Cooking Lesson #906: Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Cups

…from the Perspectives’ Kitchen

credit: Hersheyland.com

How you doin? Just because Joan and I owned Choclatique, an award winning chocolate company, most people think we are chocolate snobs—we’re not! In my mind, there’s no such thing as bad chocolate—it’s kind of like sex—some is better than others.
 
I grew up on Hershey’s and See’s chocolate and I still have a warm spot in my heart for both. Hershey’s has the world of chocolate kisses covered. One summer I started rolling the foil from the kisses until I had a soft ball size ball and a spare tire around my stomach. Hershey’s kisses still have a great function for making desserts.
 
These Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Cups are a dessert dream come true—a golden Blondie cup topped with a scoop of velvety ice cream, a drizzle of sweet HERSHEY’S Strawberry Syrup, then topped with a sweet surprise–a HERSHEY’S KISSES Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Candy. It’s the perfect recipe that incorporates all of the delicious summer flavors in every bite.
 
Prep time:  20 minutes
Bake time:  18 minutes
Yield:  12 blondie cone cups
Cool time:   2 hours, 15 minutes
 
Ingredients 
For the chewy blondie cups
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
12 small scoops of vanilla or strawberry ice cream
12 HERSHEY'S KISSES Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Candy https://tinyurl.com/bddkaj23
2 tablespoons pink chocolate sprinkles
4 tablespoons strawberry syrup
 
Directions
To make the chewy blondie cups

1. Heat an oven to 350° F.
2. Line 12 muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper or foil baking cups.
3. Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
4. Stir together the melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl.
5. Add the eggs and stir until well blended.
6. Stir in the flour mixture, blending well.
7. Fill each prepared muffin cup about 1/2 full of the batter.
8. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until tops are lightly browned and cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean.
9. Remove the muffin pan from oven.
10. Using the back of a spoon immediately press indentation into the top of the blondies to form shallow cups.
11. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

To assemble the Strawberry Ice Cream Cups

1. Remove paper liner from blondie cup, place on dessert plate.
2. Top with ice cream, strawberry syrup and sprinkles.
3. Garnish with HERSHEY'S KISSES Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Candy.
4. Serve immediately.

ChefSecret:  You can easily change this over to a milk chocolate dessert with a Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss and chocolate syrup.

Quip of the Day:  Why did the Hershey kiss go to space? To fulfill its Milky Way dreams!
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