Peppermint Punch

Preparation

In a punch bowl, pour the milk and SLOWLY pour in the ginger ale to prevent it from fizzing a lot. Add the quart of slightly thawed peppermint ice cream and let the magic begin. The same ratio of ingredients seems to work just fine for 24 servings.

Tips:
To get the ice cream out in one block, take scissors and cut down the side of the ice cream carton, then pull back the carton.

I don’t have enough occasions to try different things with the ice cream, but I’m assuming you could also:

1. Add the ice cream as scoops instead of one block.
2. Create an ice cream mold.
3. Thaw it and freeze it in ice cube trays—although I’ve never tried getting ice cream out of an ice tray. Does anyone know if this would work?
4. Cut the ice cream up into larger cubes when it’s slightly thawed then freeze them till you’re ready to add them.

To make it a bit more festive, you can place small candy canes on the side of the bowl for people to take when they pour a drink, or set the cups with the candy cane hanging on the side or place them in the cup. The peppermint ice cream will already have bits of candy cane in there, so these are decorative suggestions.

This was a huge hit at my office, and no one seemed to mind the sugar high they got from it! Let me know what you think!