Whip It Up: Week Two

It is week two of the Whip It Up Challenge and, true to my word, I made something that did not require the oven or stove top. I selected a recipe called Raspberry Summer Sensation, a layer-type concoction involving sorbet, pudding mix, and Cool Whip.

I walked over to the market to pick up the ingredients--milk, pudding mix, raspberry sorbet, Cool Whip, and raspberries--and I had located the first four when I discovered that the store was out of fresh raspberries. I returned to the frozen aisle to look at my options and made an executive decision to go peach. There were about fourteen tons of peaches in the produce section.

I bought the sorbet that saves the honeybees.

I walked home in the sweltering heat so the sorbet and the Cool Whip were nice and softened. I spread the pint of sorbet in the bottom of a bread pan lined with some parchment paper. By the way, how great is parchment paper? Love it.

In a large bowl, I Whipped Up some milk and pudding mix, folded in a tub of Cool Whip, and layered that on top of the sorbet. And then it had to freeze for a very long time.

Now, one of the items that I am supposed to address is whether I would make this recipe again. And the answer is no, at least not the peach version. Not because it didn't taste good--it really did--but it was not very aesthetically pleasing. This flesh-colored peach sorbet, while quite tasty, just wasn't pretty. It was a fine color, but there was no contrast between the pudding mixture and the sorbet. The fruit didn't really match. It didn't look summer sensationy.  And isn't that what it's all about? Looks?

I "cook" with Cool Whip, people, pretty is all I've got going on. And this ain't cutting it.
 

 I did try to brighten it up with some blueberries.

If you like Cool Whip, pudding, and sorbet type recipes, you should check out the original recipe for Raspberry Summer Sensation.  It has the potential to be quite lovely, don't you think?  I would totally make it again with raspberry sorbet, strawberry sorbet, chocolate sorbet. I admit it: I only like the pretty sorbets.

Comments

[RA]

I can definitely understand how the aesthetic plays a role for you, but I love peaches. At the end of the day, you have sorbet and pudding/whipped cream, so that can't be all bad, right?

[Lesli]

I understand--I am all about the pretty, too....but mmmmm, pudding and Cool Whip!

[Nicole]

It sounds delicious!!

[Word Perv]

I admit. I think the raspberry one looks much prettier. :) And I like the idea of doing raspberry and chocolate. Yummy!

[Jenn]

I still <3 your apron.

[Nic]

This sounds so good, and there are so many potential combinations. I may have to try this out. I'm thinking that you could do orange sorbet and have a creamsicle flavor.

[Zandria]

You wouldn't make this again because it's not aesthetically pleasing? I beg to differ! It's not ugly in the slightest. (Or maybe I'm just used to eating things that aren't aesthetically pleasing; that could very well be.)

I got my recipe done this week before the BlogHer trip, too! I'll be posting it tomorrow morning. :)

[kazzles]

I just found your blog for the first time and you had to make me jealous with a pic of Hagen Das sorbet here! We can't get Hagen Das in my country and I miss it.... cool blog though!