As we enjoy celebrating the 25th anniversary of Columbia Metropolitan, our staff continues to put together lists of our “Top 25” covering various topics. There is so much to love about summertime, not the least of which are summer desserts! We at CMM have picked our favorite 25 … are there any we have left out?
1. Homemade peppermint ice cream
2. Coconut cake
3. Lemon frozen yogurt
4. Peach cobbler a la mode (with fresh S.C. peaches, of course!)
5. Salted caramel gelato
6. Chocolate mint frozen custard
7. Key lime pie
8. Homemade peach ice cream
9. Lemon meringue pie
10. Homemade popsicles
11. Ice cream sandwiches
12. Strawberry ice cream in a cone (with sprinkles)
13. Raspberry sorbet
14. Mint chocolate ice cream cake
15. Chocolate chip meringues
16. Lemon squares
17. Frozen yogurt bars
18. Angel food cake with fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream
19. Apple pie with caramel ice cream
20. S’mores gelato
21. Banana pudding
22. Cream cheese pound cake with strawberries and whipped cream
23. Italian shaved ice
24. Blueberry snow cone
25. Dutch oven apple dump cake … best eaten at 11 p.m. on a campout, far enough from a town that you can see the Milky Way.
