Rum Smoothie Parfaits

6 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup dark rum
  • 1 1/2 pints (3 cups) hard-frozen good-quality vanilla ice cream
  • 1/2 cup golden raisins or any dried fruit
  • 1 tablespoon ground or finely chopped nuts, such as almonds or pecans
  • 4 fresh mint sprigs
  • Crisp sugar cookies (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    Add the dark rum to the ice-cold blender canister and scoop in the hard-frozen ice cream.
  2. 2
    Blend for 20 to 30 seconds, or until smooth, stopping now and then to break up and stir in the lumps.
  3. 3
    Pour the softened ice cream into the chilled wineglasses and sprinkle the ice cream with the golden raisins and chopped nuts.
  4. 4
    Garnish the parfaits with the mint sprigs and serve with crisp sugar cookies, if desired.

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