Incredibly easy to make and perfect for parties. If you like Pink this pie is for YOU!
Welcome to Ice Cream Week 2014! This year the event is hosted by myself,  and Susan of  The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen. We have teamed up with 25 amazing bloggers to bring you ice cream treats all week long. I hope you have as much fun as we did. Break out those stretchy pants and celebrate Ice Cream Week with us.
Ice Cream Week is an annual event meant to celebrate our love for ice cream treats. It kicks off today (August 18) and will continue until Saturday August 23. We have over 25 bloggers sharing recipes at least 3 days a week, many of us will be posting every day.
There will ice cream pies, ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches, milkshakes, floats, and even baked alaska. We've all gone above and beyond in our pursuit of ice cream nirvana.
We hope you will join us, and help us celebrate our love of ice cream. Not only are we sharing recipes but we're giving away amazing prizes. One winner takes all. I wish I could enter because this giveaway is flipping amazing.
So keep reading, find out more about the event, the prizes and get the recipe for this amazing Pink Lemonade Ice Cream Pie.
A quick thank you to my co-host Susan, and to all our participants this year. It takes a special kind of crazy devotion to commit to a week of ice cream recipes. So I applaud everyone involved.
Our sponsors for the event have provided us with some great prizes. A huge thanks to Cake Boss, Anolon, Microplane, WÜSTHOF, Page Street Publishing and Quarry Spoon. Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen have tossed in a bonus prize of a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker because they think everyone should own one!
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Pink Lemonade Ice Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 2 cups of nilla wafers crushed
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 Litres just shy of 2 quarts if you're in the U.S. of vanilla ice cream, softened slightly
- 2 cups or 16 ounces in the U.S. of whipped cream, I made homemade but you can use store bought, divided
- 1 packet of crystal light pink lemonade 4.5 g
- 1 to 2 cups of coconut to taste, I like more
- 1 to 2 drops of red food colouring.
Instructions
- Crush the nilla wafers in a food processor by pulsing until they resemble fine crumbs. Add the melted butter, pulse again.
- Press into a pie plate.
- In a stand mixer combine the ice cream, ½ of the whipped cream and crystal light packet. Whisk on high until well combined. If you want it to be a darker pink you can add some food colouring. Pour into the pie plate and smooth out. Place in the freezer for about 4 hours, or preferably overnight.
- Pull out the pie about 10 minutes before serving and top with the remaining ½ of the whipped cream. If desired top with the pink coconut.
- Pink Coconut Optional topping:
- You can make the coconut pink fairly easily. Start with a small amount of coconut on a glass bowl. Add 1 drop of food colouring and mix thoroughly, then add more coconut until you get the colour you want to achieve. Toss over top of the pie just before serving.
- Serve with a big old pretty in pink smile!
Notes
Okay now for the prizes, then be sure to scroll to the bottom for TONS of ice cream links. You are going to love every single recipe. Now check out these amazing prizes!
Here's what is up for grabs, One Winner Takes All:
- 1 Cuisinart Ice Cream Machine in White
- One Cake Boss Mechanical Ice Cream Scoop with Red Silicone grips
- One Cake Boss 4Pc Ice Cream Bowl Set, Icing Pattern
- One Anolon Advanced Bronze 2 Qt Covered Straining Saucepan with Pour Spout
- One Microplane Herb and Salad Chopper
- One Microplane Premium Classic Grater in White
- One WUSTHOF CLASSIC 9-inch Double Serrated Bread Knife
- One Copy of the Cookbook Making Artisan Gelato by Torrance Kopfer
- One Copy of the Cookbook Everything Goes with Ice Cream by Koralee Teichroeb
- One Copy of the Cookbook Vegan Scoop by Wheeler del Torro
- One Copy of the Cookbook The Great Vegan Bean Book by Kathy Hester
- One Copy of the Cookbook Eat More Dessert by Jenny Kellar
- One Copy of  the Cookbook The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz
- One Copy of the Cookbook Scoop Adventures by Lindsay Clendaniel
Whoever wins this one is going to be a very happy ice cream camper. I wish I could enter. Good luck to everyone. Keep scrolling to the bottom for the rafflecopter to enter. But first, more ice cream!
