Cookbook Review and #Giveaway: Ice Cream Happy Hour
Monday, June 11, 2012 Posted by Dina
INTOXICATINGLY DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
Perfect for a fun party treat or special occasion dessert, these homemade frozen delights not only taste amazing, they also serve up a surprising kick—the shot of booze in each cup.
Follow the authors’ clever technique by adding a generous pour of spirits to your homemade ice cream and you’ll soon be impressing family, friends and party guests with the coolest of 21-and-over desserts. Ice Cream Happy Hour offers sinfully spiked versions of the classics as well as your favorite cocktails churned and chilled:
• Vanilla with Brandy
• Chocolate with Grand Marnier,
• Cookies and Cream with Vodka
• Caramel with Spiced Rum
• Maple with Bourbon
• Jasmine Tea with Sake
• Manhattan
• White Russian
• Whiskey Sour
• Mojito
• Lemon Drop
• Strawberry Daiquiri
With step-by-step instructions and beautiful photos, this book shows how easy it is to turn a standard flavor into a hard ice cream. Desserts like Tiramisu and Cherries Jubilee have long used liquor to add fun and flavor. Now and for the first time ever, this book shows how ice cream can be infused with booze to create exciting new frozen treats.
My Thoughts
Now that temperatures in the 90s are here to stay - at least for a while! - my dessert of choice is ice cream. Grow-ups ice cream - no sprinkles and no gummy worm toppings for me, please. And that delicious treat does not get any more grown up than the recipes in Ice Cream Happy Hour
. As the title suggests, you can add a shot of booze to your sundae. There are over 50 intoxicating recipes that are perfect for a party or a special occasion. There's boozy ice creams, 80-proof specialties, cocktails on a cone, tropical treats, sorbets and sherbets, and sundaes and floats - all with an extra kick that does not come from sugar. The recipes are detailed, and have multiple steps that are clearly explained in a section on basic spiked ice cream technique at the beginning of the book. I love the beautiful photos - my favorite is the Irish Shot in an Irish Beer Sundae. Besides being absolutely mouthwatering, the recipe has some of my personal favorites - Guiness, Bailey's, caramel sauce and chocolate sauce. Mmmm....
The yummy concoctions listed in Ice Cream Happy Hour took lots of trial and error for the authors, and you'll need patience to master them. It's homemade ice cream, after all - chilling for hours is required until you can chill with a scoop. Responsibly, of course. Cheers!
The Giveaway
One lucky U.S. / Canadian reader will win a copy of Ice Cream Happy Hour: 50 Boozy Treats That You Spike and Freeze at Home
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June 11, 2012 at 8:29 AM
My favorite kind of ice cream is spumoni.
June 11, 2012 at 8:59 AM
I am just a plain vanilla girl. Patricia
June 11, 2012 at 10:43 AM
chocolate
gkuroda(at)gmail.com
June 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM
I like French Vanilla
June 11, 2012 at 6:28 PM
I love mint chocolate chip ice cream. Tore923@aol.com
June 11, 2012 at 6:42 PM
chocolate is my fave
June 11, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Strawberry!
June 11, 2012 at 8:55 PM
I like Moose Tracks. Yum!
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June 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM
mint chocolate chip
hollow_sins(at)yahoo dot com
June 12, 2012 at 2:02 AM
I'm a PLAIN JANE vanilla kinda gal.
abrennan09@hotmail.com
June 12, 2012 at 2:25 AM
I like mint chocolate chip
June 12, 2012 at 7:30 AM
The Hagen Daz mint chocolate chip. That's a special treat!
June 12, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!
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June 12, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Maple Walnut, at the moment!
June 12, 2012 at 5:02 PM
I like Fudge Ripple. Yum!
primabee at hotmail dot com
June 12, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Peanut Butter Chocolate!
June 13, 2012 at 8:51 AM
mint chocolate chip :D
June 13, 2012 at 7:31 PM
I love mint chocolate chip
clarkmurdock@yahoo.com
melanie montgomery
June 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Butter Pecan
June 14, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Mint chocolate chip!
June 16, 2012 at 8:02 AM
mint chocolate chip
June 16, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Patricia Wojnar Crowley
I love Moosetracks!
June 16, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I like vanilla because it goes best with things like fresh fruit or homemade pie.
