Homemade Ice Cream

This weekend we had our Annual Homemade Ice Cream Party.  Success!  We had a blast, and the storm and mosquitoes held off for most of it . . . .  the mosquitoes came in at the end and we had to end our bean bag tournament early.  Dang - we were gonna win too  ;)  The worst part about the evening is that my camera sat on the counter the whole time without being touched.  I had it ready, and completely forgot!!  Bummer.  Here are the flavors we had this year:

I made:

Vanilla

and Hazelnut Chocolate

We also had:

Raspberry

Pina Colada***

Apple Pie

and more Vanilla

I haven't decided on a favorite yet, but the hazelnut chocolate was sooo good.  So was that Pina Colada.  Oh, and that Raspberry.  Hmmmmm.

The new addition this year was toppings and waffle cones.  I ordered some cones from our local candy shop, then ordered some waffle cone bowls from Amazon.  For toppings we had: crushed oreo's, crushed mint oreo's, m&m's, marshmallows, sprinkles, almonds, chocolate sauce, toffee bits, whipped cream in a can, coconut, and I think that's all.  The kids especially loved the topping table.

The new verdict is that it needs to come around more than once a year.  Maybe we could pull another one off before the fall weather comes.  And I could take pictures.  We'll see.

***This is a link to a coconut ice cream that Lanae made.  She did a batch for 16 people and added a small can of crushed pineapple at the end of the freezing to make it coconut-pineapple.  She also only used 1/2 of the coconut it called for, and put it in the blender with the cream and the cream of coconut.***