Christmas Ice Cream

Christmas Movie Night and Hot Cocoa Ice Cream

**Some products provided to me by Oriental Trading. I've been shopping at Oriental Trading for years and am excited to be working with them**

I am a sucker for limited edition holiday foods. So when I saw Dreyer's Frozen Hot Chocolate ice cream I HAD to try it.  I knew it would be perfect for a Christmas movie night.  

Get that fire roaring and make the house all cozy for your friends coming in from the cold. 

Instead of serving hot cocoa for my Christmas movie night I served up hot chocolate ice cream. 

Make your toppings more festive by wrapping them in holiday paper. I wrapped whipped cream, chocolate syrup and caramel syrup in snowflake paper.  By wrapping the toppings in snowflake paper it keeps the snowman theme going. 

Fill up these great sweater mugs from Oriental Trading with hot chocolate ice cream or any ice cream flavor you love. Than let your friends add their own toppings. 

After pouring on some chocolate syrup or caramel syrup and squirting on some whipped cream, your guests can top off their ice cream with peanuts, peppermint marshmallows or Christmas sprinkles. 

After you and your guests make your ice cream creation, pick a Christmas movie, get cozy and enjoy. 

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Tray, snowman and sweater mugs- Oriental Trading 

Marshmallows- Kraft Jet Puffed 

Christmas sprinkles- Wilton 

Snowman slippers- Old Navy 

Christmas Movie Night

What do you do when it snows all night and closes your work the next day?  You stay home, throw on some comfy fleece and watch Christmas movies all day.

It rarely snows in Portland, Oregon so when it does we get out and enjoy it.   I've always liked making mini snowmen over regular sized snowmen.  They're just so cute and easy to make.  As you can see these snowmen are having a little party.  Candyfetti™ from Sweetsindeed adds a little colour to this party. It's like confetti and every party needs confetti.

After playing in the snow it was time to warm up and relax with some Christmas movies.  December is such a busy month and it seems like there's never time to just relax. So a snow day makes for a great reason to just enjoy doing nothing.  These are just some of our favorite Christmas movies. We have the classics too.  Do you have a favorite Christmas movie? Leave me a comment and let me know.

Playing in the snow makes my hands cold so before we sat down to watch some movies I set up a little hot cocoa bar. 

I like to party up my hot cocoa with sprinkles, peppermint sticks, a dash of flavor and marshmallows. I like to make my hot cocoa look like it came from a fancy coffee shop.

I really like adding marshmallows to my hot cocoa and these marshmallow pops by Shari's Berries  are perfect. The little sprinkles remind me of a party and these pops melt right in the cocoa.

Snacks are a must while watching movies and the classic assorted truffle box from Shari's Berries  has a little something for every one. These little truffles pop in your mouth just like popcorn.  I like that there is white chocolate included in the mix because I like white chocolate the best.  My man went for the dark chocolate.  Can you tell we were excited about the snow!

With Christmas a few weeks away there's still time to host a movie night.  The beauty of a Christmas movie night is they're so easy to do last minute.  You don't need to decorate because you already have Christmas decor up, you can stream movies if you don't own any and treats abound this time of year.

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Styling and photography by Fizzy Party
Little hat on the snowman: Fancy That PDX 
Candyfetti™: Sweets Indeed 
Gingerbread men Mugs: Crate and Barrel 
White cake plate: World Market 
HoHo platter: Michaels 
Marshmallow pops and chocolate truffles: Shari's Berries