Key Lime Pie Milkshakes is a delightful combination of two delicious desserts! Enjoy the classic flavors of key lime and condensed milk in a frozen treat.
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Ice Cream & Frozen Treats
No-Churn Cheesecake Ice Cream
No-Churn Cheesecake Ice Cream will become your new, favorite ice cream. Homemade graham cracker crust pieces make this easy ice cream over the top!
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St. Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake
Saint Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake is a delicious treat perfect for any green celebration. A fun shamrock sprinkle mix decorates the chocolate-coated glass. Sprinkle some extra on top of the freshly whipped cream for a milkshake fit for a leprechaun!
This recipe was created for and sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers. All opinions are my own.
Milkshakes are one of my favorite frozen treats, and these Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes get an extra dose of holiday cheer with a festive sprinkle mix. Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes are the an easy treat to make for Saint Patrick’s Day. They are family-friendly, because green beer and Irish Cream Liqueur are definitely not for the kiddos. Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes will make them feel like they are part of the celebration too.
I used dark chocolate coating wafers for dipping the glasses. They are in the baking section of local craft stores. Some bulk food stores carry them as well. Feel free to use milk chocolate or white chocolate, but I personally think the dark chocolate makes the sprinkles stand out more.
Speaking of sprinkles, I love fun sprinkle mixes and they totally make the dessert. I love the different shades of greens, touches of white, and colored pearl sprinkles in this one that Sweets & Treats gave me. Sprinkles definitely take this milkshake over the top.
What you need for Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes:
- mason jars
- dark chocolate coating wafers
- shamrock sprinkle mix
- green and gold paper straws
- Wilton 1M piping tip and piping bag
Mason jars are in most grocery stores, Target and online. Dark chocolate coating wafers and the Wilton 1M piping tip and piping bags can be found in craft stores. I received my sprinkle mix from Sweets & Treats online store, as well as some green straws. Paper straws are common in most craft stores, although a better selection is usually available online.
I found those cute little cauldrons in the dollar section of my Target after Halloween. These cauldrons are so cute and great for both Saint Patrick’s Day and Halloween! I filled them with little gold coin sprinkle quins, but they can also be filled with chocolate gold coins for a festive touch.
St. Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup melted dark chocolate candy melting wafers
- St. Patrick’s Day shamrock sprinkle mix
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 cups mint chocolate chip ice cream
- Mint Green gel food color, optional
- Freshly Whipped Cream
Instructions
- Melt chocolate according to package directions. Dip rims of glasses into chocolate then immediately sprinkle with shamrock sprinkle mix. Refrigerate 5-10 minutes.
- In high-powered blender, combine milk, ice cream and a few drops of mint green food color. Blend until combined. Pour into glasses, top with freshly whipped cream and more sprinkles.
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Sweetheart Strawberry Milkshake
Grab a couple straws and sip a pretty, pink strawberry milkshake with your sweetheart. Homemade strawberry ice cream and fresh strawberries, along with a dark chocolate drip covered in sprinkles is sure to be Cupid’s favorite this Valentine’s Day.
This post is sponsored by Dixie Crystals. All opinions are my own.
Treat your sweetheart to a delicious and easy strawberry milkshake with a chocolate sprinkle drip on the glass. Freshly whipped cream is a must for milkshakes. Top it off with more sprinkles and a fun straw, for a festive flair. Strawberry ice cream made with fresh strawberries, plus frozen strawberries, blend to perfection for a creamy and delicious pink treat.
Strawberry milkshakes hold a special place in my heart. As a kid, when we took special trips to the the local strawberry farm for freshly made, hot cinnamon buns and cold strawberry milkshakes from the freshly picked strawberries at the farm. My dad loved taking me and my sister there. The smell of the cinnamon buns and strawberries was intoxicating. Hopefully I will be able to take my daughter there someday soon.
My love of milkshakes has definitely passed down to my daughter. She loves ice cream and milkshakes, and would have them every day if she could. These were the perfect treat for us to share. She loved the chocolate drip and the fun sprinkle mix. I have quite the collection of straws, and gave her the choice of red, hot pink, or light pink for our milkshakes.
I hope you make your sweetheart something special this Valentine’s Day!
