2012 Ice Cream Cupcake Winner

We are more than pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest! The winner is: Ice Cream Cupcake Peanut Butter Cups by Confessions of a Bright-Eyed Baker.

A big congrats to Confessions of a Bright-Eyed Baker and thank you to everyone who entered. We were not envious of the judges who had to choose from so many winning recipes! Thank you again to:

Our Judges: 
Stephanie Nuccitelli from 52 Kitchen Adventures
Lindsay Ann from Dollhouse Bakeshop
Melissa Johnson from Best Friends for Frosting

Our Sponsors:
Foodbuzz
Häagen-Dazs®
Sucre Shop
Cakespy
Heather Baird

And thank you again to everyone that entered! We love your enthusiasm, your ideas, your creativity and your passion.

And finally, thank you, thank you, thank you to Stef of Cupcake Project who always manages to do an amazing job at spearheading this contest every year.

Enter the Ice Cream Cupcake Contest 2012

Wow, we can't believe it's already time for the 5th Annual Scoopalicious/Cupcake Project Ice Cream Cupcake Contest!

Since we've done this for the last four years, the best way to get an idea of what an ice cream cupcake is, is to look back at previous entries.

We've got some great prizes and some great judges this year, so get crackin' and enter by June 30, 2012.

Since Stef at Cupcake Project wrote such a wonderful post with all the information about this event, we are going to send you over there for contest and entry details.

Good luck and cannot wait to see what you all submit!


Come back often to see the entries!

CakeSpy breaks the tie....the ice cream cupcake contest winner is......

60 entries later and an exciting ending of a tie breaker by CakeSpy finally brings us a winner. Drum roll please.....the winner of the 2011 ice cream cupcake contest hosted by us and Stef at Cupcake Project is the Honey Hazelnut Cupcake with Gianduja Gelato by Vivian of Vivian Macaron. She is going to get an awesome library of cookbooks.

A special thanks to our celebrity judges...

Nicole Weston from Baking Bites

Jessie Oleson from CakeSpy

Naomi Robinson from Bakers Royale

Thanks to all who entered and for bringing even more creativity and flavors then we've ever seen! Can't wait to see what the 2012 contest brings!http://bit.ly/kne75a

Ice Cream Cupcake Contest: Third Celebrity Judging Review

Totally realize we are about to announce the winners but it's only fair that we get to highlight every awesome judge and their top choices for the ice cream contest. Last but definitely not least, Naomi from Bakers Royale weighed in on her top three favorites by focusing on the ice cream cupcakes with the best flavor choices and lots of creativity. Visit her post to see what her top 3 choices were...and a special bonus of two runners up because, as we all agreed, it was so hard to just pick three.

Stay tuned...winner to be announced very soon!

For those who haven't been stalking the judges' blogs to see who they voted for in the 2011 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest, here are the links to to the posts with their votes: Baking Bites, Bakers Royale, and Cakespy.

As a testament to how incredible our entries were this year (check them all out if you haven't yet), there was no entry that was unanimously selected by all three judges.  However, you'll notice that the S’mores Cupcake Ice Cream Sandwiches by Stephanie of 52 Kitchen Adventures as well as the Honey Hazelnut Cupcake with Gianduja Gelato by Vivian of Vivian Macaron each received votes from Nicole (Baking Bites) and Naomi (Bakers Royale) - making them the strongest contenders.  Since Jessie (Cakespy) didn't choose either of them, we decided that she should have the tie-breaking vote to determine the contest winner.

Jessie will be announcing her tie-breaking vote for the grand prize 2011 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest winner tomorrow on Cakespy!  I'll update this post when she does (or if you are Stephanie or Vivian, you can check her blog nonstop with bated breath).  Good luck to Stephanie and Vivian and thanks again to our judges and everyone who participated.

Let's take one more quick look at what either Stephanie or Vivian will have on their bookshelf in the near future:

From author Krystina Castella:



From authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough:



From Nicole Weston, author and contest judge:



From Jessie Oleson, author and contest judge (to be delivered upon book release):



From Bakerella:


From Emma Hand, creator of Snap Stories and designer of our amazing new Ice Cream Cupcake Contest logo:



A special thanks to Stef of Cupcake Project from us at Scoopalicious for all of her hard work (as always) putting this contest together!

Ice Cream Cupcake Contest: Second Celebrity Judging Review Posted!

