Our Coolest Ideas for Hot Summer Days

Food Network Kitchen’s Watermelon Ice Pop for One-Off Recipes, as seen on Food Network.

Food Network Kitchen’s Watermelon Ice Pop for One-Off Recipes, as seen on Food Network.

Photo by: Tara Donne

Tara Donne

No amount of high-powered AC can cure us from our warm-weather woes this week. You have to step outside at some point, right? That said, we’re cooling down any way we can — and so are our social feeds — with icy frozen treats that are as creative as they are cooling.

Layered Watermelon Ice Pops
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Layered Watermelon Ice Pops (pictured above)

A juicy slice of watermelon is bound to cool you down after one bite, but these layered frozen beauties take it one step further. The rind is made from sweet, pureed avocado, and the seeds are mini chocolate chips!

The New Frose
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Blending up your very own frozen rosé at home is easier than you’d think. With a little help from your ice cream machine, you’ll be churning out our strawberry-infused blend on the reg.

Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
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Sandwich coffee ice cream between fudgy sheet-pan brownies to transform this chocolate baked good into an ice-cold treat that’ll feel far from the oven they came from.

Summer Berry Baked Alaska
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You might light this meringue-topped dessert on fire, but everything else about this berry-filled dessert is ice-cold with its core of raspberry sorbet, vanilla ice cream and angel food cake.

No-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream
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No special equipment is needed to make this easy, fruity ice cream. A can of sweetened condensed milk is the secret ingredient to whipping up creamy no-churn ice cream at home.

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