Best Root Beer Float Ice Cream
Skip the straws and enjoy an old-fashioned treat everyone will love. This easy 5 ingredient recipe has all the flavor of a nostalgic root beer float in the form of ice cream!
This post is sponsored by Dixie Crystals. All opinions are my own.
I love nostalgic treats, especially if they have to do with ice cream. Malts, milkshakes and floats are some of my favorite frozen indulgences. This Root Beer Float Ice Cream is the best of both worlds, combining a root beer float with delicious homemade ice cream. Don’t forget the whipped cream, hot fudge and cherry on top!
The local burger joint was always a favorite restaurant spot to visit growing up. My family would meet up with my best friend’s family on the weekends, grab burgers, fries & root beer floats, and share a meal. My favorite treat was the root beer float. Every few weeks the restaurant hosted a classic car show and we would wander through the parking lot looking at the pristine cars, sipping on floats.
I grew up with a love of root beer – from my dad – and birch beer – from my grandmother. Because of this love, I knew I wanted to craft the perfect ice cream. I couldn’t just freeze root beer because it would get too many ice crystals. Boiling it down also reduced the flavor. The best option is a root beer concentrate or candy flavoring. The tiny bottle packed a huge root beer punch and was the best choice for the ice cream.
A secret ingredient gives this ice cream a delicious and creamy taste, like an actual root beer float. We don’t have much Fall weather yet, so we are still enjoying this ice cream quite a bit.
Here are a few item I used in this recipe
Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!
Halloween Green Monster Milkshakes
Halloween Green Monster Milkshakes are a faBOOlous drink that will be a hit with both kids and adults. Make them creepy or cute with candy eyeballs, gummy worms, eyeball lollipops, candy corn, and a fun sprinkle mix.
This post is sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers. All opinions are my own.
I loved making these cute and spooky Halloween Green Monster Milkshakes! With a few simple ingredients, you can make any milkshake unique. Themed milkshakes are always fun, and since Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I teamed up with Florida Milk to share an easy recipe that is perfect for your costume parties or after trick-or-treating.
Over-the-top milkshakes are so popular right now and amazing to look at. I created a Rainbow Rice Krispies Treats Milkshake with homemade marshmallow ice cream a few years ago and had so much fun making it.
A trick I use to get all the fun decorations to stick is to use store-bought frosting. I colored mine green to match the milkshake and the sprinkles. You can totally customize it, which is the beauty of these monster milkshakes.
I used gel food color – because that is what I had available at home – but you can use regular green food color too. Be aware that a little goes a long way. You don’t want to add too much and turn your mouth green.
The sprinkles and Halloween candy are my favorite part of the milkshake – aside from the straws, because I have a thing for cute straws and sprinkles and hoard them whenever I can. I chose a green, black and purple sprinkle mix, because it matched my glasses, the milkshake and the cute straws. You can go as creepy or cute as you’d like with these milkshakes.
You can either used freshly whipped cream or whipped topping for the milkshakes. Don’t forget extra sprinkles on the top too!
Here are a few items used in today’s recipe:
Halloween Green Monster Milkshake
By Love and Confections
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup white store-bought frosting
- Green gel food color
- Halloween sprinkles and candy eyes
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups vanilla bean ice cream
Instructions
- Mix frosting and a few drops of green food color until desired color. Using an offset spatula, spread frosting around the rim of two glasses. Add sprinkles and candy eyes. Refrigerate 5-10 minutes.
- In high-powered blender, combine milk, ice cream and a few drops of green food color. Blend until combined. Pour into glasses, top with freshly whipped cream and more sprinkles.
Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!
Chocolate Chia and Greens Pudding Pops
Cocoa and chia seeds, along with Barlean’s Chocolate Silk Greens Powder create a delicious frozen treat that is perfect for breakfast, an after school snack or dessert! Everyone will enjoy this superfood-loaded treat!
This post is sponsored by Barlean’s. All opinions are mine alone.
School started last week, and the Summer days are still very hot. I love having a cold treat ready for the little one when she finishes for the day, and these Chocolate Chia and Greens Pudding Pops hit the spot. My love of chia is evident in some of the recipes I create, like Overnight Strawberry Chia Superfruit Pudding and Carrot Cake Overnight Chia Oatmeal.
