Make Your Own Sundae Party
Posted by: Christina / Category: Meal Planning & Recipes, Party IdeasKids just love to do things themselves. Well, mine don’t like to clean their rooms or do chores generally, but they love to make things without parental guidance or help. That’s tough for me because it means giving up control and my perfectionistic ideas of how things should look but it makes my girls feel like they’re growing up.
A great party idea for the summertime is Make Your Own Ice Cream Sundaes. Combine your favorite ice creams with your favorite toppings and voila — easy entertainment and delicious dessert all rolled into one.
Of course, if you’re “giving up control”, be prepared for spills and messes. I always like to put my girls under the sprinkler for a quick rinse when they’re done creating!
Have you ever tried making your own ice cream sandwiches? Williams Sonoma.com has a great recipe for Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches as well as fun molds to make your sandwiches into different shapes.
How’s this for a “cool” gift idea — Ice Cream Source.com ships your favorite ice cream flavors directly to you! They have a variety of survival kit gift packages as well as Ice Cream of the Month clubs. Very original!
I made this Banana Split Pie 10 years ago for my daughter’s birthday and it was a hit! It’s from Woman’s Day magazine and a tip I heard about softening ice cream so that it’s not melty: when softened, put into a stand mixer and whip for just a minute. Makes it easier to spread in the pie crust. Enjoy!
Banana Split Pie
3 T sugar
4 large ripe bananas
5 c (2 1/2 pints) vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
1 6-oz ready to fill chocolate pie crust
1/2 c cocktail peanuts, coarsely chopped
1 c strawberry preserves
Garnish: whipped cream topping
bottled chocolate sauceSprinkle sugar in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. As sugar starts to melt, peel bananas and quickly slice into skillet. As slices sizzle and brown lightly, stir gently to turn and coat. When browned and slightly mushy, pour bananas onto a metal pie plate or pixxa pan and refigerate so they cool quickly, about 10 minutes.
Spoon about 3/4 c of the ice cream into crust, pressing down lightly. Top with about half the bananans and sprinkle with 1/4 c of peanuts. continue layering: 3/4 c ice cream, all the strawberry preserves, another 3/4 c ice cream, remaining bananas and remaining ice cream. Sprinkle with remaining peanuts. Cover and freeze at least 6 hours.
30 minutes before serving, transfer pie to refigerator.
To serve, pipe whipped topping around edge of pan. Cut in wedges and drizzle each wedge with chocolate sauce.
For a low-fat version, use fat-free ice cream or frozen yogurt, light strawberry preserves and reduce calorie chocoalte sauce. Omit peanuts in the pie and just scatter 1 T peanuts on top.
