Ice Cream Cupcakes {TWC Linky Party #91 - Ice Cream Treats}

Summer Time and Ice Cream, what's not to love?

Ice Cream Cupcakes

adapted , original recipe was found at Bubbly Nature Creations

cake mix and the ingredients on the box to the make cake

First step is to make the cupcakes according to directions on your cake mix box (or if you wish make them from scratch). Line muffin tin with cupcake liners and fill only the bottom of each liner with cake (about 1/4 inch or about 1 tbsp of batter). Bake as directed, but only about half the time, becasue they are so small. About 8 to 10 minutes is all they need.. Remove from oven and cool.

ice cream (homemade or store bought, your choice)

We used store bought vanilla ice cream, mixed with sprinkles. Let ice cream defrost until it's very creamy and can be spread ontop cupcakes easily (about 1 hour out of the freezer to defrost). Once cupcakes cool completely, top them with ice cream and then freeze for about 1 to 2 hours until ice cream re-forms before topping with frosting.

Favorite Frosting Recipe or a tub of Cool Whip

Make up a batch of your favorite frosting and mix a whole bunch of sprinkles into it before topping the cupcakes.

When the ice cream is re-formed remove from freezer and top with frosting, they can then be served immediatley or can be returned to freezer and served when needed.

This week's theme is: ICE CREAM

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This Week's Cravings Upcoming Linky "THEMES"

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July 30 - Summer Fruits & Summer Salads

August 6 - Cupcakes (be creative)

August 13 - Summer Grilling BBQ & Vegetables

August 20 - LEMONADE (anything) Desserts, Drinks & More

Your hostess for this party are: Tina from MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Nicole from The Daily Dish and Kristi from Veggie Converter. We host this theme linky party every Monday (and the party stays open all week long)! We hope to inspire you to make something with our theme or get an old post notice by linking it up to the linky party below. 

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Dirty Dancing Movie & Skinny Cow Ice Cream Party

It's Summer Time and what better way to celebrate then with lazy days watching movie classics like Dirty Dancing and enjoying Ice Cream! In our summer plans this year we decided to get a bunch of friends together once a week at our home to relax, have all-night sleepovers, and enjoy the summer sun playing in the pool. My kids are loving it so far, lots of friends and family around to hang out with, what's not to love?

When I was invited by Foodbuzz to host a Skinny Cow Ice Cream Party and a movie screening of Dirty Dancing I knew this would fit in perfectly with our Summer Slumber Parties. With my girls (twins), and their best friends (a set of twins and a set of triplets), that's an EASY party of 7, plus throw in a few younger brothers and we've got a house full. And with 4 of the 7 teenagers loving DANCE, the movie Dirty Dancing is right up their alley. The two sets of twins have been dancing for over 10 years together.

We invited everyone over for the slumber party and the festivities began. Of course, number one on the list was munchies. A party at our house is never complete with out chips and homemade pan fried onion dip, then they moved right into the movie and ice cream, followed by a fun day at the pool.

We enjoyed the Skinny Cow Slimited Editions Oh Fudge Nuts Cones (this was our favorite, my son even ate two), next the older girls and my girlfriend tried the Mmmocha Truffle Bars (and for any coffee lovers out there... DE-LI-CIOUS) and lastly we all enjoyed the classic Best of Both Swirleds Sandwiches. The Skinny Cow ice cream was amazing, no one could believe that is was Skinny Cow, they all said they would toally have this ice cream AGAIN. I knew that was the case when all the ice cream that was purchased was completely gone. Plenty of Ice cream was enjoyed by all.

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, I received a stipend, DVD,
and coupons for free Skinny Cow® product.

Frozen Banana

You can even make these camping like I did with plastic knives as sticks!
ENJOY, recipe only Friday's on MOMS CRAZY COOKING!

Raspberry Picking & Homemade Raspberry Sauce

Last year was our first year going Apple & Raspberry picking, we made it a fun camping weekend and had loads of fun. We also did lots of geocaching too (if you love hiking and treasure hunting, then check it out). We have made it an annual event to now go apple picking and raspberry picking, but our apple picking trip isn't planned until October this year and by then raspberry season will be long gone. So, my friend and I decided to take a day trip up to Oak Glen, California and pick us up some fresh raspberries. We had a great time with NO kids and the entire trip was absolutely wonderful! (I think we will add this to our annual list of events, a MOMS day in Oak Glen)

Yes, that is an entire bucket of raspberries! DELICIOUS!