June 16, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Pretty boring my favorite is dark chocolate. One of the things on my bucket list for this summer is to try several new and different recipes in my new ice cream maker.
June 16, 2012 at 11:10 PM
love butter pecan
June 17, 2012 at 8:00 PM
My fav flavor is vanilla, because you can top it with anything.
karilan_black @ hotmail (DOT) com
June 17, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Chocolate
June 17, 2012 at 10:28 PM
Black cherry and vanilla bean!
June 18, 2012 at 5:19 PM
vanilla fudge
June 19, 2012 at 1:03 AM
coreybrennan26@hotmail.com
Smarties icecream.
June 19, 2012 at 3:38 AM
I like mint chocolate.
June 19, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Burgundy Cherry
June 19, 2012 at 9:54 PM
I like New York Super Fudge Chunk (Ben & Jerry's) quite a bit. But I love most ice cream... except coffee. kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
June 22, 2012 at 8:05 AM
I LOVE PISTACIO ICE CREAM!
kimandbutch@gmail.com
June 22, 2012 at 8:06 AM
I LOVE LEMON CUSTARD ICE CREAM TOO!
kimandbutch@gmail.com
June 22, 2012 at 8:56 AM
My favorite is Grape Nut ice cream! Deana C
June 22, 2012 at 8:58 AM
my favorite is rocky road.
slb3334@gmail.com
June 22, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Maple with Bourbon would be my favorite but my current obsession is Cherry Garcia by Ben & Jerry's!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
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June 22, 2012 at 9:02 AM
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June 22, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I love (love love) Mint Chocolate Chip!
June 22, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Godiva dark chocolate!
June 22, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Godiva dark chocolate!
June 22, 2012 at 3:59 PM
chocolate
June 22, 2012 at 4:47 PM
I love moose tracks
June 22, 2012 at 7:56 PM
mint chocolate chip :)
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June 22, 2012 at 9:37 PM
Mmm... Rum Raisin Ice Cream
June 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM
Did that comment go through???
One more time... Rum Raisin Ice Cream :)
June 23, 2012 at 2:13 AM
I love chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
June 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Chocolate. Preferably DARK chocolate!
June 23, 2012 at 5:52 PM
I like vanilla.
June 23, 2012 at 7:29 PM
vanilla bean or chocolate chip cookie dough!!
June 23, 2012 at 9:33 PM
coffee!
June 24, 2012 at 12:07 AM
french vanilla - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
June 24, 2012 at 8:12 AM
I like chocolate
June 24, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Coffee flavored ice cream!
June 24, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I like Moose Tracks :-)
khmorgan_00 [at] yahoo [dot] com
June 24, 2012 at 4:27 PM
I like Butter Pecan.
lanalbradstream(at)yahoo(dot)com
June 24, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Cotton candy!
Awesome blog and thanks for the giveaway!
Would love, love, LOVE to win this!
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June 24, 2012 at 8:45 PM
I like pumpkin ice cream.
shawnac68@hotmail.com
June 25, 2012 at 12:49 AM
butter pecan
vmkids3 at msn dot com
June 25, 2012 at 8:14 AM
I like vanilla
christal c
willdebbie97 at yahoo.com
June 25, 2012 at 1:12 PM
chocolate chip cookie dough
cb_shorty2003@yahoo.com
June 25, 2012 at 1:34 PM
My favorite is peppermint stick!
~Jill
luvcooking2 at yahoo dot com
June 25, 2012 at 2:27 PM
vanilla bean
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
June 25, 2012 at 3:52 PM
My favorite is Chocolate!
dt9312(at)yahoo(dot)com
June 25, 2012 at 4:44 PM
fav ice cream is Pralines & Creme
birdson@roadrunner.com
June 25, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby.
awoodssmith at gmail dot com
June 25, 2012 at 9:04 PM
Moose Tracks
khristalsweeps @ gmail dot com
June 25, 2012 at 10:15 PM
I like lemon ice cream.
June 25, 2012 at 10:38 PM
I love chocolate, vanilla, and cherry ice cream!
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June 25, 2012 at 10:42 PM
I love maple nut ice cream
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
June 25, 2012 at 11:49 PM
My favorite flavor of ice cream is Cherry Garcia.
jessicabanks1721@yahoo.com
June 25, 2012 at 11:50 PM
Friendly's Butter Crunch
jim.coyne2@verizon.net