Something that definitely shouldn't be missing in summer is, of course, ice cream. Young and old enjoy thisdelicious dessertequally happy. And in the sundae combined with delicious sauces, cookies and fruits it becomes a real culinary delight that keeps us cool on hot days. If you would like to surprise and treat your family and friends with delicious ice cream sundae ideas, you have come to the right place. We'll show you how you can make ice cream sundaes yourself. To make it easier for yourself, you can use store-bought ice cream, but you can also make your own if you like.
Vanilla ice cream sundae with cherries and homemade chocolate sauce
Who doesn't like the combination of cherries and chocolate? This ice cream sundae recipe combines both in an incredibly delicious way. Make your own cherry and chocolate sauce to use as a garnish when you make your own ice cream sundae. The result is a large ice cream sundae for 4 people, which is divided into 4 glasses, but so that everything still fits in the cup, each glass should be chosen high.
For the cherry sauce:
- 500 g fresh cherries, pitted
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- Zest of half a lemon
- 1 tsp corn flour
For the chocolate sauce:
- 40 ml high fat cream
- 30 g Goldsirup
- 20g sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 40 g dark chocolate (approx. 70% cocoa content), coarsely chopped
- 10 g unsalted butter
Other ingredients:
- 400 g vanilla ice cream
- 40 g whipped cream for drizzling
- 2 tbsp roasted and chopped hazelnuts
- 4 cherries
Make the cherry sauce for the ice cream sundae yourself: Put the cherries with the syrup, lemon zest and 4 tablespoons of water in a pot and heat everything over medium heat. Once the liquid is boiling, reduce the heat and let everything simmer for about 8 minutes. The cherries should then have become a little softer but still have their shape. Take a tablespoon of this liquid from the pot into a container and add the cornmeal. Stir until the cornmeal is dissolved and add the mixture to the cherry sauce. Cook another minute or two until the sauce thickens and set aside.
Make the chocolate sauce for the ice cream sundae yourself: Mix the syrup with the cream, sugar, half of the chocolate and the cocoa powder in a saucepan and bring everything to the boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Put the remaining chocolate and butter in a bowl, pour the chocolate sauce from the pot into the bowl, let the whole thing stand for a minute and then stir everything together.
Decorate the ice cream sundae: Add a generous amount of cherry sauce to each of four ice cream cups, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream and then a generous amount of the chocolate sauce. Then cherry sauce is put on the ice cream again and then another scoop of ice cream. Garnish with icing, nuts and a cherry each.
Tipp:Instead of vanilla ice cream, you can also put together a chocolate ice cream sundae. Also you can add caramel if you want.
Ice cream with oatmeal and raspberries
This ice cream sundae is particularly quick and easy to make yourself. But despite the few ingredients, toohealthy oatmealbelong, it tastes simply wonderful and is guaranteed to please everyone - just because of the raspberries!
For 6 servings:
- 100 g oat flakes
- 50 ml honey
- 400g raspberries
- 12 vanilla ice cream scoops
If you would like to make this ice cream sundae yourself, first roast the oat flakes in a pan for a few minutes while stirring. Then immediately put them in a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of honey and stir everything together. Then let the whole thing cool down and break up any lumps with your fingers. Mash the raspberries with the honey using a fork.
Put a little raspberry sauce in each glass, then a scoop of ice cream, a little more sauce and the second scoop. Finally, pour the remaining sauce over the sundae, garnish with the oat flakes and possibly a few whole raspberries.
Ideas for children – Pinocchio ice cream sundae
One of the most popular ice cream sundaesfor childrenis without question the Pinocchio sundae. The great thing about it is that you don't need a special recipe, so you can easily use your child's favorite ice cream flavor. In addition to ice cream, you will need some additional treats to create the Pinocchio:
- Ice cream cone for the hat
- Hollow hip for the nose
- colorful chocolate beans or raisins for the eyes
Put any scoop of ice cream in a shallow cup and add another scoop on top. Sit slightly at an anglethe ice cream coneWear it as a hat and put the nose and eyes in the top ball. In principle, the children's ice cream is already finished. You can also add cream or fruit if you want to make the sundae a little more versatile.
Pinocchio is not the only possibility. Other ice cream sundae ideas for children can also be easily implemented. In principle, colorful sprinkles are enough to make the cup attractive to children. Butalso animalsor clowns like in the pictures above are great ice cream sundae creations and can be made quickly with a little imagination. Or how about this attractive unicorn ice cream:
Unicorn ice cream
Divide plain vanilla ice cream into three bowls and color each of those portions with onedifferent unicorn colorsa. Purple, pink, pink, blue and green are suitable. Then take a baking tray and spread the first color on it. Carefully paint the second and then the third color over it. Don't mix the colors too much. Place the tray in the freezer for at least two hours.
You make horns out of chewy sweets. First knead it into a ball and then roll it into a roll. Then turn the roll in a spiral. Form ice cream balls and serve in small cups with colorful sprinkles and a horn. Fruit sauces also taste very good.
