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Enjoy Cold Stone at home with ice cream recipes from the Cold Stone Tastemaster™.


Hot Chocolate Topped with Ice Cream

Makes: 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients/Tools:

  • 1 quart Cold Stone Creamery Grab-n-Go, Tall, Dark and Minty™ Creation™ made with Dark Chocolate Peppermint ice cream
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Toppings to taste -- whipped cream, chocolate sauce crushed OREO® cookies

Follow these steps: 

  1. Prepare favorite hot chocolate recipe as desired.
  2. Scoop one serving of ice cream over hot chocolate and serve with a spoon, top with whipped cream and a drizzle of warm chocolate sauce or crushed OREO® cookies.

Ice Cream Fondue

Makes: 8 to 12 servings

Ingredients/Tools:

  • 1 quart of your favorite Cold Stone Creamery ice cream flavor
  • 4 bottles SMUCKER’S® Magic Shell Topping
  • Toppings to taste--nuts, chocolate chips, coconut, candy, sprinkles or crushed OREO® cookies
  • Toothpicks to serve

Follow these steps: 

  1. Pre-chill a large cookie tray in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes.
  2. Working quickly, so the ice cream doesn’t melt, use a melon ball scooper to make small round scoops of the ice cream and place them on the pre-chilled cookie tray. Insert a large sandwich-style toothpick into the top of each of the ice cream balls.
  3. Place tray in freezer to freeze firmly (about 1 to 2 hours).
  4. In a medium-sized bowl, pour in 4 bottles of SMUCKER’S® Magic Shell Topping (approximately 21 ounces.). Leave at room temperature. On a plate or in a bowl, spread out about 4 cups (per quart) of desired toppings.
  5. To serve the fondue, take an ice cream ball by the toothpick and dunk it in the Magic Shell. Hold ball over the bowl to let any excess chocolate drip off and wait approximately 10 seconds for it to start to harden. Roll the ball in the toppings to cover.
  6. Serve and enjoy!

Ice Cream Creation S’mores

Ice cream s’mores are the ideal substitute to traditional s’mores. These easy-to-make graham cracker sandwiches are also a fun activity for kids. Serves 4

Ingredients/Tools:

  • One Everybody’s™ (48 oz size) Cold Stone Creamery® Ice Cream Creation™ (Suggested Creations: Coffee Lovers Only®, Peanut Butter Cup Perfection®, Founder’s Favorite®)
  • 4 graham crackers (8 small squares)
  • 4 teaspoons fudge syrup
  • 4 teaspoons marshmallow fluff
  • 1 ½ oz ice cream scooper

Follow these steps: 

  1. Break a graham cracker in half forming two squares.
  2. Coat one square with a teaspoon of fluff and the other with a teaspoon of fudge.
  3. Place a rounded scoop of the ice cream creation in the center of the fluff-coated graham cracker.
  4. Place the fudge-coated graham cracker on top of the ice cream scoop.
  5. Gently press down to spread out the ice cream.
  6. Place on a tray and freeze for 1 hour min. before serving.


Ice Cream Mint Soda

This minty, lemon-lime drink, exhibits a fresh while it leaves the taste buds dancing for more. Serve this as an after dinner dessert to guests of all ages. Serves 4

Ingredients/Tools:

  • 4 tall soda glasses (12-16 fl.oz.)
  • 1 Everybody’s™ (48 oz size) Cold Stone Creamery® Mint ice cream
  • 1 liter lemon-lime soda
  • 4 oz grenadine syrup
  • 4 mint sprigs
  • 1 lemon sliced in four parts
  • 1 ½ oz ice cream scooper

Follow these steps:  

  1. In a tall soda glass, place 4 rounded scoops of Mint ice cream.
  2. Pour the lemon-lime soda into the glass but not directly on the ice cream (or it will foam too much). Instead, pour the soda down through the clear openings around the ice cream scoops. Fill to cover the scoops.
  3. Drizzle about 1 ounce of grenadine at the surface of the soda.
  4. Garnish the rim with the lemon slice and/or a sprig of mint.
  5. Serve with a tall dessert spoon and a straw.


The Ice Cream Cup Cake Split

These cup cake treats filled with ice cream make the perfect addition to any sort of birthday or baby shower celebration. This recipe can also be served in muffin form making it the surprise treat ideal for a brunch or afternoon soirée. Serves 4

Ingredients/Tools:

  • 4 medium to large cup cakes or muffins *
  • Ours™ (quart size) Cold Stone Ice Cream Creation™ (Suggested Creations: Nights in White Chocolate®, Our Strawberry Blonde®, Cheesecake Fantasy®)
  • 1 ½ oz ice cream scooper
  • Serrated cutting knife

Follow these steps:  

  1. Lay a muffin on its side and cut the “cap” off at the paper line.
  2. Using the scooper gently hollow out the cap and body centers of the cup cake using a press, turn-up and out motion. Be careful not to break through the outer surfaces of the cup cake. Don’t scrape it out.
  3. Place a rounded scoop of the ice cream Creation™ inside the hollow cup cake body and cap it. Put as big a scoop in there as you can. The cap can be pressed down gently over the ice cream.
  4. Place on a tray and freeze for a minimum of 1 hour before serving.

* Note: When using large or oversized muffins, use a larger ice cream scooper.

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