Ice Cream Freezer Pops

I made these for my niece's 1st birthday party a few weeks ago.  They were a bit hit with the kids (and the adults).  You could make so many variations of these using different candies, cookies and even fruit.  The possibilities are endless!


Ice Cream Freezer Pops

Inspired from this recipe on FoodNetwork.com

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

• 8 Oreo cookies, crushed
• 2 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
• 8 (3 oz.) paper cups
• 8 wooden popsicle sticks

Directions:

1. Add a spoonful of crushed Oreos to the bottom of each paper cup.
2. Place the ice cream and remaining crushed cookies into a large mixer bowl.  Mix gently with a paddle attachment until combined.
3. Spoon ice cream mixture into the cups and insert a popsicle stick into each cup.
4. Freeze until the ice cream is completely frozen.
5. Tear off the paper cups and serve.

Notes & Suggestions:

I also made an M&M version of these.  I used 1/4 cup mini M&M's with 2 cups of ice cream for 8 servings.   

I found that it works best if the ice cream is really soft (almost runny).  It makes scooping it into the cups a lot easier.  

For bigger kids or adults, you could use bigger paper cups.