1. We made great memories.
2. We made sure every day of summer is filled with fun things to do and posted an idea a day to our Facebook – 100 Days of Summer.
3. We tried a few new recipes.
4. We celebrated National Ice Cream Day, although here, at Perry’s, it is pretty much every day.

With Labor Day just ahead –  we are not done! Searching for recipes to try this summer we discovered several very talented Western New Yorkers that love to cook (and eat!) and decided to reach out and tap into their creativity and passion for desserts. And so, we introduce to you for the first time – our Inside Scoopers!

The first Inside Scooper you are going to “meet” is Ashley from Wishes and Dishes. Ashley is quite a chef! However if you are not much into recipes, we bet you’ll still be quite entertained reading her posts peppered with a great sense of humor. Ashley’s favorite time of the year is Christmas, which at the moment of this post is 116 days away – very easy to know via the count down clock right at the top of Ashley’s blog! Needless to say, we are quite excited and can’t wait to see what kind of desserts Ashley will create to celebrate – our holiday flavors are a perfect ingredient!

Ashley’s today recipe is all about summer. It will make a perfect dessert for your Labor Day picnic! The recipe is quite special, as it gives you a S’more guarantee – rain or shine, with this recipe you’ll be able to enjoy them!  It is also a frozen yogurt alternative to one of the most popular Perry’s ice cream stand flavors, a new one for 2012, PB S’mores.

Photo via Wishes and Dishes

Frozen S’mores

by Ashley of Wishes and Dishes

Ice cream is one of my favorite foods…..period.  Peanut butter is one of my favorite things in ice cream…..period.  A few months ago, I discovered my new obsession at a place I love to get ice cream in the summer, Lugia’s.  This obsession is otherwise known as Perry’s Peanut Butter Chip Frozen Yogurt.  On second thought, I know my hubby is going to want credit for this one as he was the original person to make the ground-breaking discovery and order this little taste of heaven.

Lugia’s serves in my estimate, about 700 different flavors of ice cream and frozen yogurt (I could be a little over), which I love.  You order a size small ice cream and you practically get an entire bucket of ice cream!  Normally you have to stand in line for a while at the outdoor walk-up counter, which is okay, because the large flavor menu board makes hasty decision making pretty much impossible….and we all know I am horrible at making prompt decisions, as previously discussed last week in this post 

A couple of months ago, I was grocery shopping and I moseyed on over to the ice cream section (surprising, I know) and found that they now carried the frozen yogurt flavor that I so love!  Those of you in New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio should definitely be on the lookout for this frozen yogurt at your local supermarket or ice cream stand.  So, naturally, ever since that discovery I don’t think a day has gone by where I didn’t have some sitting in my freezer.  If you are lucky enough to have a Wegman’s nearby, there is a good chance they will carry it.  That is, of course, as long as you don’t shop at the same Wegman’s that I do, in which case I will have probably cleaned out the entire stock by the time you get there.  If you don’t live in the area, just go pick up a 1.5 qt container of your favorite frozen treat to use as a substitute.  And remember folks……. frozen yogurt typically has about 1/3 of the amount of fat present in a equal serving of regular ice cream, so you can eat three times more frozen yogurt than you would ice cream and still feel good about yourself 

So what’s a girl to do but to get a little creative and make a summery sweet treat with all that frozen yogurt?   Meet this frozen s’mores treat.  It’s a beautiful thing.

Photo via Wishes and Dishes

INGREDIENTS: 

(Makes 1 frozen sandwich…make as many as you want!)

1 full honey graham cracker

1 tablespoon marshmallow cream/fluff

½ tablespoon mini semi sweet chocolate chips

*2 tablespoons Perry’s Peanut Butter Chip Frozen Yogurt (frozen solid)

*You can use your favorite flavor of ice cream or frozen yogurt!

DIRECTIONS:

1. Break one graham cracker in half.  Spread one half with 1 tablespoon marshmallow cream and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon mini chocolate chips on top of the cream.
2. Top other half with 2 tablespoons frozen yogurt and place marshmallow side in, on top of frozen yogurt, to create a sandwich. Using a dull knife, wipe the sides clean.  By hand, place a a good amount of chips on each side.
3. Place on a plate and freezer. Freeze until firm, before serving.

If making several at once, keep frozen yogurt or ice cream in freezer and follow step 1 with as many as you desire to make.  Next, follow steps 2 and 3.

Place each, unwrapped, on a plate in freezer.  Once frozen, wrap each sandwich tightly in plastic wrap and keep stored in freezer.

They’ll keep in freezer for several weeks if wrapped well!

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Let us know how you like Ashley’s creation, and, check out more of Wishes and Dishes!

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Do you have your New Year’s resolutions set? If any of them include shaping up, we know you might be going at it with radical measures by cutting out all indulgences, including ice cream.

Sometimes we don’t realize right away that our New Year resolutions leave no room for treats (…and happiness), so it is very challenging to keep them. Our message for our whole ice cream loving community is – no need for icecreamless existence  – we all know that almost everything is good for you in moderation. We also understand that moderation isn’t easy when you have a carton of deliciousness seating right in front of you. For that kind of circumstances may we remind, that you can start with less of the guilt category of our frozen desserts, so if going overboard was unavoidable, you know you haven’t been too indulgent.

Browse our Perfectly Churned Light, Frozen Yogurts and Novelties - (Sour Buddie Bars, Orange Buddie Bars, Fudgie Bars and Strawberry Frozen Yogurt ) are 100 calories or less. Once decided on the type of product and flavor, turn over to our Where to Buy section to locate that flavor near you.

Hope this helps keeping your New Years resolutions without cutting out the fun!

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Akron, N.Y. – November 9, 2011 – Western New York’s own fourth-generation, craft ice cream maker, Perry’s Ice Cream, recently scooped up a championship dairy award at The 2011 World Dairy Expo Contest held in Madison, Wisconsin.

This year’s contest attracted over 700 entries from dairy processors throughout North America.  The judging panel featured judges from the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research and the University of Wisconsin, Madison Food Science Department.

Perry’s took first place honors in the Best Frozen Yogurt category for its Peanut Butter Chip Frozen Yogurt. Products were judged on flavor, body texture, and appearance/color and melting quality.  Perry’s Peanut Butter Chip is vanilla frozen yogurt with peanut butter swirls and fudge flakes.

About Perry’s Ice Cream

Perry’s Ice Cream, founded in 1918 by H. Morton Perry and headquartered in Western New York, is a family-owned and operated fourth generation ice cream manufacturer with frozen distribution services.  Since its humble beginning, when hand cranks and horse-drawn delivery wagons were used, Perry’s stayed true to putting enough of the good stuff into every scoop.  Nowadays, Perry’s has maintained one of the most modern, state-of-the-art production facilities in the country t

o produce over 13 million gallons per year of great tasting ice cream, one batch at a time.  With over 300 employees, Perry’s sells and distributes to New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Western Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and Northeast Ohio.

For additional information about Perry’s Ice Cream, visit perrysicecream.com, become a fan on Facebook at facebook.com/perrysicecream or follow Perry’s on Twitter at twitter.com/perrysicecream.

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