Ok, so admittedly cute little candy corns aren’t exactly “spooky” when it comes to Spooky Eats Week, but they fit into the Halloween theme…so…here they are.
Another idea that is simple in concept, vanilla ice cream is lightly colored and layered in a clear cup to look just like the sugary, addictive treats so easily devoured during the fall and Halloween season. I mean, it is just vanilla ice cream, after all, but you would have thought I was a living genius the way my kids wide-eyed and open-mouthed looked at the candy corn milkshakes – then looked at me – looked at the candy corn milkshakes – then looked at me. Seriously. A genius.
I’ll take it. And don’t you dare send my kids a memo with the truth about their very ungenius mother.
On that note, I’ll leave you with the promise that tomorrow, I have two fantastic recipes to share that will taste deliciouso and still gross out the kids plenty enough to keep things lively.
Candy Corn Milkshakes
Printable Version with Picture
Printable Version
*Makes 4-6 milkshakes, depending on the size of your cups
INGREDIENTS:
1 quart vanilla ice cream
Orange and yellow food coloring
Clear plastic or glass cups
Lightly sweetened whipped cream
Sprinkles, if desired
DIRECTIONS:
Take the ice cream out of the freezer and let it soften for about 20-30 minutes. Spoon 1/3 of the ice cream into a medium bowl. Use orange food coloring, gel or liquid, to color the ice cream orange as desired. Stir well to mix and color.
In another medium bowl, spoon another 1/3 of the ice cream and color it yellow as desired. Stir well to mix and color.
Stir the remaining vanilla ice cream until it is smooth and creamy.
Spoon yellow ice cream into the bottom of a plastic cup, to fill the cup 1/3 full. You may need to wipe the cup down if streaks are in the upper part of the cup from spooning it in. Flatten it out as well as you can, trying to eliminate any air bubbles on the side.
Spoon in orange ice cream on top of the yellow to fill the cup about 2/3 full. Again, wipe down the inside of the cup, if needed, and smooth out the top of the orange ice cream. Top with vanilla ice cream to within 1/4-inch of the top of the cup. Smooth out the top.
Top with whipped cream and sprinkles, if desired. Freeze until ready to serve.
Recipe Source: inspired by this post from Pinterest
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I would never send a memo to your boys saying that you are not a genius because you are a genius, Mel! These ice cream cups are adorable, and yet again so simple and easy. October is a fun month in your house!
My son has a Birthday this month and I can’t wait to try some of these spooky ideas out at his party! Thanks for the fun ideas!!!
I just love your ideas this week. I would have to say my favorite thing about Halloween is the fun and creative food. I can’t wait for our Halloween dinner!
How cute! I might try them with orange and pineapple sherbet for the orange and yellow layers. Thanks for the great idea!
Gorgeous, Mel. I want to dive into one right now!
Love the look of this!!! Looks so delicious and irresistable…perfect for Halloween.
Oh wow these are cute and simple! yum!
You just won me the mom of the year award.=) My kids are very happy with these. bellesbazaar-heather.blogspot.com
Simple, yet so fun! I may have to try these this month. My son would love it. Thanks for all the great ideas and WONDERFUL recipes!
These are so cute! And simple, too.
Great! So simple but very creative. At times we tend to like the complex themed recipes not realizing that the simple ones can turn out great too! I love this milkshake! Bravo to you!
Great idea, this is so cute! Love it!
Wonderfully creative. In fact, I’d rather have this than the actual candies.
thanks for this idea! i had to try it with our kids. it looked soooo good! we adapted it a bit to be more of a fruit version, with ingredients that we had on hand. it was delicious. thanks, again!
by the way, i am a regular follower and everything i’ve ever tried on here is amazing. some of the recipes here are our family’s favorite. thank you so much.
i was hoping you found a way to get the flavor of candy corn in a milkshake, but i’d be satisfied with these. very creative, mel!
I’m in love – being the candy corn fan that I am I will definitely be trying these!! Think I will use orange sherbet for the orange layer since I am a big creamsicle fan! Yum!!
Well, I finally got around to making these. I knew it would be wasted on my boys since they’re only 2 & 3, but I couldn’t resist! They turned out really cute & I was quite proud, but my boys said they didn’t want THAT ice cream – they said they wanted the ice cream in the black box. The black box had the vanilla ice cream in it before I started fancy-ing it up. Of course. Boys. They did, however, enjoy the “fancy” milkshakes in spite of their cuteness! ;o)
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