Walking through the frozen ice cream isle in the grocery store will produce all sorts of ideas for yummy looking desserts. Most of these are high priced with very few servings. It is very easy to buy a plain inexpensive ice cream, and then jazz it up with ingredients to create your own ice cream dessert. If there is one that looks especially yummy at the store, take note of the ingredients and make it yourself.
The great thing about frozen desserts is that you can make them weeks in advance and just store them in the freezer. Cover with waxed paper and then tin foil to avoid freezer burn on them.
This unit you will be making a frozen desert for your family, but here are some treats that you can make for everyday snacks. You can make a lot of these inexpensively:
- Pudding sandwiches—Mix up a box of your favorite pudding, add one container of whipped topping. Spread in between two graham crackers and place in the freezer on a cookie sheet. After frozen, place in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Smoothie popsicle—Puree yogurt, frozen berries, a little liquid, and some sweetener. Pour into small plastic cups. Freeze until slightly firm, then add a popsicle stick and freeze until solid. Store in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Pudding pops—Mix up a box of pudding, add container of whipped topping. Pour into plastic cups and partially freeze. Add a popsicle stick and freeze solid. Store in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Kool-Aid popsicle—mix up batch of this drink, adding slightly less water. Pour into plastic cups that you have set on a cookie sheet. Freeze partially, then stick in a popsicle stick and freeze until firm. Store in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Pineapple coconut pops—Puree one can of coconut milk and one can of crushed pineapple. Pour into plastic cups. Freeze until partially firm, then add a popsicle stick. Store in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Root beer float pops—add a mini sized scoop of vanilla ice cream into a plastic cup. Carefully pour root beer to cover. Freeze until partially firm, then add a popsicle stick. Store in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Orange creamsicle pop—add a mini sized scoop of vanilla ice cream into a plastic cup. Carefully pour orange soda to cover. Freeze until partially firm, then add a popsicle stick. Store in plastic bag for longer storage.
- Dirt cup pudding pops—crush a package of Oreo cookie type sandwiches and add 2 T to each plastic cup. Add a gummy worm to the cup. Mix up a box of chocolate pudding and add one container of whipped topping. Pour this over top of your “dirt and worm.” This is a fun treat for children.
Hands on skill—prepare a frozen treat . You can choose from the following:
What is great about a frozen dessert, is that you can prepare this in advance and keep frozen until you need to serve it. If you make double, make it in disposable baking pans for a later date.