The raspberries were unbelievable, so sweet, so perfect and so deliciously red! We visited two farms that day Rileys at Los Rios Rancho and Snow-Line Orchard both for raspberry picking. We also stopped at a farmers market and went to my favorite place Willowbrook Apple Farm to pick  a few blackberries and get some oh so good fresh honey.

We found a few critters along the way.... glad I didn't stick my hand in there too quickly.

And the bees, oh the bees are crazy! I HATE bees and I just have to grin and bear it.

Right when I got home, I went straight into the kitchen, washing and preserving some of my raspberry treasures. Plus, I made a fun Raspberry Creme Coffee Cake, a Raspberry & Nutella Pizza, this fresh Raspberry Sauce (below) served over vanilla ice cream and a few other recipes that will be hitting my blog very soon. I also froze some raspberries, I wanted to keep them at thee most freshest state and froze them as soon as I got home. Here is my freezer method.

Freezing Fresh Raspberries

Wash and pat dry raspberries, lay them all out on a cookie sheet to freeze. Place cookie sheet into freezer over night. Remove cookie sheet from the freezer and then place the raspberries into a zip lock bag. This allows the raspberries to freeze individually and therefore when you need a few raspberries for a recipe you do not have to use the entire bag, you just take what you need. 

Raspberry Sauce

found somewhere on the Internet, sorry don't remember where

1 pint raspberries

1 tsp water

1/2 cup sugar (or to taste)

1/2 tsp grated lemon zest

Raspberry Sauce: Place half the raspberries in a saucepan with water and sugar. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves and sauce is thick. Add the remaining raspberries and orange zest. Heat through at the lowest temperature setting. Top filled crepes with raspberry sauce and garnish with sour cream and fresh raspberries.

One Year Ago Today: Lemony Egg Salad

THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS #40 Linky Party (Watermelon) and Frozen Watermelon Pops

THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS Linky Party #40

The Theme is: Watermelon & Other Favorite Melons
(Please share with us your favorite melon recipes!)

Love these little guys! My son and two of my great nephews!

This recipe is so easy it doesn't even need a recipe. And they are thee most delicious scrumptious Summer treat ever. I will make these and keep them in my freezer all summer long, they are great for any diet and the kids love them too. They are a perfect treat at the river too which is 117 to 120 degress each and every day we are there, you can be sure I will have a stock pile of these in my motorhome this week, because we are on VACATION at the river! Yipeeeeee.........

Frozen Watermelon Pops
Cut watermelon into several square pieces. The shapes don't always come out equal, but they are fun shapes and the kids love them. Insert sucker stick into the bottom of the watermelon and lay on a lined cookie sheet. Freeze until completely frozen, then you can store together in a ziploc bag (and they will not stick together)! Take out one at a time and eat!

These are a few of my favorite little guys! My son and four of my great nephews!

They loved the WATERMELON POPS!

A LIST OF "FOOD" LINKY PARTIES: It's MONDAY already! Let's do this bloggers... it's a fresh start to a NEW week! I can't wait to mix and mingle with all of you and see what has been cooking in your kitchens!

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August 8 - Summer Vegetables

August 15 - Special Diets (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut Free, etc)

August 22 - "Eat a Peach Day" - Peach Recipes

August 29 - Labor Day BBQ Recipes

This is a BLOG Party hosted by From My Tiny Kitchen, Delightful Country Cookin' and MOMS CRAZY COOKING. If you are a regular link-up we're excited to see what you made this week. If you are new please read and follow the simple rules, so that everyone can enjoy the linky party! If you forget to follow the theme, your post will be deleted. Please don't feel hurt, just come back and link up a recipe that follows the theme. Thanks a million, we look forward to blogging with you!

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This week's theme is: Watermelon

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THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS #38 (ICE CREAM) and Ice Cream Sundaes in a Shell

THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS Linky Party #38

The Theme is: Ice Cream

(Please share with us your favorite ice cream treat!)

Ice Cream Sundaes in a Shell
adapted from Azteca Bake & Fill Shells
1pkg Azteca Salad Shells (see post about this amazing product)
Your Favorite Ice Cream & Sundae Toppings

I picked Cookie Dough Ice Cream, Chocolate Chips, Melted White Chocolate and Cherries. 