Did you know that chia seeds can absorb up to 12 times their weight in water? Imagine if you add some delicious chocolate to that, blend it all together, then freeze it. That’s how these pops were created.
I love my blender, and I definitely recommend a high-powered blender for this recipe. It breaks up the chia seeds so they can soak up the liquid and create a creamy and delicious pop. Best of all, my Little One can enjoy a treat made with a delicious superfood loaded with antioxidants from fair-trade cocoa and nutrients from more than a dozen fruits and veggies, without even knowing it.
While these are the perfect back-to-school afternoon snack – yay! school is back! – I have even indulged on one of these pops for breakfast. I don’t feel bad about giving my Little One a chocolaty treat, especially one that is packed with a nutritional punch and so easy to make!
Barlean’s partnered with Zoku’s Mod Pop Molds to create the perfect pop. This recipe is perfect for these Zoku Mod Pop Molds, because it makes exactly 6 pops – no waste! I love the individual pop molds, which can be run under warm water to release the pops. The built in drip guard is also perfect for little hands that tend to get messy.
Grab your littles and make this recipe together – it’s the perfect way to get kids in the kitchen. My Little One loves cooking and baking with me and pops are always a fun recipe to create together!
Items I used to create this recipe:
Chocolate Chia and Greens Pudding Pops
By Love and Confections
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 2 scoops Barlean’s Chocolate Silk Greens Powder
- 1/3 cup chia seeds
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into pitcher of high-powered blender, stir, and let sit for 5-10 minutes to let chia seeds absorb liquid.
- Blend on “smoothie” setting, or gradually increase speed to high. Pour into pop molds and freeze minimum 8 hours.
Yield: 6 pops
Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!
No-Churn Blueberry Cobbler Ice Cream
You don’t need an ice cream maker to make delicious ice cream. This easy No-Churn Blueberry Cobbler Ice Cream is the perfect way to savor the taste of Summer and celebrate National Ice Cream Month!
This post is sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers. All opinions are my own.
No-churn ice cream is so easy to make. If you’ve never done it, then what are you waiting for? The flavor combinations are limitless and only takes a few minutes to create fantastic homemade ice cream, like my Blueberry Cobbler Ice Cream.
Cobbler is one of my favorite desserts, especially with Summer berries. I knew blueberry cobbler would be the perfect flavor for a no-churn ice cream to round out National Ice Cream Month. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to celebrate a month dedicated to ice cream?!?
The blueberry cobbler comes together easily, and needs to be baked and cooled before mixing it into the ice cream base. You could definitely adapt this recipe for a regular ice cream machine as well. The fresh blueberries and cobbler topping blended perfectly into the ice cream and created a beautiful purple color when swirled.
The most time consuming part of this recipe was waiting for it to freeze enough to eat. The whole family loved it, especially Little L&C. She has been eating it almost every day, and requests it in a tiny cone for her dessert at night. She got so excited helping me and watching me make this recipe and it is so adorable when she exclaims”yay, blueberry ice cream!” at dessert time. This is one recipe you’ll want to keep in your freezer!
I always have blueberries on hand, whether they are fresh during blueberry season, or frozen from our yearly picking. It was fun showing Little L&C how I made the cobbler and ice cream with berries we picked this past season. She got to have a taste of something she helped make and is already asking for another batch but with strawberries!
This recipe can be made with either, so whatever you have on hand is fine. I would definitely recommend warming up some leftover cobbler and topping it with No-Churn Blueberry Cobbler Ice Cream! There is nothing better than warm cobbler with cold ice cream! Hope you enjoy this easy to make treat!
Here are a few items I used in this recipe:
No-Churn Blueberry Cobbler Ice Cream
By Love and Confections
Blueberry Cobbler Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
No-Churn Ice Cream Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups prepared cobbler, broken into bite-sized pieces
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375F. Spray 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
- In baking dish, combine blueberries, 2 tablespoons sugar and orange juice, then set aside.
- In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt, then set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment or in a medium bowl with a hand mixer, cream butter and granulated sugar for 3 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl then add egg and vanilla extract. Combine and scrape down sides as needed.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture while on low speed. Mix until just combined, then evenly cover the blueberries with dollops of batter.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the cobbler topping is golden brown. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until well chilled.
