Frozen Uncle Sam's

• French vanilla ice cream or 1 scoop vanilla ice cream1 scoop
• wafer ice cream cones↗1
• white frosting↗
• blue fruit leather
• red and blue decorating gels
• red and blue M&M'↗
• ounces canister of ready-made whipped cream6 1⁄2 ounces

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a plate and return it to the freezer to harden.

2. 2

   Meanwhile, construct an Uncle Sam hat out of a wafer ice cream cone.

3. 3

   Invert the cone so it's upside down.

4. 4

   Use frosting to attach a blue band of fruit leather around the bottom of the cone. (Which is actually the top of the cone turned upside down).

5. 5

   Squirt 6 vertical stripes of red decorating gel down the sides and blue gel on the top.

6. 6

   Using a star tip, squirt on white frosting stars around the blue fruit leather, if desired.

7. 7

   TIP: To avoid smudging the Uncle Sam hat design, hold the cone from the inside while decorating it with fruit leather and icing.

8. 8

   Remove the ice cream-scoop "head" from the freezer and top with the Uncle Sam hat.

9. 9

   Working quickly so the ice cream doesn't melt, add 2 blue M&M's eyes and a red M&M's nose. Finally, add a whipped cream beard.

10. 10

    Serve up your Uncle Sam ice cream cone immediately; he goes over well at July 4th celebrations. Makes 1.