The last Friday of summer…but I have abandoned summer a few weeks ago. Traded my whites and roses for an occasional glass of red. Planned more park dates than pool dates. Broke out my slow cooker for stews instead of tacos. In no way am I rushing summer. This summer with the girls has been the best on record. But I need to remind myself how much I love the fall so that I am not sad when G heads to 4K next week. 

That being said I feel like this weekend with its warm temperatures will be our last hurrah for the summer. I am pulling out all of the stops: homemade salsa, pool days, golfing, rose wines, watermelon, corn on the cob, s’mores, and grilling. And of course, all these frozen treats that we made on a recent rainy day. 

In celebration of summer, I want to share with you some of our favorite (and EASY) frozen treats. Throw these together today and enjoy them all weekend.

 

 

Frozen Banana-cicles: One of my biggest regrets from my second cookbook was not including frozen banana treats. My editor approached me to include a frozen banana ice cream, but I naively scoffed at the idea saying “Frozen bananas are good, but they are NOT ice cream.” I was not entirely wrong, however, my girls are just as excited, if not more, when offered frozen bananas than if I offered ice cream. If I could do it all again, I would have a whole chapter devoted to frozen fruit treats starring the banana.

 

Freezer S’mores: I generally have leftover melted chocolate after making banana-cicles which led me to raid the pantry for something, anything I could cover in chocolate. And since we always have S’mores ingredients, I found this to be a cool way to get that campfire treat.

 

Happy summer everyone! I hope you enjoy it through this weekend. And I would love to hear some of your favorite summer treats.