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Cold Stone Ice Cream : Cheesecake Fantasy

Dexie Wharton — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:59:28 +0000

One thing I love about Summer besides family bbq’s, pool, beaches, grilling meat, warm weather, cute shoes, etc, is our family trips to Ice Cream parlors. We alternate between Dairy Queen and Cold Stone. Tonight, my husband treated us all with a trip to Cold Stone. Actually, we can all thank my 2 yr old daughter because she said the words “ice cream” and Daddy was just happy to oblige. Anything for the Little Princess.

Cold Stone Ice Cream : Cheesecake Fantasy (Image © Dexie Wharton)

My ice cream choice for today was the Cheesecake Fantasy. It has cheesecake ice cream, graham cracker pie crust, blueberries and strawberries. And of course I had my favorite waffle bowl.

Check out Cold Stone signature flavors. Plus of course you can create your own ice cream by picking whatever you could possible want in your ice cream at any given moment. And if you’re lucky, you’ll get a free jovial concert from the Cold Stone folks .

What’s your favorite Summer family treat?

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Cold Stone Ice Cream : Cheesecake Fantasy

Pina Colada Pops

Dexie Wharton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:04:22 +0000

Remember the frosty strawberry pops I posted last month? Now how about some pina colada pops from Kraft Foods? Sounds good doesn’t it?

Pina Colada Pops

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Pineapple Flavor Gelatin
1/4 cup coconut-flavored rum or coconut milk
ice cubes
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, drained, liquid reserved

ADD boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in rum. Add enough ice to reserved pineapple liquid to measure 3/4 cup. Add to gelatin; stir until slightly thickened. Remove any unmelted ice.

REFRIGERATE 15 min. or until gelatin is thickened. Stir in pineapple. Pour into 6 paper or plastic cups. Freeze 1 hour.

INSERT wooden pop stick or plastic spoon in center of each cup. Freeze 3 hours or until firm. Remove pops from cups before serving.

Make your children the frosted strawberry pops and let them have it for all they want. Just make your own pina colada pops and I mean Yours alone .

(Image/Source : Kraft Foods)

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Pina Colada Pops

Kids Recipes : Frosty Strawberry Pops

Dexie Wharton — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:06:41 +0000

School is almost over. Like me, you’re probably looking for kid-friendly recipes to make while the kids are out of school. I found something a refreshing kid-friendly snack from Kraft Foods featuring the strawberries which happens to be one of my kids’ favorite fruit.

Frosty Strawberry Pops

INGREDIENTS :

1/3 cup KOOL-AID Tropical Punch Flavor Sugar-Sweetened Soft Drink Mix
4 cups fresh strawberries

BLEND ingredients in blender 2 min. or until smooth; pour into 6 paper or plastic cups. Freeze 1 hour.

INSERT wooden pop stick into center of each cup. Freeze 3 hours or until firm. Remove pops from cups before serving.

It’s perfect to cool down the kids for the summer, don’t you think?

(Image/Source : Kraft Foods)

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Kids Recipes : Frosty Strawberry Pops

Summertime Treats Kids can Make

Eliza Ferree — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:34:28 +0000

This morning I woke up and remembered my dream, it was so real that I went right out to get the supplies. Oh wait, ya’ll want to know what the dream was about I’m sure. We were making pudding pops and popsicles. Kind of strange?

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Seriously the dream was about filling up popsicle trays and making pudding pops. I have no clue what it meant but decided it meant something. To be honest we’ve never made pudding pops but have the popsicles and with school ending this upcoming week I needed something for them to do and wouldn’t mind something cool for them to eat. I grabbed two pop making kits from Wal-Mart today for $2.98 each and they each had four in it. Some reason they had built in straws on the side, I guess this is to drink them, I have no clue but we’ll be trying them out on Wednesday.

Does anyone have some good recipes or fun things they do with them? I do plan on doing Kool-Aid pops and Vanilla and Chocolate Pudding pops.

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Summertime Treats Kids can Make