Sweet Summer Ice Cream

WORDS, RECIPES AND PHOTOS BY JESSI HAMPTON
@JustTryingRecipes

SUMMER 2022

The Summer heat has arrived and bowl, a cone, a cocktail containing, or even a pint right out of the freezer of delicious Blue Bell Ice cream always sounds like a good idea to me. I started by playing around with flavors for different purposes, some to use with my girls and their friends, and some to share with my friends— sans the children.

Flavors I Recommend with Simple Ideas to Impress. Get creative with the toppings, you cannot go wrong. Enjoy!

Blue Bell Flavors

• Cookie Two Step: Creamy vanilla with hints of brown sugar and chunks of chocolate creme filled cookies and cookie dough pieces

• Mocha Almond Fudge: ** this one isn’t around year round… coffee ice cream with roasted almonds and a rich sundae sauce

• Pecan Pralines ’n Cream: praline sauce swirled into vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with praline-coated peanuts

• Rocky Road: rick dark chocolate, roasted almonds and mini marshmallows

• Strawberry: smooth and creamy with succulent strawberries

• Pistachio Almond: pistachio with crunchy almonds

Pick a Pie / Pick a Cake

• Apple Pie 

Blue Bell’s Vanilla Ice Cream 

Top with Caramel 

• Pound Cake 

Blue Bell’s Vanilla Ice Cream

Top with Strawberries and Whipped Cream

• Cheesecake

Blue Bell’s Pistachio Almond

• Brownies

Blue Bell’s Rocky Road

Top with Graham Crackers

  • Simple Sundae

Blue Bell’s Vanilla Ice Cream

Top with Chocolate Sauce

A Cherry for the Top

Over the Top and Kid-Approved 

• Unicorn Candy Explosion

Blue Bell’s Strawberry Ice Cream

Little Debbie Sparkling Unicorn Strawberry Cakes

Cotton Candy

Sprinkles

  • Two Steppin’ Tonka Truck

Blue Bell’s Cookie Two Step 

Chocolate Syrup

Whipped Cream

Chopped Nuts

Sprinkles

Cherry on Top

With a Cocktail

• White Russian 

1 scoop Blue Bell’s Mocha Almond Fudge (substitute a scoop for cream)

2 oz Tito’s Vodka

1 oz Kahlua

• Bourbon Ice Cream

1 scoop Blue Bell’s Pecan Pralines n’ Cream

1 oz bourbon 

Top with crumbled bacon