By Brilynn of Jumbo Empanadas

When the days are hot like they have been, (and if we’re being honest, even when they’re not) I pretty much live off of ice cream. For some people it’s a once in a while treat or reserved for summer, for me it’s a mandatory everyday occurrence. I need it to function properly and therefore steal it by the spoonful from the freezer when I’m feeling low. With that in mind it’s only natural that I chose to do a round up of ice cream and frozen treats.

It seems I’m not the only one with an ice cream addiction. Mike of Mike’s Table recently hosted an event called You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Frozen Desserts and the round up can be found here. Stand outs in this list for me are Goat Cheese Ice Cream from Helen of Tartelette, Roasted Peach Ice Cream from Susan of Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy and Brown Bread Ice Cream from Grain Power.

Joy of Desserts also has an ice cream round up that at last count had 34 ice cream recipes and was still growing. Especially appealing to me on that list was a homemade version of Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia!

My ice cream ventures have been especially influenced by David Lebovitz and you should certainly check out his blog for ice cream making tips and recipes. I’ve got a review of his book The Perfect Scoop on my blog and photos of 4 of his wonderful ice creams that I’ve attempted, (and I’ve got at least 4 more coming up soon). If you’re the adventurous type, take a look at his Bacon Ice Cream, I can’t believe I haven’t made this yet, it looks amazing!

If you’re looking for another ice cream man, look no further than Kieran of Ice Cream Ireland, a self described chocoholic ice cream man living in Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Kieran is also a director of Murphy’s Ice Cream and from personal experience, I know he has an amazing recipe for Kahlua Espresso Ice Cream, among others.

If you’re longing for Fall, Elise of Simply Recipes has a recipe for Easy Pumpkin Ice Cream that doesn’t require making a custard and has all the flavours of your favourite pumpkin pie.

Ice cream doesn’t have to be eaten plain out of a bowl though, it’s such a versatile ingredient, (yes, I just called ice cream an ingredient) that it can be turned into all sorts of things, like homemade drumsticks! Nicole of Baking Bites shows you how with step by step instructions.

Deb of Smitten Kitchen provides you with more vehicles for your ice cream with ice cream sandwich cookies, in three different flavours no less. And Joy of Joy the Baker can show you how to make Ice Cream Cupcakes, which are adorable and delicious all rolled into one!

My love of frozen treats isn’t limited strictly ice cream though, I like a good sorbet, sherbert, granita or semifreddo too! With a name like SpicyIceCream you know you’re bound to find some frozen desserts and good ones at that when you visit Lisa’s blog! She doesn’t disappoint with a Chocolate, Fig and Hazelnut Semifreddo.

Where will I find the freezer space for all of these goodies? I don’t know, but I better make sure there’s some room for some Espresso Granita from Haalo of Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once. Is it wrong that I want to eat this for breakfast? Isn’t that what it’s meant for? I think I could even weasel a Blackberry Lemon Verbana Sorbet into my breakfast on the basis that it’s fruit filled. If you’re looking for such a recipe then head over to Café Lynnylu, she’s got a great one.

If you’d let me, I would ramble on for days on end about ice cream, but enough talk, let’s all go make some! Next on my list to make is a Chocolate Guiness Ice Cream, everyone’s invited to my place for frozen happy hour!

You can also find thousands of ice cream recipes on the FoodieView Recipe Search Engine.

And, to find out more about Brilynn and her Go Big or Go Home philosophy, check out her blog, Jumbo Empanadas.

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