It’s hot outside and time to make these amazingly simple Frozen Parfaits You can Literally make in 2 Minutes. Because the flavor and combination choices are endless, you’ll never get bored!!! Furthermore, you can make them days in advance.
Simply grab several frozen parfaits from the freezer whenever you want a scrumptious treat. Of, for those times when an unexpected guest shows up at your door! Seriously! How awesome is that?
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I started by raiding my pantry and found small amounts of topping ingredients and found leftover angel food cake and chocolate cupcakes in my freezer. Once all of the ingredients were ready I grabbed my parfait dishes and started layering the parfaits.
It’s easy to tweak the ingredients to suit any special dietary needs or restrictions. This especially relevant when you have guests that are on a dairy-free, low-fat, low-carb, vegan, or Paleo diet. So, let’s get the parfait party started!
Salted Caramel and Pecan Parfait
Layer the following in a pint-size jar:
- Chocolate cake crumbs.
- Chopped pecans.
- Salted caramel sauce.
- Vanilla Bean ice cream.
- Whipped topping.
- Repeat layers.
- Garnish with a dollop of whipped topping, chopped pecans, and drizzle of salted caramel sauce.
- Freeze until ready to serve
Variation Suggestions:
- Replace chocolate cake with chocolate brownies or Oreo cookies.
- Use Vanilla Bean ice cream, with Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough, Chocolate Chip, Oreo’s Cookies and Cream, Snickers Candy Bar ice cream, Salted Caramel Truffle gelato or your favorite flavor of dairy free yogurt.
- Replace pecans with chopped walnuts, pistachios, peanuts or almonds.
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Parfait
Layer the following in a pint-size jar:
- Crumbled chocolate cake.
- Peanut butter softened in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Crushed Heath Bit candy.
- Moose Tracks Ice Cream.
- Whipped topping.
- Repeat Layers.
- Garnish with a dollop of whipped topping, crushed Heath Bit candy and a drizzle of chocolate ice cream topping.
- Freeze until ready to serve.
Variation Suggestions:
- Replace chocolate cake with peanut butter and/or chocolate chip cookies, or brownies.
- Use Moose Track Ice Cream with Chocolate Chunk or Peanut Butter Fudge ice cream or yogurt.
- Replace Health Bit candies with chopped peanuts and dark chocolate curls.
Strawberry and Angel Food Parfait
Layer the following in a pint-size jar:
- Angel food cake chunks.
- Fresh strawberry slices.
- Neapolitan ice cream.
- Whipped topping.
- Repeat layers.
- Garnish with a dollop of whipped topping and strawberry slice.
- Freeze until ready to serve.
Variation Suggestions:
- Replace angel food cake with white or yellow cake.
- Use strawberries with fresh raspberries, peaches, bananas, kiwi, or cherries (or a combination of fresh fruit).
- Replace Neapolitan ice cream, with Raspberry Cheesecake Ice Cream, Strawberry Truffle Gelato or your favorite berry-flavored low-fat yogurt.
Gluten-Free Vanilla Bean Parfait
Layer the following in a pint-size jar:
- Crushed gluten-free Rice Chex cereal.
- Gluten-free dark chocolate bar, shaved.
- A drizzle of HERSHEY’S Syrup.
- Breyer’s gluten-free Vanilla Bean ice cream.
- Repeat Layers.
- Garnish with a dollop of fresh whipped heavy cream and gluten-free chocolate shavings.
- Freeze until ready to serve.
Variation Suggestions:
- Replace Rice Chex with any gluten-free dry cereal, granola, cake, cookies, or graham crackers.
- Use Vanilla Bean ice cream with Breyers gluten-free Butter Pecan, Black Raspberry Chocolate, Butter Almond, or Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.
- Replace shaved chocolate with gluten-free candy bars such as Almond Joys, Butterfingers, or Snickers.
Gluten-Free Animal Cookie and Candy Parfait
Layer the following in a pint-size jar:
- Crushed gluten-free animal crackers.
- Gluten-free M&M’s and gluten-free candy sprinkles.
- Breyers gluten-free chocolate and vanilla bean ice cream.
- Freshly whipped heavy cream.
- Repeat layers.
- Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream, M&M’s and sprinkles.
- Freeze until ready to serve.
Variation Suggestions:
- Replace animal crackers with other gluten-free cookies such as Udi’s gluten-free Snickerdoodles or granola, gluten-free Chocolate Rice Chex, or Glutino gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. Glutino gluten-free chocolate
- Replace ice cream with Breyer’s gluten-free Butter Pecan, gluten-free Coffee, gluten-free Vanilla Fudge Swirl, Kemp’s Strawberry frozen yogurt, or other gluten-free flavors of ice cream, yogurt or gelato.
- Replace M&M’s and sprinkles with other gluten-free candies such as a chopped Milky Way candy bar, Smarties, Skittles, and more.
As you can see, flavor selections and combinations are endless when it comes to making Frozen Parfaits You Can Literally Make in 2 Minutes. Use your imagination and create parfaits that are truly decadent and personalized.
Consider hosting a taste testing parfait party for your family and friends. Since a parfait assembly station allows each person to create their very own parfait it is a great option. Don’t forget the whipped topping!
Which flavor of Frozen Parfait is your favorite?
Linda
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