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" Blind Tasting Party For the blind taste-test party, you&amp;#039;ll be sampling the same ice cream flavor from lots of different brands to see if you can guess which is which! First, pick a flavor -- something pretty common, like strawberry of chocolate mint chip. Then make a list of five or six local ice cream shops, or stores that sell ice cream. Buy a pint of the same flavor from each place -- so, for example, a pint of strawberry from Ben &amp;amp;amp; Jerry&amp;#039;s, a pint of strawberry from Dairy Queen, a pint of Edy&amp;#039;s strawberry from the ice cream aisle in your local grocery store. Once your collection is complete, line up paper dixie cups in front of each person. (So, if you got five different ice cream brands, set up five dixie cups per person.) Label the cups 1, 2, 3, and so on. Choose someone who&amp;#039;s not playing -- like your mom or dad -- to assign a brand to each cup, like Dairy Queen in all the #1 cups, Edy&amp;#039;s in all the #2 cups. Have that person put a heaping scoop of the corresponding ice cream into each cup (the people who are playing can&amp;#039;t look!). Distribute sheets of paper to everyone to use as &amp;quot;voting ballots,&amp;quot; and as you taste-test the ice cream in cup, make a guess as to which brand you think it is. When everyone&amp;#039;s finished, compare guesses and then have mom or dad tell you what&amp;#039;s actually in each cup. The girl who guessed the most correctly wins... well... a brainfreeze! Ramp up the competition by ranking texture, flavor, and melt factor on your voting ballots. Hot &amp;amp;amp; Cold Fondue Party About 30 minutes before guests arrive, place a cookie tray in the freezer. Use a melon ball scooper to make small, round scoops of ice cream and place on the pre-chilled cookie tray. Insert a large toothpick into the top of each ice cream ball, and then place tray in the freezer for about 1 to 2 hours, or overnight if possible. In a medium-sized bowl, pour four bottles of Magic Shell Topping. Then, on a plate or in a bowl, spread out about 4 cups of toppings, such as nuts, chocolate chips, crushed candy, sprinkles, or crushed cookies. To serve the fondue, take an ice cream ball by the toothpick and dunk it in the Magic Shell. Hold the ball over the bowl to let any excess chocolate drip off, and wait about 10 second for it to begin hardening. Roll the ball in the toppings until it&amp;#039;s covered. (Maybe this could be part of your next birthday party!) Indulge: If you&amp;#039;re not really in an ice cream mood, try an item from Cold Stone&amp;#039;s new Plated Desserts line, which will include Brownie A La Cold Stone, Churro Caramel Crave, Chocolate Lava Meltdown, and No Fair Funnel Cake. These four treats will be available at $4.99 through April. While we love our cake batter, Senior Tastemaker Ray Karam has been working on a new lineup of delish ice cream flavors. We can&amp;#039;t wait to try Chocolate Dipped Strawberry, debuting in February just in time for Valentine&amp;#039;s Day; Pistachio Jello Pudding, a no-melt ice cream coming out in March; Peach Iced Tea, debuting in April; Lemon Poppy Seed, debuting in May; Chocolate Hazelnut, the winning flavor from Cold Stone&amp;#039;s Facebook contest coming out in June; Strawberry Basil, which will be highlighted in July; and finally, Mojito Sorbet in August. More new flavors will be announced later in the year! What new flavors would you like to see? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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