My super-rad brother Rob came up with this great idea. We were talking about Thade’s 4th birthday party and what to make, Rob said “they make Ice Cream Birthday Cake, but no Ice Cream Cupcakes”, I though that sounded perfect for the party. So thanks again to Rob for the awesome idea, which made for some delicious Ice Cream Cupcakes.

Here is what you need:

• 12 Oreo Cookies
• 2 Tablespoons Melted Butter or Margarine
• 1 Quart of your Favorite Ice Cream (I used Vanilla)
• 1 Tub of Cool Whip ( I used the Light version)
• Sprinkles of your choice, the more the merrier (Pretty Sugars would work too)
• PAM or any Vegetable Oil Spray will work
• Aluminum Foil Cupcake Liners, Ice Cream Scoop, 2 Butter Knives, Plastic Wrap, Microwave safe bowl, Heavy Duty Quart sized Ziploc Bag, Cookie Sheet, and Ambitious Toddler (for the cookie smashing)

Separate the Oreo cookies and scrape out all of the icing with your trusty Butter Knife, feel free to eat all of the icing, you wouldn’t want that going to waste 😉 Place the 24 cookie halves into a Heavy Duty Quart Sized Ziploc Bag, and pass the cookie smashing duties over to the toddler. While your kiddo is busy smashing away, melt 2 Tablespoons of Butter in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl. Once your kiddo has exhausted himself from all of the cookie smashing, add the Cookie Crumbs to the melted Butter, and stir until combined.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and get out your Aluminum Cupcake Liners. I used 12 liners, and mine were also paper lined, so I removed the paper liner, but saved the paper liner for later baking… Give the Aluminum Liner a little spray with the PAM, and place a spoonful of the Oreo cookie mixture in each liner. Smooth the mixture out, and bake for about 5-7 minutes, just until the cookie is set.

After the Cookies have cooled, give the liners one more tiny spray of PAM, just to make sure that nothing is going to stick. Add a scoop of Ice Cream to each of the liners, and smooth out the scoops with your Butter Knife. Carefully wrap each of the Ice Cream Cupcakes with Plastic Wrap, and place them in the freezer until you are ready to Ice them.

Let your Cool Whip soften just a bit, and unwrap your Ice Cream Cupcakes. Top the Ice Cream Cupcakes with the Cool Whip “icing”, and use your favorite sprinkles to decorate. If it isn’t party time just yet, place the Iced Cupcakes back in the freezer till its time for the Party 🙂

The Ice Cream Cupcakes were a blast to make, and a little messy too. Thade had so much fun smashing the cookies, and choosing the Sprinkles. They did take a little bit of time to make, but it was all worth it. The trick too is to keep everything nice and cold, the Ice Cream gets melty fast, so feel free to use your freezer, often.

The Ice Cream Cupcakes were a big hit at the party too. The Cupcake size was the perfect amount of Ice Cream, right next to a Big Piece of Chocolate Cake.

If you try them out, let me know how they turn out… Happy Baking, and enjoy making the Ice Cream Cupcakes 😉

For my birthday party I made a Three Layer Cake. I had planned on making a Four Layer Cake, but I got a little nervous cutting into the layers. The Three Layer Cake worked out just fine, and I had fun dying the middle layer the perfect shade of Pink. I used just 2 drops of Red Food coloring to half of a prepared White Cake mix, and let Thade stir away. He was surprised when the batter turned pink, Food Coloring is just too much fun.

I used Valentines Day Chocolates for the topper. Some were solid chocolate, and some were caramel, both were yummy. I picked up the Chocolates at Walgreens for 50% off. The candies made a tasty and inexpensive cake topper.

I’ve got another birthday party to plan for next month, but this time I think I’m going to stick to Cupcakes 😉