- In bowl of stand mixer with whisk attachment or in medium bowl with hand mixer, whip heavy cream and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
- Slowly fold in sweetened condensed milk. Fold in 1 cup cobbler.
- In loaf pan, place half of the ice cream mixture in, then top with 1/2 cup cobbler and swirl with knife. Top with remaining ice cream mixture and repeat with remaining 1/2 cup cobbler.
- Place plastic wrap over surface of ice cream and freeze minimum 6 hours, or overnight.
Yield: 6 cups/1 loaf pan
Prep Time: 00 hrs. 20 mins.
Cook time: 00 hrs. 40 mins.
Chill time: 06 hrs.
Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!
Berry Red, White, and Blue Smoothie Pops
Celebrate every patriotic holiday with these Berry Red, White, and Blue Smoothie Pops. Strawberry, coconut and blueberry are each blended with yogurt and milk, then layered for a patriotic treat!
This post is sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers. All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. As a kid, my parents always hosted a big pool party. We had a barbecue with plenty of delicious sides and desserts. As soon as it started to get dark, my parents would set up a large folding table outside while the kids played with sparklers and poppers.
Firecrackers and fountain fireworks were usually the first in our large line-up. Mom, in preparation of July 4th, would also grow aloe plants – just in case someone had a little accident that could easily be fixed with aloe.
My family loved fireworks and we usually had a huge display that took at least an hour to set off. Everyone on our cul-de-sac would set up lawn chairs either in their driveways, or come down into our driveway.
They put on a spectacular show. All the dad would help set up the fireworks and yell, “fire in the hole” while running away. We sat in awe of the bright beautiful colors, naming which was our favorite.
These smoothie pops would have definitely been a great addition to our celebrations. I even ate one for breakfast, because it’s really just a frozen smoothie. It can be enjoyed in the morning, as an afternoon snack, or perfect to cool down while watching fireworks.
Strawberry, coconut, and blueberry each blend with milk and yogurt for a delicious, frozen, summertime treat. I love these Popsicle molds and use them year-round for all my frozen treats. They’re fun to make and a great way to get kids involved. I love being able to give my Little One both dairy and fruit in a fun treat. I sometimes even sneak in a serving of veggies in my pops too! I hope you have a safe and fun 4th of July!
Here are a few items I used for today’s recipe:
Berry Red, White, and Blue Smoothie Pop
By Love and Confections
Ingredients
Red Strawberry
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 4 ounces strawberries, cleaned, hulled, and sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
White Coconut
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup crushed ice
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Blue Blueberry
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Blend strawberry smoothie in high-powered blender. Pour into bottom 1/3 of popsicle molds. Freeze for 30 minutes then stick popsicle stick into berry smoothie. Freeze for another 1 hour 30 minutes, or until frozen.
- Blend coconut smoothie, pour into next 1/3 of popsicle molds and freeze for 2 hours or until frozen.
- Blend blueberry smoothie, pour into last 1/3 of popsicle molds and freeze for 2 hours or until frozen.
Yield: 10 pops
Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!
Pineapple Strawberry Swirl Fruit Pops
Savor the flavors of Summer a little bit longer with these Pineapple Strawberry Swirl Fruit Pops. They are perfect for an after-school snack or dessert on a warm day.
This recipe is sponsored by Dixie Crystals
I absolutely love homemade fruit pops. During the Summer months, fresh and beautiful fruit is abundant and the flavor options are endless. Strawberries and pineapples are a family favorite, but I also love other berries, cherries and stone fruit too.
This recipe can easily be adapted for any fruit you prefer, although I recommend using the fruit mentioned above. I haven’t tried this with melons yet, but I bet they are delicious too – the amount of simple syrup might need to be adjusted depending on the sweetness of your fruit.
My little girl loves these pops so much. We usually have to eat them outside, because she always turns into a sweet, sticky, pop-running-everywhere mess. But, that’s what Summer is about, isn’t it? Kids being kids, playing outside, pools, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, beach trips and so on.
Even though the Northern states are starting to cool off, we have rather warm temperatures (and a hurricane) down South and these pops are ready and waiting in my freezer.
Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!
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