I love just about any dessert that has ice cream involved.  Ice cream, after all, is my favorite food.  So when I saw this recipe I just had to share.  Plus it’s a no bake dessert which is my second favorite kind of dessert!

Frozen Peach Dessert Surprise Recipe

By Shelley Pogue

This is a great recipe for ice cream lovers; it will be a good recipe for the first batch of fresh peaches. It is also a good recipe for the family get together, or just a lazy hot summer afternoon. I am a peach fan, and when I have a recipe that calls for the fresh juicy peach, you will see it on this website! I hope that you enjoy this wonderful peach recipe.

Frozen Summer Peach Ice Cream Surprise Recipe:

• 1 ½ Cups of crushed/crumbs vanilla wafers, divided
• 2 ½ Cups sliced fresh peaches, or frozen peaches if they are out of season. Fresh peaches work the very best!
• ½ Cup sugar
• 1 Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
• ½ Tablespoon of a really good vanilla bean paste

1 Cup of softened Blue Bell Home-made Vanilla ice-cream if it is available, if not use a very good store brand in your area. If you have your own ice cream make you can make your own vanilla ice cream and use it if you prefer. This is an easy to make recipe, so we are using a store bought ice cream.

First you will spread half of the vanilla wafer crumbs in the bottom of an 8 or 9 inch baking dish. In a food processor or a blender you will add the peaches, sugar, lemon juice and the vanilla bean paste. You will run the blender or food processor for about a minute. You will stop the blender at least once to scrape down the sides to make sure you get all of the peaches and sugar blended until it is a smooth texture. You will then pour the peach and sugar mixture into a large bowl, and gently fold in ice-cream. You will then pour over crust and sprinkle any remaining cookie crumbs on top of the peach dessert. You will then cover with plastic wrap and freeze for about eight hours until good and frozen. When you are ready to serve this peach dessert you will then remove it from the freezer and let it sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes before serving. You should be able to get about 8 servings from this dessert, and there should be eight happy people after trying this easy to make peach dessert.

When I was a kid, I used to love to make the following recipe for watermelon bombe. A bombe is a frozen, domed-shaped dessert that combines different flavors of ice cream, sherbet or sorbet. This particular bombe is made of sherbet, but when you serve it, it looks surprisingly like a slice of watermelon. The mini chocolate chips help add to the illusion. On an extra hot day, the icy cool sherbet is a welcome treat. It’s lower in calories than either ice cream or sorbet, and it’s easy for an older child to put together all by himself. Just be sure to serve it and eat it quickly - especially on a hot day.

Watermelon Bombe

Ingredients:

• Lime sherbet
• Pineapple sherbet
• Raspberry sherbet
• Mini chocolate chips

Needed Items:

• Round mixing bowl
• Aluminum Foil
• Chilled dessert plates

Line the bowl with aluminum foil. Spoon slightly softened lime sherbet into bowl, making sure to fill it all the way to the rim of the bowl. Place the bowl in the freezer until the sherbet is frozen.

Repeat the process, using a thinner layer of the pineapple sherbet. Return to freezer.

Finally, fill in the rest of the bowl with the raspberry sherbet and freeze until firm. When you are ready to serve the “watermelon,” invert the bombe onto a chilled serving platter, remove the aluminum foil and slice the bombe like you would a watermelon. Place each slice on a chilled serving plate and decorate with mini chocolate chips for the watermelon seeds. Serve immediately!