Ice Cream Party Platter

Your next get-together will be a huge success with this make-ahead Ice Cream Party Platter. Four delicious flavors of ice cream with all the fixings! 

Why You Should Try This Party Platter

Everybody loves ice cream…you know the saying…I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. That’s exactly what I think of when I look at this fun Ice Cream Party Platter. And one of my favorite things about this recipe idea is that you can make it for two or you can make it for ten. It all depends on how big your platter is and how much ice cream you use.

Ice Cream Flavors

I use 4 different flavors of ice cream that compliment each other:

• Coffee ice cream
• Pistachio ice cream
• Chocolate ice cream
• Vanilla ice cream

Ice Cream Party Platter Toppings

Mix it up and have some fun! On this platter I use store-bought toppings

• Chocolate sauce
• Butterscotch sauce
• Crushed pistachios
• Crushed salted peanuts
• White chocolate shaving swirls – I made these by pulling a potato peeler across a white chocolate candy bar
• Cookie straws
• Maraschino cherries

Let’s Make the Party Platter

My favorite part of this recipe idea, besides the yumminess, of course, is the fact that I can make it ahead of time and have it in the freezer ready to go when it’s time to serve.

• Place a large platter into the freezer for 30 minutes – this will give you a little more time to scoop the ice cream so they won’t melt on your platter before you have all of them on the plate.
• Drizzle the platter with chocolate and butterscotch sauces.
• Scoop the ice cream onto the platter and arrange them however you’d like.
• Return the platter to the freezer until you are ready to serve.
• Make the white chocolate swirls and set them on a small paper plate. Store the plate in the freezer too.
• Crush the peanuts and store them in a ziptop bag.
• Drain the cherries and place however many you want on a small plate and store them in the refrigerator.

When you are ready to serve the ice cream, remove the platter and the white chocolate from the freezer, top the ice cream with the chocolate swirls. Add the nuts, cherries, and cookies. It’s that easy and that fast.

Number of Servings

For this party platter, I use a small cookie scoop instead of a standard size ice cream scoop because I wanted little bite-sized balls of ice cream. With the smaller scoop size, I estimated about 8 balls per person so the platter in the photo serves three people.

More KKM Sweet Recipe

1. Mini Apple Cheddar Pies – little hand pies filled with homemade apple filling and cheese
2. Rustic Blueberry Galette – easy pie recipe made using a store-bought pie crust
3. Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies – just like the classic sandwich…two peanut butter cookies stuffed with grape jelly
4. Cranberry Orange Muffins with an Orange Glaze – moist and fluffy muffins filled with fresh cranberries and orange juice and zest glazed with a sweet and tangy orange frosting.