How to Create an Ice Cream Sundae Bar!

Why go to an expensive ice cream shop when you can create an ice cream sundae bar at home? Here is how to do it!

Why go to an expensive ice cream shop when you can create an ice cream sundae bar at home?  It’s less expensive and a ton of fun! In this post, I will show you how to create an ice cream sundae bar right in your own kitchen!

GATHER THE TOPPINGS

First, gather fun ingredients for your sundae toppings. Pull toppings from your pantry and refrigerator before you go shopping for extras. (you may find that you have enough already on hand)

For our sundae bar toppings, we had:

• Butterfinger Bar pieces
• Crunch Bar pieces
• Milk Chocolate Morsels
• Chocolate Sprinkles
• Rainbow Sprinkles
• Maraschino Cherries
• Bananas
• Strawberries

The sky is the limit on your toppings!  Other ideas include chocolate and caramel sauce, whipped cream, nuts, and more fresh fruit.

PREPARING THE TOPPINGS

Now that you have gathered your toppings, it’s time to prepare them for the sundae bar!  For candy bars, we like to crush them up before opening so you get nice chunky bites.  My son usually takes on this job. 🙂

I prefer shallow bowls for holding toppings, so that is what we used to put our crunched-up candy bars and chocolate morsels in.  Next, I sliced up the bananas and strawberries.

We left our sprinkles and maraschino cherries in their containers, and added spoons to each bowl for easy scooping!  We also took out the star of the show, Edy’s Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, out of the refrigerator.

ASSEMBLING THE SUNDAE BAR

Now that our toppings are in bowls and ready to serve, it’s time to line them all up for the sundae bar!  You can set up your sundae bar assembly line on your dining room table, kitchen counter, or breakfast bar.  We set up ours on our breakfast bar, along with some fun, colorful bowls.

BUILDING THE ICE CREAM SUNDAES

Time for the fun part – building the ice cream sundaes!  For our sundae bar, I scooped the ice cream into bowls and passed it to the kiddos so they could decorate.

There are no rules, so let your family or guests go crazy!

Our ice cream sundae bar was a hit!

Amy @ Mom Spark

For 16 years, I have been the creator & full-time blogger of Mom Spark. I’ve also created content for numerous outlets such as Good Housekeeping, Better Homes & Gardens, & Huff Post.