It's the WEEKEND, a great time for any kind of PARTY including Linky Parties! Today, we will link this recipe to: Check Me Out Saturday, Show and Tell Saturdays, Sweets for Saturday, Spotlight Saturday, Sundae Scoop, Recipe Swap Sundays, It's Party Time, Potluck Sunday, Weekend Wander, Sunday Showcase Party, Monday Link Party at Craft-o-Mantic, Joy of Desserts,  Cast Party Wednesday

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July 25 - Strawberries

August 1 - Watermelon & Other Melon Recipes

August 8 - Summer Vegetables

August 15 - Special Diets (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut Free, etc)

This is a BLOG Party hosted by From My Tiny Kitchen, Delightful Country Cookin' and MOMS CRAZY COOKING. If you are a regular link-up we're excited to see what you made this week. If you are new please read and follow the simple rules, so that everyone can enjoy the linky party! If you forget to follow the theme, your post will be deleted. Please don't feel hurt, just come back and link up a recipe that follows the theme. Thanks a million, we look forward to blogging with you!

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This week's theme is: ICE CREAM

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Mud Pie from Disney's Princess Tiana

My girls bought me this wonderful cookbook for Christmas The Princess and the Frog: Tiana's Cookbook: Recipes for Kids (Disney Princess: the Princess and the Frog) (Hardcover). We have been wanting to cook out of it ever since. We tried one of the recipes (didn't go too well), but we didn't want to give up, so this weekend we made two more things from the book and LOVED both of them! Here is the first recipe and then we will be sharing the Berry Cobbler very soon!

Mud Pie

adapted from The Princess and the Frog: Tiana's Cookbook: Recipes for Kids (Disney Princess: the Princess and the Frog) (Hardcover)

1 1/4 cups of crushed graham crackers (we used pre-crushed)

6 tbsp melted butter

1 quart Chocolate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

1/2 cup chocolate fudge topping

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 tub Cool Whip

2 tbsp powdered hot cocoa mix

Stir 1 cup of the crushed graham crackers into the melted butter. Pour into a 9" pie pan. After the crumbs have cooled, press them against the bottom and the sides of the pan to form the pie crust. Freeze the crust for 20 minutes.

Remove ice cream from freezer and let thaw, almost completely. Stir the "extra" chocolate chips into the ice cream then scoop the ice cream into the pie crust and spread evenly. Dig about 8 holes in the ice cream and fill each with a tbsp of fudge-topping. Re-freeze for another 20 minutes. Stir the Cool Whip with the powdered hot cocoa mix and then spread over the pie, then sprinkle on the remaining cracker crumbs. Wrap the pie in plastic and freeze it for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

My girls are TRUE Disney fans! They would live at Disneyland if they could! They LOVE it, and of course living only 20 minutes away we have annual passes and it is their favorite past time of all. And this summer it is their life-long dream to dance and or at least work at Disney, they will be 18 years old this year and will finally be able to apply to work at Disneyland!

It's the WEEKEND, a great time for any kind of PARTY including Linky Parties! Today, we will link this recipe to: Check Me Out Saturday, Show and Tell Saturdays, Sweets for Saturday, Spotlight Saturday, Saturday Spotlight

Pumpkin Ice Cream

Another delicious recipe from my new cookbook Gooseberry Patch Halloween Cookbook that I won from the Gooseberry Patch Blog.

ONLY 2 MORE DAYS: You can be a WINNER to at Gooseberry Patch, enter to win a $200 gift certificate here (be sure to add my email address tinahudgens@aol.com for referring you and we BOTH have a chance to win!) ends October 26, 2010.

This is so much fun baking out of one cookbook for 10 days straight and I am excited to bring you all these fun Halloween recipes! Today is Sunday and if I am home on a Sunday, I am always in my kitchen doing something. I stocked up on pre-making dinners and desserts for the week. I am also excited about all the things I made today, and of course I will be sharing all those recipes with you too! So, make sure you check back this for Homemade Lasagna, Sloppy Joes, Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies and now for recipe #3 of the 10 recipes I will be sharing from Gooseberry Patch Halloween Cookbook; Pumpkin Ice Cream.

Today I made this delicious Ice Cream to bring to a Halloween party on Sunday (I love doing things early, so I never get stressed out or run out of time), this is such an easy "cheat" recipe, it just starts with vanilla ice cream, read, try and enjoy. I hope they like the ice cream as much as I did today! (the little taste I snuck while making it)

Pumpkin Ice Cream

from Gooseberry Patch Halloween Cookbook

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

1 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tbsp orange juice

Place ice cream in a large bowl; set aside to soften. Mix remaining ingredients with an electric mixer on low speed; blend in ice cream. Cover and freeze. Serve as needed.

This post is linked to: Get Your Craft On, Made by You Monday, Mouthwatering Monday, Saturday Swaps, Inspiration Friday Party, Flaunt it Friday and Family Friendly Fridays