With Coconut Ice Cream.
I’m practicing for when I move to Hawaii.
My friends used to love hanging out at my house when we were younger, probably because my mom was the best hostess. She’d always be prepared for guests with freshly-baked cookies, brownies, or even English muffin pizzas. Come summertime, one of her favorite treats to serve (and one of my friends’ favorite things to be served) was a root beer float. I’ve never liked soda, and so she’d make me a special Orange Juice float.
Last night, when my friends came over for a girls’ night, the drinks I created for them reminded me of those oj floats my mom used to make. Except these were pineapple-flavored: Pineapple Floats!
Pineapple Floats
- 4 cups fresh or canned pineapple
- stevia or sugar of choice to taste
- optional: rum or rum extract
- coconut ice cream (I used my favorite Ice Cream Recipe)
Freeze the pineapple in a container. Once frozen, thaw it until you can easily blend it. (You don’t need a Vita-Mix for this recipe!) Blend with the optional sweetener and rum or extract. Do not add water. Pour into glasses, and serve topped with coconut ice cream.
 You could also make a float from my Watermelon Ice Cream.
Just thaw the frozen watermelon longer than the recipe calls for, and pour it into a glass instead of a bowl.
Oh, and with the floats I also served Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies.
OMG This is like pina coladas! haha I would definitely add a slurp of rum to this! This looks SO YUM
I always love being a hostess – It’s a weird sickness 🙂 This looks truly fabulous!
Um, okay, seriously, I want to come to parties at your house.
Now that I am grown up (sort of) I really want to host a dinner party – and then I’ll probably be good with just going to get-togethers. (English muffin pizzas for the win, by the way!)
Wow I’ve never had a float, but that looks AMAZING!! Coconut ice cream…mmmm 🙂
And WHAT do you mean moving to Hawaii?! Hellooo, LONDON?! No, wait, I’ll move to Hawaii too so it’ll all be good and we can have floats ALL DAY LONG!! 😀
My mom and sister are going to London this summer! Wish I could go in a suitcase…
best. idea. ever!
can you come to my house and make this for me!!!!!! its my birthday 🙂 hahaha
Ok! Oh, and happy birthday 🙂
I’m with you — I like being the hostess! In fact, I played hostess to my in-laws this weekend at our new place in La La Land! I find it a wee bit stressful, but I also kind of thrive on it! 🙂
And this float looks amazing!
I’d rather be the guest. It would be great to organize parties but I am just not funny enough and I don’t want to check if boredom can really kill 🙂 . And with a host like you, it must be a pleasure to be a guest.
This is a perfect summer recipe! Thanks 🙂
I would love to host a party!
I love the cooking / welcoming / socializing aspect of hosting parties, but I’m not a huge fan of all the cleaning and work that usually goes along with it. haha.