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Happy National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day!

Invented in 1929 by Dreyer's Ice Cream Company, Rocky Road ice cream was created to cheer up Americans during the height of the Great Depression. At a time when limited flavors were available -- namely vanilla, chocolate and strawberry -- Rocky Road paved the way for the creative flavors, fusing marshmallows, nuts and chocolate.

For a flavorful rendition of the recipe, we recommend the version by Creations by Kara, who uses sweetened condensed milk, marshmallows, chocolate pudding and shavings, rounding the dessert out with nutty toasted almonds.

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Quick: who designated July as National Ice Cream Month?

If you thought some ice cream council or dairy association or Ben or Jerry, you're wrong. It was actually President Ronald Reagan, who did it in 1984.

So, to celebrate, after the jump are a bunch of ice cream-related links: recipes, the history of ice cream, and more.

If you have ever been to one of these ice cream parlors that allows you to "mix in" toppings with your ice cream, you know that it can be a great deal of fun to create your own blends and that fresh toppings make better additions than whatever already comes in packaged ice creams. Vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries, for example, is much more interesting than store-bought strawberry ice cream. There is no need to go out to make your own creations, though - you can do it at home! David Lebovitz's homemade rocky road ice cream, which was found on Flickr, is made simply by mixing mini marshmallows and almonds (though some of those nuts look suspiciously peanutty to me) into high quality chocolate ice cream. I have no doubt that this concoction tastes better than prepacked rocky road ice creams, which never seem to have quite enough marshmallows.

For something a little lighter, I like to mix things into frozen yogurt - like brownies. Yum!

 

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