Icecream CUPcones.

For her birthday Ava wanted cupcakes and icecream.

And I didn't want to have to buy plates and spoons.

So, ingeniousness struck, and I came up with

icecream cupcones!

I've seen the ones that have the cake baked right in them... but have you seen any with icecream on the bottom, and a cupcake up on top?

I sure have not.

And I know, because I searched pinterest.

We know that if they're not on pinterest...

then they just do not exist.

 Not to disappoint my girl for the 7th greatest day of her life, I got to work. The day before the party I stuffed the bottom of the cones with vanilla icecream (Boring, I know. But her party, her pick).

Used an IKEA wire drawer as my stand. Put that whole thing in the freezer.

Then made the cupcakes using this divine cake recipe. Put a thin layer of chocolate frosting to serve as glue for the crumbled up Butterfingers, coconut M&M's, Nestle Crunch, Reese's Pieces and almonds I put up on top.

Put the cupcake toppers on, and waited for birthday cake time.

When cake time came, I pulled the icecream cones out of the freezer then nestled the cupcakes in there.

A perfect fit...

As if the cupcake was made for the cone.

Added the sparkler candles and a

total hit!!

And totally cute... if I do say so myself!!

(can't a girl do a little bragging when ingeniousness strikes? Because we all know it ain't too often! ;)

A perfect amount of cake...

 and then some cool icecream to wash it all down.

I got the Angry Bird cupcake toppers here.

By-the-way, these are totally not plant-based.

We tend to stray for birthdays.