Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Suggestions for celebrating the day that brings smiles–and chills–to the hearts of ice cream aficionados everywhere
Saturday, February 3, is “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day”. Tracing its roots to the 60s, when Florence Rappaport, an Upstate New York mother, trapped at home with six children during a blizzard, decided to cure her kids’ boredom by proclaiming they could have ice cream for breakfast, the day is traditionally on the first Saturday of February.
In celebration of the day, many ice cream parlors and gelato shops offer customers a special treat to honor the creamy, cold confection.
This year, the charge for making ice cream the first meal of the day is led by Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, an Ohio-based ice creamery founded in 2002. Partnering with She Should Run, a non-profit that empowers women to run for elected office, Jeni’s Splendid will donate half of all sales made online and in Jeni’s scoop shops during the “Ice Cream for Breakfast” campaign to support the organization in reaching their goal of getting 250,000 women running for office by 2030. All Jeni’s scoop shops will open at 9AM on 3 February to help you start your day.
“If we can use something as lighthearted as a day about eating ice cream for breakfast to help She Should Run continue unleashing the fierce leadership potential in all women, well, then, I think we’re doing right by our mission,” said Jeni Britton Bauer, founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in the company’s press release.
Jeni’s is located in ten different American cities. Find your closest scoop shop here: www.jenis.com/scoop-shops/. Not near a shop? Order online at www.jenis.com.
Not near a Jeni’s? Check your local, favorite ice cream shop for special “Ice Cream for Breakfast” promotions.
If you prefer to have your ice cream breakfast in bed, here are two of my favorite recipes to help you join in on the fun.
Spiced coffee affogato with vanilla ice cream
Two ingredients, the Italian affogato is simple–a shot of espresso poured over vanilla gelato. Bon Appetit Magazine takes it one step further with a special spiced coffee version of this classic.
Lactose-free banana ice cream
Make a lactose-free batch of ice cream by freezing and pureeing a bunch of bananas. Perfect for nearly every diet, this recipe vegan and gluten-free.
Are you celebrating Ice Cream for Breakfast Day this year? Comment below with the details on how you plan to indulge in an early morning ice cream social.
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