hosting an ice cream social

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That sounds very overwhelming and expensive. Good luck and I hope it goes well for you.

What about gummy bears? If you are doing vanilla ice cream what about dying some of it with food coloring? Is that possible? I don't know.

Pregnant ladies like pickles with ice cream, right? I've never been pregnant, I don't know. This is what movies have told me.

[lilac05]

Think of what you see if you go to Coldstone, frozen yogurt places, or your favorite blizzards.

Any candy bar
Fresh fruit
Fruit syrup
Chocolate/caramel
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
Gummy bears (if kids are invited)
Sprinkles

[lilac05]

We were invited to a neighborhood one last weekend, but it was BYOTopping to share. Is it too late to do that?

[speckledfrog]

Are you paying for it OOP? I wouldn't go too crazy with toppings. Sprinkles, cherries, maybe a bit of fruit, some whipped cream and chocolate sauce and you're fine. I'm not sure about amounts. Water is fine for beverages.

[speckledfrog]

I'd love to know what kind of ice cream socials @reannalynne has been to because her suggestions are crazy. 

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Jun 30, 2015 22:49:06 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

I'd love to know what kind of ice cream socials @reannalynne has been to because her suggestions are crazy. 

I've never been to one. I don't get invited to things, you need to have friends for that to happen. Unless it's a family picnic, I've literally only been invited to even 2 picnics in my life. 

Oh wait, I do have a twin 10 y/o birthday party Friday night for my one and only friend/BFF, so there's that...I usually end up leaving kind of early though because kids make me want to scream.

[speckledfrog]

Jun 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I'm having déjà vu.

If Autumn was still here she would swoop in with a handy link for you.  Sometimes I miss that girl.

[rachers]

Jun 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I'm having déjà vu.

Errr yea..

[speckledfrog]

Jun 30, 2015 22:55:26 GMT -5 hiddendriveway said:

Jun 30, 2015 22:54:18 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

If Autumn was still here she would swoop in with a handy link for you.  Sometimes I miss that girl.

I'm still totally clueless. DId I ask this before? LOL

My super sleuthing skills tell me it was peachdragon.

[walterismydog]

A department at work had one recently. It was fun. They had probably 9-10 cartons of different ice cream, plus whipped cream, nuts, bananas, cherries, different syrups, sprinkles, root beer, coke, orange soda, ice cream sandwiches, and some tofutti and Popsicles for the vegans.

I'd say there were about 100ish adults? There were leftovers.

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Jun 30, 2015 22:57:59 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Jun 30, 2015 22:52:47 GMT -5 hiddendriveway said:

did somebody recently post this? sorry

No need to apologize.

I guess I'm just surprised how common it is to host neighborhood ice cream socials.

Here's the thread I was remembering.
pandce.proboards.com/thread/442953/tacky-love-threads?page=1

I found this, too.


pandce.proboards.com/thread/443542/ice-cream-sundae-toppings

[speckledfrog]

Jun 30, 2015 23:01:15 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Why am I never invited to stuff like this?! My neighborhood had a plant sale in May. Fuck plants, I want a sundae.

Have you been?  Maybe it's a plaaaaaaant sale.  KWIM? 

[livinitup]

You can invite ice cream trucks, too. Just contact and call. They will charge, but it might help with your inventory and output. It might even be cheaper to strike a deal to pay them to supply ice cream - you/your group can hand out vouchers.

[FastHands]

Jun 30, 2015 22:54:18 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Jun 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I'm having déjà vu.

If Autumn was still here she would swoop in with a handy link for you.  Sometimes I miss that girl.

Did AR GBCN?? I assumed she was just busy with baby.

[Howards Mom]

Ben & Jerry's caters. They bring it and scoop it.

[FastHands]

Jun 30, 2015 23:25:36 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Jun 30, 2015 23:21:37 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Did AR GBCN?? I assumed she was just busy with baby.

Lol. She didn't GBCN. She posts now and then, but busy with that baby.

Ok good. Lol. I mean, someone making AR gbcgbcn would sort of be like matter and antimatter colliding.

[whitemerlot]

I hosted this one year for my neighborhood and supplied it all.

I had vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, magic shell, chopped up Oreos, whipped cream, m & ms, chocolate chips, cones, root beer for floats, and bottled water. Then I provided a couple boxes of outshine bars for my lactose intolerant neighbor kid or anyone else. We had a lot of ice cream over, but it was really fun.

[speckledfrog]

Yeah, I didn't mean that she GBCN, just that she's not here like she used to be.