Ice Cream Summer Fun For Children

Are you looking for summer desert recipes that your children can make themselves? Do your children love to cook but you need new ideas? Are you planning a large gathering and want unique activities for your party?

Below are four delicious and fun ice cream desert recipes kids can help create.

1. Party-Size Banana Split: Gather the whole team to create this super-bowl sundae. Fill an extra-large bowl with bananas and scoops of ice cream. Drizzle with ice-cream toppings, then squirt on pressurized whipped cream. Top with nuts and maraschino cherries.

2. S’Mores Sundae: At the bottom of a bowl put a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Next pour chocolate syrup over the ice cream. Add a spoonful of gooey marshmallow creme. Slip in two chocolate-covered graham crackers; crumble another one on top. You’ll definitely want s’more!

3. Brownie Pie: On the top of a rich brownie pie crust, pile on a rainbow of flavors and fresh berries.

For the brownie pie crust, you can use a brownie mix from the store. Bake in a pie plate or pan and then cool until completely cooled.

Add 1 ½ quarts sherbert or ice cream of any variety of flavors. Use 3-4 Tbsp. Ice-cream topping such as strawberry, pineapple, or chocolate. Lastly stop with 1 cup fresh raspberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries.

Variation: If you use vanilla, chocolate or strawberry ice cream, you can substitute l cup of fresh fruit with 1 cup of toppings such as English Toffee, chocolate chips, crushed oreo cookies, vanilla wafers, or etc.

4. Ice Cream on a stick: Cut a block of ice cream into rectangles. Place on a chilled baking sheet and freeze till firm. Add wooden sticks and freeze again. Spread with chocolate-fudge ice-cream coating and a variety of small candies. Yum!

Children love to feel a part of what is going on. Involving your children and their friends in creating their own deserts can be a rewarding experience for them. As mother’s and grandmother’s, we are always looking for unique ideas that will capture a child’s attention.

For other fun and creative ideas for children visit our dress-up clothing page. Included with our line of dress cup clothing, are children stories that you can read to your children and their friends.

*Recipe’s taken from July 1992 issue of Better Homes and Gardens

--La Donna Jensen, co-owner Aaron’s Online Boutique, owner of Network Marketing Income, Internet entrepreneur, 20 years marketing and sales, author.