Happy Mother’s Day!

Did Mother’s Day sneak up on you this year?  Not to worry, show your mom you appre­ci­ate her with some­thing sweet.  This recipe is sure to save a sweet spot for in mom’s heart.  The Blue Bunny Caramello Mousse Bars are easy to make and will serve the whole fam­ily.  Not to men­tion the main ingre­di­ent is Cad­bury Caramello Ice Cream Bars.  The thick, rich choco­late on the ice cream bars is the per­fect present for mom.  Don’t let the ice cream side­track you from the main point of today:  Mom.  Take time to tell her Happy Mother’s Day!

Who doesn’t enjoy going on vaca­tion? Blue Bunny is giv­ing peo­ple the chance to enter to win $7,200 towards a vaca­tion in their One Cool Vaca­tion Give­away until May 14!  Must be a mem­ber of the iScream Team to enter.  Where would you go on vaca­tion? Who would you take? We’re dream­ing about lay­ing out on the beach, read­ing a book and enjoy­ing a Sweet Free­dom Snack Size Caramel and Vanilla Ice Cream Bar. Day­dream­ing is nice! You don’t have to win the sweep­stakes to taste the ice cream bars; check your local gro­cer for these deli­cious treats.

A Wedding Reception Must

Wed­ding sea­son is in full swing!  Got the dress, the flow­ers and the cake but did you remem­ber the ice cream?  The per­fect way to incor­po­rate ice cream into the big day; a sun­dae bar at the recep­tion.  Cre­at­ing an ice cream sun­dae bar is a sim­ple and sweet addi­tion to the celebration.

All you need for a sun­dae bar is bowls, a few fla­vors of ice cream and top­ping galore!  Have some­one serv­ing the ice cream and then let guests add their own top­pings.  This is sure to be a hit with all ages!

 

Batter Up!

For it’s one! Two! Three strikes you’re out at the old ball game!”  Not only is spring the sea­son for sun­shine and ice cream, but it’s base­ball sea­son.  Peo­ple have sev­eral rea­sons to enjoy a day at the ball park.  Why do you attend Major League Base­ball games?  For some, rea­sons to go the ball park are to root for a favorite team, spend the day with fam­ily and friends or enjoy the out­doors.  For oth­ers, it’s the food!  Noth­ing beats a hot dog, peanuts , lemon­ade and sweet treats.  Take advan­tage of twenty-six weeks of base­ball and head to the ball park.  While you’re there, track down some ice cream, pos­si­bly even Blue Bunny!

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Most brides are famil­iar with the poem, “some­thing old, some­thing new, some­thing bor­rowed, some­thing blue.”  Each item in this poem rep­re­sents a good-luck token for the bride.  The say­ing goes that if the bride car­ries all of them on her wed­ding day, her mar­riage will be happy.  “Some­thing old” sym­bol­izes con­ti­nu­ity with the bride’s fam­ily.  “Some­thing bor­rowed” is an item from a hap­pily mar­ried friend or fam­ily mem­ber, whose good for­tune in mar­riage is sup­posed to carry over to the new bride.  As for blue, this color has been con­nected to wed­dings for cen­turies.  What four items did you have to rep­re­sent the four lines from the poem on your wed­ding day?

Speak­ing of wed­dings, Blue Bunny ice cream is hav­ing a Some­thing Blue Sweep­stakes.  Share your favorite wed­ding pro­posal to be entered to win a sec­ond hon­ey­moon.  Entries are accepted until April 16, 2012, good luck!

End of the month — Happy Birthday to You!

If you cel­e­brated a birth­day in March, Happy Birth­day!  There are a few notable birth­days in March, too.  The month started with Dr. Seuss’ birth­day on March 2.  Then on March 19 Glenn Close cel­e­brated here 65th birth­day.  Aretha Franklin closed out the month with her birth­day on March 25.  These peo­ple have found ways to enter­tain us.  Dr. Seuss with his fun-loving children’s books, Glenn Close with her act­ing abil­i­ties in films such as 101 Dal­ma­tions and Aretha Franklin with her divine voice and lyrics.  Birth­days call for cake and ice cream.  If you had to guess, what fla­vor would these celebs cel­e­brate with?

March 20 — It’s Here! It’s Here! Spring.

Hip hop hooray for today; it’s the first day of spring!  Break out the shorts, sun­glasses and swimwear because sun­shine is here.  We are so excited for fish­ing, pic­nics, gar­den­ing and more!

As out­door activ­i­ties com­mence so does one indoor activ­ity; spring clean­ing.  The time has come to set aside a day to orga­nize and clean.  Hav­ing trou­ble find­ing moti­va­tion?  Take a treat break and fuel up to be a clean­ing machine.  We rec­om­mend a Champ! Mini Swirls Vanilla Cone.  Sim­ple, sat­is­fy­ing and no mess to clean up.  What is a pri­or­ity clean­ing project in your home this spring?

St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  We have the per­fect recipe for this week:  the Blue Bunny Choco­late Mint Par­fait.  This ice cream treat is easy to make, includes deli­cious Blue Buny ice cream and has a lit­tle green to keep you from get­ting pinched!

All that is needed to make the par­fait are Oreo Cook­ies, choco­late pud­ding and Blue Bunny Pre­mium Choco­late Mint Ice cream.  Check out this step by step video to help make your tasty treat.  The best part is it is ele­gant enough to serve to com­pany or treat your­self on a rainy day.  Don’t for­get to share this sim­ple St. Patrick’s Day treat with your friends on Pin­ter­est. Enjoy.

One Hour Closer to Spring

Day­light Sav­ings Time is almost here; it’s time to spring for­ward!  Mov­ing the clock for­ward causes evenings to have more day­light and morn­ings to have less light dur­ing the sum­mer­time.  The most excit­ing part about Day­light Sav­ings is spring is almost here, which means we’re one sea­son closer to sum­mer!  Once we start day­dream­ing about sum­mer, all we can think about is sun­shine, out­door activ­i­ties and ice cream.  With that said, Day­light Sav­ings is wel­comed with open arms.  So, pick up some of your favorite Blue Bunny ice cream and cel­e­brate that we’re one hour closer to spring!

An Extra Day This Year

There is an extra day in Feb­ru­ary this year; it is Leap Year!  (One more day to eat ice cream!)  Every four years an addi­tional day is added to the cal­en­dar in Feb­ru­ary to keep the cal­en­dar year synched with the sea­sonal years.  What to do with an extra day?  Are you going to do some­thing spe­cial?  There may not be some­thing dis­tinc­tive that hap­pens on Leap Day into a cel­e­brated tra­di­tion with friends or fam­ily.  Do group activ­i­ties together like play­ing board games, mak­ing a treat, go to an arcade or rent movies.  We are look­ing at it as an extra day to smile and laugh with friends and fam­ily; you should, too!