Make sure you swing by for a scoop from each of today's Ice Cream Week Participants:
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Ice Cream Pie by The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Peppermint Fleck Ice Cream by Scoop Adventures
- Raspberry Lemonade Ice Cream Pie by The Redhead Baker
- Coffee Ice Cream by Cookistry
- Salted Caramel Ice Cream by Life Tastes Good
- Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Buster Bars by The Life and Loves on Grumpy's Honeybunch
- Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream by Hezzi-d's Books and Cooks
- "Fried" Ice Cream Pie by Renee's Kitchen Adventures
- Mint Chip Ice Cream by Crumb
- S'mores Ice Cream Pie by Love and Confections
- How to Make an Ice Cream Pie at Home by Farm Fresh Feasts
- Gluten Free Sandwich Cookie Ice Cream Pie by Gluten Free Crumbley
- Fudge Topped Chocolate Ice Cream Pie by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Salted Caramel Ice Cream Pie by The Spiffy Cookie
- Caramel Coffee Milkshake by Wishes and Dishes
- Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Pie by The Messy Baker
- Majarete (Dominican Corn Pudding) Ice Cream by Mind Over Batter
- Peanut Butter Crunch Ice Cream Cake by The Gunny Sack
- Dirty Girl Scout Ice Cream by Quarter Life (Crisis) Cuisine
- No Churn Low Carb Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream by Yours and Mine are Ours
Other Blogs participating later this week:
Special Guest for the Week is Lindsay Clendaniel of the blog, Scoop Adventures. We're very excited to have her join us. Lindsay is the author of Scoop Adventures which is chock full of ice cream goodness.
Enter the rafflecopter to win. You can enter once (by leaving a comment) or enter often (by doing the bonus entries). Good luck!
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Stay tuned all week for more ice cream week madness! Er, I mean recipes!
Toodles and smoochies! xx
Susan
It's just so pretty Kim! I don't think I've ever seen one so pretty (and girly before). Thanks for all YOUR hard work this week. mwuah!
Choc Chip Uru
Such a gorgeous colour, this pie looks so delicious 😀
Need to try it!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Alice // Hip Foodie Mom
oh my gawd, Kim! this looks amazing!!! love the color. . so pretty!
Linda K
Chocolate ice cream is the best! Even vanilla with Oreos, or kaluha, or brownies, or hot fudge etc etc 🙂
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
YAYYY ICE CREAM WEEK!!!! I love how pretty and pink this pie is 😀
Shelby
Your pie is so pretty in pink! I'm excited to be a part of ICW and am looking forward to all the yummy ice cream treats that are coming our way.
Hezzi-D
Love all the pink! Sounds like a super fun summer ice cream pie!
Thom Anderson
In our house, strawberry rules!
Glenda T
My favorite ice cream is butter pecan, but I love vanilla too.
Nicole
Vanilla Bean is my fave!
Elaine
we love it ALL.....
Debbie Bray
chocolate
Aaron B
Nice and chunky cherry ice cream is one of my favorites! Cherry Garcia from Ben & Jerrys is awesome.
Simone
Oooo... By pure coincidence ive made two types of icecream this weekend... Right on time for icecream week...:)
Marsha
My absolute favorite ice cream flavor is good old-fashioned natural strawberry.
Coleen @ The Redhead Baker
I love pink lemonade! Very summery. That pink coconut topping is so pretty!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life
I love how pink and girly this ice cream pie is!!!! Absolutely gorgeous! Pinned for sure!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie
I love how you topped this pie! So pretty.
Lindsay @ Scoop Adventures
Absolutely gorgeous! Love this ice cream pie idea. Need to put it on my ice cream to do list. Thanks for involving me in such a wonderful event!
lucy
I love vanilla ice cream!