Well, it's the most wonderful to the year once again. And besides all
That none sense hipster stuff like spending time with family and friends, the best part is all the holiday eats. From desserts to appetizers and meals to snacks we love them all. Even all you healthy hippies out there agree that it's ok to cheat on your diet every now and again. Why is it ok?! Because you're human damn it and it tastes awesome. Don't neglect your taste buds during this time of the year. No one can judge you for going to town on Brie Cheese or Candy Cane Fudge. If they do, tell them to go put on the Jamiroquai album and go kick rocks!!!!
I had remembered seeing a dessert months back that was a cake cup with ice cream in it. BOMB DOT COM i know!!!! So I wanted to experiment with how to make something similar before taking it to the party and have it be a total Pinterest Fail. That's right I said it, PINTEREST, I'm on it, and zero fucks are given. I'll Pinterest while drinking whiskey and watching The Walking Dead. What's Good?! Anyways, so I made my over to the store to buy my ingredients. As I'm enroute to the store I thought about making the cup out of cookie dough instead of cake and because cookies are awesome. ALSO, because it's fall, the ice cream must be Pumpkin. Because you know... the fall season means PUMPKIN EVERYTHING.
I came home with:
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
• Pumpkin Ice Cream
• Peppermint Whipped Cream
The only thing I used was a cupcake sheet and spoon to get the ice cream out of the carton.
I buttered up each individual cupcake thing, and placed the cookie dough inside making it into a cup. Use your own judgement on how much dough to use. Make sure the bottom isn't that thin of a layer. I heated the oven to 375 degrees so you can keep an eye out on it. I placed the sheet in the oven and around 7 mins I pulled them out. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
What you'll notice is the cookies have started to fill in and not looking like a cup like you had it. That's fine. That's why we pull them out at the 7 minute mark. Take a knife and gently push the uncooked cookie back to the sides of the sheet so it creates the cup shape again. Let it sit for a minute. I then put cinnamon and a little fudge in them at this point. After a minute I put them back in the oven. Another 5-6 minutes, pull then out, and again take the knife and push the cookie around if it still doesn't look like a cup. Then let them sit for a good 5-10 minutes. Once cooled down, you can take them out of the cupcake sheet.
Now that they are out of the tray, you can the ice cream! I chose Pumpkin Ice Cream, but add whatever you like! It's your taste buds that your satisfying. Once you add enough to fill the cookie, then take that whipped cream, put as much as your little dessert loving heart desires. Finally, add a little cinnamon to the top for good measure. You don't like cinnamon?! OKKKK BRO, then you don't have to. It's there for presentation to make it look good. Kind of like how sesame seeds are added to a bun. They don't add that much to the bun, but it sure makes it look more appeasing, don't it?!?!
So there you have it folks, an easy way to make a cookie more useful. Not that a cookie wasn't wanted before, but now you can also use it as a means to hold your ice cream and leave no evidence behind. Unless you are a messy eater and you get it all over your shirt. In this case, wear one of those cool bibs with a lobster on it that way you can toss that when you're done, THUS leaving no evidence behind. And if your friends give you shit for wearing a lobster bib during a holiday party, draw a Santa hat on him... THAT'LL SHOW THEM!!!!
