It doesn’t matter if you live where it snows all the time during the winter or if the sun shines warmly. With these fun and easy to make recipes you can have snowmen, and snow, year round! Snowman in a Cup is perfect for dessert and Snowballs make great party favors. All of the recipes make wonderful after school activities (and snacks).
Snowballs
What you need:
- 1 (14-ounce) bag flaked coconut
- ½ gallon carton vanilla ice cream
- Chocolate Sauce or syrup
- Small candles, for garnish
- Sprigs of holly, for garnish
What you do:
Place coconut in a shallow bowl. Remove ice cream from freezer and thaw at room temperature for about 10 minutes. Peel carton from ice cream. With a knife, cut ice cream in half and then in fourths, making 8 slices. Quickly shape each slice into a ball and roll in coconut. Place Snowballs on a tray. Freeze until very hard. On day of serving, place individual serving bowls in freezer to chill.
At serving time, remove bowls from freezer. Place about 2 tablespoons Chocolate Sauce in bottom of each bowl. Remove Snowballs from freezer. Place one Snowball in each frosty bowl. Place a small candle in each. Light candles and serve with a sprig of holly if desired . Makes 8 Snowballs.
By Julie Badger Jensen. Used with permission.
Snowman in a Cup
What you need:
- Clear glasses
- Milk chocolate candy bar
- Clean, unused paint brush
- Ribbon or yarn
- 4 cups vanilla ice cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups milk, less for thicker milkshakes
What you do:
Melt the chocolate bar in the microwave 15 seconds at a time until soft. Using your paint brush, paint eyes, nose and mouth on the inside of the glass. Put the glass in the refrigerator so the chocolate can harden.
Mix the ice cream, vanilla and milk together in a blender. Pour into the glasses. Add ribbon or yarn to the base of the glass for a scarf. Enjoy your snowman.
Snowflakes
ADULT SUPERVISION NEEDED
What you need:
- Flour Tortillas
- Oil
- Powdered sugar
What you do:
Warm your tortillas slightly in the microwave so you can fold them. Next fold the tortilla into half, then half again. Cut out designs just like you were making a paper snowflake.
Put a small amount of oil into a skillet. Fry the tortilla until crisp. About 30 seconds on each side. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Belinda Mooney - Belinda J Mooney is a freelance writer and mother of 7. You can read more of her work at www.practicalparenting.com
