RECIPE: Ice Cream & Grilled Fruit

Grill your dessert: grilled fruit topped with ice cream or sorbet. Photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.   With the end of grilling season in sight, make every meal count. Here is an easy dessert favorite: grilled fruit with ice cream or sorbet. The fun begins when you decide which fruit to pair with which…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Hot Sauce Ice Cream Cocktail Shake

Photo courtesy Jimador Tequila.   Today’s tip concerns thinking outside the box. Have you ever had ice cream and hot sauce? If it sounds strange, try this cocktail from El Jimador Tequila. Ratchet up the heat on Cinco de Mayo with a “hot” ice cream cocktail. The recipe includes ice cream, coffee liqueur, tequila, mango…
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PRODUCT: York Peppermint Patty Ice Cream Bars

Lovers of York Peppermint Patties (us included) can cool off this summer with York Ice Cream bars, made by Good Humor, a Univlever brand. (The York Peppermint Pattie candy brand is owned by Hershey Company, and the ice cream is made under license.) The three-ounce rounds of peppermint ice cream are dipped in a dark…
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Drizzle Your Ice Cream With Scotch, Your Sorbet With Gin

[1] This strawberry sundae has a drizzle of gin instead of a conventional sundae sauce. It happens to be Hendrick’s Mids ummer Solstice Gin, a more aromatic twist on the classic profile with intense notes of summer flowers, orange blossom, and citrus, alongside the signature juniper and cucumber. But you can use whatever gin you…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Serve Ice Cream Or Sorbet “Demitasse”

An easy and impressive ice cream dessert. Photo courtesy Talenti Gelato.   Here’s an ice cream recipe idea for a sweet yet light ending to a big dinner: ice cream demitasse. Use your demitasse (espresso) cups to serve small portions of ice cream or sorbet. They will be just enough to qualify as dessert, but…
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