPPPPER yummy lemon meringue pie ice cream sandwich!
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Week three :: BIRTHDAY CAKE ice cream sammie! :)
This week my little chef and kitchen helper turned SIX! SIX! I am in the same camp as all the other Mom’s that have gone before me saying “WOAH! How did this happen? I can’t believe he’s getting older and more grown up……!” He’s curious and excited and brings so much joy to life…..especially with this summer ice cream sandwich project we have going. SO this week I hijacked his flavor ideas and told him that I was going to make him a Birthday Cake ice cream sandwich and goodness was it yummmmmmmmmy! 🙂 We used a cake mix for the cookie recipe and loads AND LOADS of sprinkles (thanks to Esther)! 🙂
If you have a birthday party coming up or just want to surprise your bestie with something that makes them smile, THESE! These are your ticket! 🙂
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Week two :: Strawberry Rhubarb ice cream sandwhich (aka, the perfect early summer ice cream bite)
This is our 2nd week in our #ohyaysummeroficecreamsammie ! YUP! A whole summer of homemade ice cream sandwiches….all dreamt up by my 5 year old. If you missed our intro and first week of making, check out our Strawberry Graham ice cream sammie from last week! 🙂
And this week!!! This week we quite possibly made the perfect early summer ice cream bite….we combined two of the most in season fruits and made a Strawberry Rhubarb ice cream sandwich! With a fresh strawberry layer, a sweet and tart rhubarb compote and some of *THE BEST* chewy sugar cookies on the planet! 🙂 And today, I am sharing this recipe ANNNNNND the tips that we have learned in our 2nd week of this journey! 🙂
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Introducing the summer of HOMEMADE ice cream sandwiches + Strawberry Graham ice cream sammie
Recently my son has been into cooking shows, particularly the Spring baking championship on the Food Network! 🙂 SOOOOOO! One day he asked if we could do some competition of our own…..we chatted a bit and came up with the idea of a cooking CHALLENGE for our summer! And guess what we landed on?!?! A wholllllle summer of homemade ice cream sandwiches! YUP! Ya heard me. Zeke came up with a HUGE list of flavor combinations that he wants to try (and let’s be honest, he is five, so some of these flavors need some “tweaking”…..like the Mango Coconut peanut butter ice cream with a chocolate chip, caramel cookie). But we are SO SO SO SO SO SO excited to embark on this journey and share ALLLL of our homemade ice cream sandwich recipes as we go! 🙂
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My top three ways to spend National Wine Day + a Rose ice cream recipe you MUST try! :)
What are you doing this Friday? Because, it happens to be National Wine day, only one of the BEST days of the year (only runner up to National Taco day, Chocolate cake day, Ice cream day, Christmas, Easter….ok….the list does go on for me and my celebratory ways!) BUUUUUUUUT I do have to say that this National Wine day is something that I AM totally, 100% in on celebrating.
What am I doing, you ask?!?! Well, I have a laundry list of ways that I am going to celebrate, but TODAY I am sharing with you my top THREE ways that I plan to bring a little joy into my National Wine Day! 🙂
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The easiest toasted coconut, lime, mango mini-tart recipe! and YUMMM!
If you have a Mother’s day brunch or a spring party or heck, even a summer backyard BBQ to go to, this is one of THE BEST dessert recipes to share with everyone you love. These toasted coconut, lime, mango mini-tarts are summery, tropical and SUPPPPPER easy to make!
If you are intimidated on how to make a tart, please don’t be. This recipe is EASSSSY peasy….it’s basically a lime sugar cookie with yummy filing and fresh fruit on top. Sounds simple, right…because it is! 🙂 AND AND AND the best part about this recipe is that you can interchange many of the ingredients easily: if you don’t love lime, replace with lemon and top with strawberries instead. Or if you don’t have mango on hand, replace with some fresh pineapple or more toasted coconut. This recipe is a good base for any flavor combos! 🙂 SO have fun with it and always remember to make LOTS extra for friends and neighbors to share with!!!!
Print the recipe below and let us know what you think in the comments below! 🙂
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The best Easter dessert to surprise your neighbor | aka: colorful Easter egg Krispy treats
We had an ABSOLUTE blast making these super yummy, REALLY colorful and festive Easter egg Krispy treats…..maybe it was because I ate TONS of the yummy “leftovers” after we cut out the egg shapes (the perks of the job, eh?! 🙂 And the best part (if you ask me) is that you can color the Krispy layers in any color combo that you want……all pink shades, ombre blues, or even rainbow fun! 🙂 Really, the sky is the limit! 🙂
Today I’m sharing this awesome and super great Easter recipe that is sure to make your family light up! OR if you bring a plate to your neighbors house, they will just LOVE you even more! I PROMISE that! 🙂
ANNNNND I’m sharing my *secret* ingredient for all of my baking…OK, maybe not so secret because I DO share it everywhere, but the secret ingredient to make these the MOST delicious is to use ALMOND EXTRACT in the marshmallow mixture! 🙂 YUM YUM YUM! And bonus, it will make your house smell even BETTER! 🙂
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