Christmas in July Desserts
Ho, ho, ho…t temperatures may be here for a while, but there’s a fun and easy way to cool off just a tad. How? Pretend it’s Christmastime (think: below-freezing temps, three inches of snow, dangling icicles…)—all of the following five Noel nibbles have a cool, summery spin. Hey, they say that Santa’s always watching, so spreading the cheer early will surely put you at the top of his “Nice” list. Don’t even celebrate Christmas? With temps rising above 90, I bet anyone could imagine a fat man coming down their chimney if that’s what it takes for some relief (right?).
-Cait Rohan
Cooling peppermint candy canes are one of the best parts of Christmas, so Epicurious.com’s Chocolate and Peppermint Candy Ice Cream Sandwiches (originally in Gourmet magazine) are the right mix of summer (and another nod to National Ice Cream Month!) and winter. Peppermints are finely crushed into vanilla ice cream, which is wedged between chocolate-wafer cookies once frozen. Sorry, Santa—these will melt before December, so we’re taking full license to eat them ourselves.
Photo credit: Romulo Yanes on Epicurious.com
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Post a Commentthe Hot Chocolate Meringue Cake looks super yummy too!
the Tropical Snowball Recipes would be so much fun to make with my daughter and I have a feeling she would love showing them off.
the Chocolate and Peppermint Candy Ice Cream Sandwiches look so delicious. I think if I made them I would have great difficulty in sharing them.
The Ice cream sandwhiches look GREAT! I am a cupcake baker, I will bake just about anything, lol! Anyone have any ideas on how I could turn some of these recipes into cupcakes, but still make them taste as wonderful as the original product? Thanks
I love food…I love chocolate…yum-o!
mmmmmmm
this looks delicious, ima make it when its christmas time:)
mmm chocolate! This made me hungry
i would try this
I would pass on the last two.
So loving these.
Eggnog cheesecake…I think I am definitely going to make this one and soon.
Think the only ones I woudl try would be ice cream cake and merange cake…
yummy!!
Can’t wait for Christmas and snooow!!
love chocolate with cayenne, and whats better than meringue, Yummy!
hot chocolate meringue?!? hmm might not be too bad!
looks great
mmm
someone bring me a plate of number one or three