Ice cream/9 recipes

Fruited cream puffs: shortcut pate a choux made with pancake mix, filled with ice cream and topped with sweetened strawberries. Ten elegant frozen desserts from pantry staples.

Chocolate peanut butter banana milkshake blended with vanilla ice cream and milk, garnished with chocolate covered strawberries. A rich, indulgent hotel-style dessert drink.

Layered toffee cake with angel food cake split into three layers, filled and frosted with caramel whipped cream, and covered in crushed Heath bars. No baking required.

This creamy Cedar Island Mint Hummer blends creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and vanilla ice cream into a frosty after-dinner cocktail that's ready in minutes.

German chocolate poke cake drenched in sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch, then scattered with crushed Heath bars and whipped cream. Five ingredients. Zero restraint.

Brazilian iced chocolate with melted unsweetened chocolate, double-strength coffee, milk, and chilled cola poured over ice. A fizzy, caffeinated chocolate drink topped with whipped cream or ice cream.

Rum truffle dessert cocktail: dark rum, crème de cacao, and hazelnut liqueur blended with chocolate ice cream and crowned with whipped cream. Served in a brandy snifter for a sip-it-slow sweet finish.

Classic peach Melba: vanilla ice cream crowned with a poached peach half, glossy raspberry-currant sauce, crushed macaroons, and a piped collar of whipped cream. Auguste Escoffier's signature dessert from 1893.

Oreo crumble cake with a crushed cookie base, chocolate-pecan fudge layer, and whipped vanilla ice cream top. A layered frozen dessert that slices like an ice cream cake.

Rhubarb tart with orange glaze layers tart-sweet rhubarb over buttery puff pastry, then gets brushed with a reduced citrus syrup. Two rectangles, one sheet pan, one of the easiest stone-fruit-season desserts going.

Frozen tri-color cake with split angel food layered with chocolate ice cream and raspberry sherbet, frosted in almond whipped cream. No-bake make-ahead dessert.

Creamy frozen peach drink blended with peach ice cream, coconut cream, and soda water, served in a chilled glass with fresh mint. A tropical non-alcoholic treat.

Round Island Hummer is a frozen cocktail blending vanilla ice cream with creme de cacao and creme de almond into a rich, creamy after-dinner drink.

Classic French profiteroles with choux pastry puffs, vanilla ice cream filling, and warm chocolate sauce. Make-ahead dessert that scales for a crowd.

Gross-out Halloween milkshake made with buttermilk, vanilla ice cream, pineapple juice, and brown sugar. Topped with heated milk skin for a slimy mucous effect.

Coffee soda built with chilled double-strength coffee, half and half, coffee ice cream, and a top-up of fizzy soda water. The grown-up float you'd find at a 1950s soda fountain counter.