Since the April showers are bringing in the May flowers and the temperatures keep rising, now is the perfect time to use those flowers to make ice cream treats. Making flower pot desserts takes a total of 20 minutes and costs less than $20.

In order to make a flower pot dessert, get one loaf of the frozen Sara Lee pound cake, gummy worms, a tub of any ice cream of your choosing, Oreos, straws, three-inch flower pots and a flower. Clay and plastic flower pots will work but line the flower pots with foil or wax paper if you are using the clay pots.

Photos by Roxana Chavez – State Hornet

First, microwave the pound cake for 20 seconds to thaw it out. After the cake is thawed, slice the cake into eight thin slices and cut out a circular piece of cake a little less than three inches wide to put at the bottom of the pot. Next, cut a straw into thirds and stick one of the thirds into the pound cake in the pot. The straw is going to be used for the flower to hold it up and keep it from touching the ice cream.

Before putting the ice cream in, put about five Oreos into a small Ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin to make the dirt for the topping.

Fill the pot with any kind of ice cream around the straw until there is about an inch left at the top. Once the ice cream is in, it’s time to give the gummy worms a home.

Lastly, pour the cookie crumbs on top of the worms and ice cream to finish up the flower pot. Once covered, stick the flower down the straw to add the finishing touches. Now, not only is there a flower pot for decoration, it will also satisfy people’s taste buds.

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