Ice Cream Cupcakes

As promised on Tuesday's post (which was G's birthday), if these ice cream confections turned out, I would share how I made them. Well...my ice cream fanatic LOVED these. So, here I am to share how I made them.

If you've been following my blog for any length of time (the old one more so), you'll know that these silicone cupcake liners are what I use very often for the bentos that I make for my kids' lunch. I've actually baked in these, too. And for this cooking experiment, I used them to make the shell of the ice cream cupcakes.

I started out with chocolate wafers that I melted. I only made a dozen of these cupcakes, so I didn't melt down the whole pack of wafers...probably about half of it. I ended up adding more chocolate than in the photo below before I nuked it to melt it down.

Then, I used a fork to spread the chocolate around the liners to create a shell. Once the chocolate lined the shells, I put them into the freezer to quick set that chocolate while I moved on with the other ingredients.

I mashed a dozen Oreos. I could have used a dozen different methods to do this...but I went with the potato masher just because.

Then I prepared the ice cream ingredient. I used a dozen scoops of ice cream. I melted these down a bit in the microwave so that I could then pour them into the now-frozen chocolate shells.
I added the melty vanilla ice cream:

And then I added the mashed Oreo cookies:

And then I added some Cool Whip on top. Now, here...I wish that I had allowed the Cool Whip to thaw a bit more before adding it to the top...it would have looked better...smoother. But it all worked out.
And then I added sprinkles to the tops of some of the ice cream cupcakes...and chocolate dessert toppings to the tops of others (the sprinkles were more popular, by the way!).
And then they all went back into the freezer to set up again. Once they were frozen...the silicone shells peeled off easily and left the ice cream cupcakes perfectly shaped.
I don't even care for ice cream much...but these were darn good!

This was my first time making them and I am already ready for the next time. Next time, I will make two layers of chocolate for the shell. This will involve a little bit more time, but it shouldn't be a big deal.
Let me know if you make these...and enjoy them if you do! :)