Delicious Ice Cream Sundae Recipes

1. Peaches and Cream Sundae

Fill a bowl halfway with peach ice cream and cover with slices of freshly picked peaches. Drizzle vanilla cream syrup over it, top with whipped cream, and finish it off with a final drizzle of vanilla syrup and a peach slice. Use French vanilla ice cream if you'd prefer the peaches to be an accent rather than the predominant taste.

2. Raspberry Chocolate Sundae

This sundae basically just adds another layer of deliciousness to the traditional hot fudge sundae. Fill a bowl halfway with French vanilla ice cream and drizzle it generously with hot fudge topping. Add a handful of ripe, freshly picked raspberries, and finish it off with a light drizzle of hot fudge. This makes a lusciously elegant romantic dessert for two when served by candlelight on a table strewn with rose petals. 

3. Blueberry Pie Sundae

You can whip this up in minutes by spooning your favorite blueberry pie filling over vanilla ice cream, sprinkling on some cinnamon and topping with whipped cream. Create a tasty variation by using blackberry pie filling instead, or for something completely different, use apple pie filling and drizzle with caramel sauce. 

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If you're like most people, you love a good piece of chocolate cake—and you may feel as if you don't have the culinary skills necessary to craft a gourmet-style chocolate cake in your kitchen. Fortunately, you don't have to have formal training as a chef to create a luscious chocolate cake in your apartment in Flagstaff. You can easily use a boxed chocolate cake mix as the foundation for a dessert fit to be served in a five-star restaurant. Here's what you can do:

S'mores Cake

Everyone loves s'mores. Not only do these melted marshmallow treats taste delicious, they conjure up carefree thoughts of campfires and starry skies. Simply add flour and sugar to your boxed cake mix, stir in mini-marshmallows, and combine with eggs, sour cream, and water. Place in slow cooker on the low setting until it's 165 degrees inside. Spoon marshmallow cream over the cake and sprinkle with graham cracker and chocolate pieces. Let it cool and serve with a spoon. 

Creme de Menthe Cake

If you love the combination of chocolate and mint, you can't go wrong with this creme de menthe cake. You'll need a boxed chocolate cake mix, some creme de menthe, crushed mint chocolate candies, and vanilla frosting, and fudge flavored ice cream topping. 

Prepare the cake mix per package instructions but replace one-quarter of the water with creme de menthe, allow it to cool, and frost with heated fudge frosting. Combine vanilla frosting with a tablespoon of creme de menthe and add a couple of drops of green food coloring, if desired. Frost the tops and the sides with this mixture and sprinkle the crushed mint candy over the top. 

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This April our focus is RYAS: Rocking Your Apartment’s Socks! We’ll take you from recipes to try in the kitchen to thrifty apartment décor and much more!

Our mouths started watering the moment we heard that April is National Grilled Cheese Month! Nothing will rock your apartment’s socks quite like filling your apartment with amazing smells from your kitchen … and with all the variety cooking up a grilled cheese has to offer, we have no doubt you’ll love celebrating your apartment and this tasty sandwich in tandem! Check out these five amazing grilled cheese recipes that will leave your taste buds dancing this month!

Grill Your ABCs

The basic grilled cheese is already divine. A grilled cheese with bacon? Amazing. But a grilled cheese with bacon and some nice thinly sliced apple? … Whoa. All you need is some sliced sourdough, sharp cheddar, a few strips of crispy bacon, and an apple of your choice sliced thin. Get an easy-peasy recipe here: Apple, Bacon, and Cheddar Grilled Cheese

Ooh, Honey!

This is apparently Oprah’s favorite grilled cheese … and we all know that what Oprah loves, we pretty much all love right there with her. We never would have thought of putting honey on a grilled cheese, but this recipe sounds too delish to miss. Here’s your recipe: Havarti, Honey, Tomato & Basil Grilled Cheese

The Green Goddess

Ooh-la-la! You’ll want to make sure you have a good melty cheese for this recipe that’s oozing with flavor. We’ve seen this recipe on white or wheat bread, but the real mouth-watering ingredients are all the greens: baby spinach, avocado, and Green Goddess Herb Peso? Yes, please! Check out the recipe here: Green Goddess Grilled Cheese

Kiss the Melon!

Melon? On a grilled cheese? We weren’t sold until we started reading this recipe for a Sugar Kiss melon and Chorizo-Manchego Grilled Cheese. Since it can be a little tricky to find a Sugar Kiss melon, we made this one a twofer with a Prosciutto and Melon Grilled Cheese, too! Don’t judge too quickly … we definitely encourage you to try this one out for yourself! Find recipes here: Sugar Kiss Melon and Chorizo-Manchego Grilled Cheese and Crispy Prosciutto & Melon Grilled Cheese

Holy Sweet Potato, Batman…

Here’s another twofer … because how could we say no to sweet potatoes on a sandwich?! First there’s the sweet potato and cheddar, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, which sounds almost more like a dessert than a sandwich. Then there’s the sweet potato and toasted pecan grilled cheese that sounds more like a pie than a sandwich. It’s basically dessert sandwiches … How could you say no?! Take on both these sandwiches with recipes here: Sweet Potato Cheddar Grilled Cheese and Sweet Potato and Toasted Pecan Grilled Cheese
Happy Grilling!

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