Summertime Desserts and Drinks

Let's hear it for the ice cream sandwich - the ultimate treat to beat the heat.

Summertime living calls for chilled drinks and frozen desserts, and these recipes are perfect to kick off happy hour, enjoy during brunch or add a cool finish to any meal.

The Bushwacker

This frozen cocktail is easily adapted with ingredients you have on hand. Have ice cream in your freezer? Use that in place of milk and cut back on the ice. Want more rum? Add it. However you blend it, to be called a Bushwacker, the drink must be creamy with notes of rum, chocolate and coffee.

Coconut Pete

This tropical drink features cachaca, a distilled spirit made from sugarcane juice.

Blueberry Doughnut Ice Cream Sandwiches

Time to bake the doughnuts, and turn them into a new twist on a classic summertime treat. Use your favorite ice cream for customized snacks.

Datil Ginger Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches

Use seasonal peaches to mix up a frozen treat that's a little spicy, a little sweet and always satisfying.

Milk and Honey Semifreddo

No ice cream maker? No problem! You only need a loaf pan for this frozen Italian dessert.

Halo-Halo

The name of this Filipino dish means mix-mix in Tagalog. Ingredients vary according to preferences; these are some of the basics to include in this dessert. Plan on 1/4 cup of each ingredient per serving.

Rome, Georgia

Shake up this refreshing, fruity cocktail for happy hour on a warm day.

River Pilot

This is Mayport Garden Club’s take on a classic rum punch. This cocktail lounge sources house spirits from across the Caribbean, South America and the US. After blending and proofing them down, spirits are bottled in-house to be used in their cocktail program.

Picnic at Project Swing

This spicy, smoky-sweet recipe was created for a pairing between the Lightner Museum and St. Augustine Distillery.