Ice cream sundae for lovers with peanut-caramel-chocolate flavor, banana and Oreo
Find sundae varietiesfor two people? Then prepare yourself for a large cup that you would hardly be able to manage alone. The following ice cream sundae for two is super chocolaty and delicious!
For a large mug for 2 people or two smaller ones:
- 130 g salted caramel sauce
- 20 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa content), coarsely chopped
- 5 Oreo peanut butter cookies (or regular ones)
- 4 small chocolate ice cream balls
- 4 small peanut ice cream balls
- 1 large banana, sliced
Heat the chocolate and caramel sauce in a water bath until the chocolate has melted. Then let everything cool down a little. In the meantime, cut them in halfOreo Cookies. Save half of these halves while crumbling the others. Now alternately add chocolate sauce, ice cream scoops, banana slices and cookie crumbs to a large mug, starting and ending with sauce. Garnish with the biscuit halves and serve this delicacy to your sweetheart, which you can then enjoy together.
Strawberry sundae with cake pieces and amaretto
Of course, a delicious strawberry ice cream sundae cannot be missing from our list. You can buy the strawberry sauce ready-made or using itPrepare the recipe yourself.
For 4 people:
- Strawberry ice cream
- Sponge cake base (or homemade pound cake)
- 450 g fresh strawberries, sliced
- 3 tbsp amaretto liqueur (or almond flavored liqueur, brandy, bourbon, vodka or rum)
- 2 EL Honig
- 2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- flaky sea salt
Put the strawberries in a bowl with the liqueur, honey, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Let them rest like this for about 30 to 60 minutes. Cut the pie crust into small cubes (you won't need the entire crust). Put a few of these cubes in each cup, then a large scoop of ice cream, a few strawberry slices and a little of the strawberry sauce and repeat to fill the cup. You can garnish the finished ice cream sundae with whipped cream and a strawberry.
Make your own ice cream sundae – fruity and delicious with pineapple and apricots
They like it exoticand nice and fruity? Then this tropical ice cream sundae is just right for you! And it's so quick and easy to prepare:
For 6 people:
- 1/2 pineapple
- 6-8 apricots
- about 2.5 large pieces of ginger
- 1 lime
- 1 vanilla bean
- 6 cardamom pods
- 1 TL Goldsirup
- 2-3 tbsp water
- Vanilla ice cream or even better: salted coconut ice cream
Peel and dice the pineapple and halve or quarter the apricots. Heat them in a saucepan over medium heat. Peel the lime and cut the peel into thin strips. Halve the vanilla bean and cut the ginger into thin slices. Add these ingredients as well as the water and syrup to the pot. Cook until the fruit softens and the sauce thickens, about 15 minutes.
Then let the sauce cool thoroughly. Pour some into the cups and then fill with ice, followed by another layer of fruit sauce. You are welcome to add some icing to finish.
Lemon meringue sundae
Nice and lemonyand this delicious ice cream sundae turns out creamy. If you would like to make the ice cream sundae yourself, you will need the following products:
For 4 servings:
- grated zest of one lemon and the juice of half of the same lemon
- 150 g cream cheese
- 6 THE Zitronencreme
- 2 EL Limoncello-Liqueur
- 4-6 Butterkekse
- 12 scoops of vanilla ice cream
- 16 drops of meringue
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with the lemon juice and half of the grated lemon peel. In a separate bowl, mix the lemon cream with the liqueur. Crumblethe Butter Biscuitsand distribute some of it into the ice cream cups. Then spread the ice cream, the meringue drops, the cream cheese and finally the biscuit crumbs over it. Then spread the lemon cream and the remaining lemon peel.
The banana split is not necessarily served in a cup, but we would still like to offer you a banana split recipe because the combination of banana and ice cream tastes so delicious. It's best to use a deep and narrow plate when serving this ice cream sundae alternative. Alternatively, the banana can also be cut into slices or smaller pieces and served in a cup with the ice cream.
For 1-2 servings:
- 1 banana, halved lengthways
- 1 Vanilleeiskugel
- 3 maraschino cherries
- 1 chocolate ice cream scoop
- 1 strawberry ice cream scoop
- for garnish: chocolate sauce, marshmallow sauce, whipped cream, chopped and lightly toasted nuts
Place the halved bananas on the left and right on the plate. In between, distribute the ice cream balls next to each other. Pour chocolate sauce on the vanilla and strawberry ice cream and the marshmallow sauce (recipe below) on the chocolate ice cream. You can then spread whipped cream between the ice cream balls. Sprinkle the banana split with the nuts. Then you can decorate the ice cream sundae by garnishing each ice cream scoop with a cherry.
Make your own marshmallow sauce for ice cream sundaes
- 18 Marshmallows
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 TL for Van
Enter the creamand marshmallowsin a water bath and heat both while stirring until the marshmallows are almost completely melted. Then add the vanilla and melt the marshmallows completely. Don't forget to stir every now and then. If you want to use the sauce for ice cream, it is best to let it cool. This will cause it to thicken.
