ICE CREAM FLOWERPOTS WITH WORMS

Ice Cream Flowerpots with Worms image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Yield 4 flower pots

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
4 clear plastic cups, about 3 to 4-inches high
4 cups chocolate ice cream
8 gummy worm candies
1 cup flaked coconut, tinted with green food coloring
4 plastic straws, cut to 6-inch length
Toothpicks
Gumdrops or other jelly candies
Peanut butter cups
Chocolate or vanilla cookie sandwiches
4 jelly candy spearmint leaves

Steps:

Place about 2 tablespoons of chocolate wafer crumbs in the bottom of each cup. Add 1/2 cup chocolate ice cream and press down with back of spoon. Place 2 gummy worms in each cup on outside edge and top with another 1/2 cup of chocolate ice cream. Sprinkle 2 more tablespoons of chocolate crumbs over ice cream. Sprinkle 1/4 cup green coconut over crumbs for grass. Press a plastic straw into center of each cup for the stem. Place the cups in the freezer and let chill until firm. Make flowers with toothpicks, candy and cookies. To serve, press the"flower" into the straw and press a jelly candy spearmint leaf into each pot along the stem.