Ice Cream Leprechaun's

Ice Cream Leprechaun's

Ingredients
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 cup shredded coconut
Yellow and red food coloring
Zippered baggie
1 cup white frosting
Pastry bag and small, circle decorating tip
4 green ice-cream cones
4 flower-shaped candies for hat buckle
8 large, green cake sprinkles for the eyes
1 red licorice wheel cut into 1-in. pieces for the mouth

Directions
An hour before assembling leprechauns, scoop out 4 round ice-cream balls and place them on a baking sheet. Put them back in the freezer for an hour.

While ice cream is in freezer, tint coconut. Pour shredded coconut into a zippered baggie and add 2 drops red and 3 drops yellow food coloring. Shake and mix until the coconut is a nice orange color. Then pour coconut into a shallow bowl and set aside.

Scoop frosting into a bowl and tint frosting with the same amount of red and yellow food coloring as the coconut. Add tinted frosting to a pastry bag fitted with a small, circle decorating tip.

To make hats, carefully pipe a line of frosting around each ice-cream cone to form the hatbands. Add a flower-shaped candy to each hatband. Set aside.
After ice cream has firmed up, roll one half of each scoop quickly in the tinted coconut and place on a serving platter, coconut-side down. On the uncovered side of each ice-cream scoop, place 2 large, green sprinkles for eyes and snips of the red licorice wheel for a mouth. Top each with a cone hat.

Serve immediately or place serving platter in freezer until ready to serve