Boy are we late to the boat on this posting..sorry :( seeing as the winner is about to be announced. Regardless check out what our second celebrity judge, Nicole Weston from Baking Bites, has to say about her top picks for the ice cream cupcake contest. Each judge has their own approach to choosing their faves and Nicole said she chose her top picks based on the combination of flavors as well as overall concept of the cake. Visit her blog post to see what ice cream cupcakes she chose as finalists...definitely some good choices and I have to admit...one of them was in my top three too!

Ice Cream Cupcake Contest: First Celebrity Judging Review Posted!

Artwork Copyright © 2007 CakeSpy

Visit Cakespy's blog for the first celebrity (yes, Cakespy, you are a celebrity in our eyes) judging of the Ice Cream Cupcake Contest. She writes a wonderful review of her favorite entries!

We love her honorable mentions, too...two words. Andy. Warhol. Yes. You will have to visit her post to see what I am talking about!

Check back in the next few days for links to the other reviews and the final winner!

60 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest Entries...WOW!

Was it the promise of winning a collection of cookbooks, could it be a sign of the increasing popularity of cupcakes (don't listen to those all-hype media stories about cupcakes being on the way out), or perhaps it was the excitement about this year's fabulous blogger judges Nicole Weston from Baking Bites, Jessie Oleson from CakeSpy, and Naomi Robinson from Bakers Royale? Whatever the reason, we at Scoopalicious along with Stef at Cupcake Project received 60 ice cream cupcake contest entries (double the number we received last year)! As usual, the entries were well thought out, hunger-inducing, and visually appealing.

Click here to view each entry if you are not seeing them below. Sorry for the confusion!

Below, you will find each entry along with a brief description and a link to either the blog post about the entry or the Facebook page where the entrant provided the recipe.  If you've got some time (hours), check them all out now!  Otherwise, we encourage you to bookmark this page and return for inspiration the next time you want a unique and icy cool cupcake.

A note to our entrants:  The judges are working on selecting their favorites now and they will decide upon a winner by the end of the month.

Only 2 days left to WIN an amazing library of cookbooks! Enter by JUNE 15

Wow the entries that have already come in are truly amazing and we can't wait to see what all you others are holding out on us for. The 2011 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest sponsored by yours truly and Cupcake Project ends in two days on June 15th so be sure to get your entry in today to WIN a truly amazing cookbook collection.

Need details? Check out our original post for details and to see the awesome prizes.

Ice Cream Cupcake Contest Deadline is 8 days away

The deadline for the 2011 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest, June 15, is right around the corner.  Enter for your chance to win an entire library of cookbooks . . . check em out at the end of this post!  WOW! 


All the information you need to enter is in our original contest post and amazing entries have already come in. Check them out on Cupcake Project's Facebook page.




Win this library of cookbooks....enter by June 15!

Prizes from:

Author Krystina Castella:

   

Authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough:

 

Nicole Weston, author and contest judge:



Jessie Oleson, author and contest judge (to be delivered upon book release):



Bakerella:


 
Emma Hand, creator of Snap Stories and designer of our amazing new Ice Cream Cupcake Contest logo:

Win a library of cookbooks...enter our annual Ice Cream Cupcake Contest now!

Enter the 2011 Ice Cream Cupcake contest through June 15 for a chance to win a library of awesome cookbooks! 

We here at Scoopalicious and Cupcake Project look forward to seeing all the great entries this year!

Announcing the 2011 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest

It's time again for the Cupcake Project and Scoopalicious Ice Cream Cupcake Contest - your opportunity to showcase your amazing ice cream cupcake creations just in time for Summer!

What's an Ice Cream Cupcake?

For a brief introduction to ice cream cupcakes, check out Stef's post on ice cream cupcakes. For tons of inspiration, check out the drool-worthy entries from 2008, 2009, and 2010.


Prizes

This year's winner will receive a whole library of baking cookbooks!!  For the complete list of prizes, see the end of this post.

Judges

This year, we are doing things a bit differently.  We've asked three of our favorite dessert bloggers to help us judge the contest.  If you have not checked out these amazing blogs, now is a good time to head over there, try to figure out what flavors they like and don't like browse their recipes, and leave bribes say, "Hi!"

• Nicole Weston from Baking Bites
• Jessie Oleson from CakeSpy
• Naomi Robinson from Bakers Royale

Each of these judges will be writing a post on their own blogs about their top three ice cream cupcakes - giving you a chance for your cupcake and your blog to get even more exposure!

Official Rules:

• Dates: You can enter any time through June 15, 2011.
• How to Enter:  

1. Create a recipe for ice cream cupcakes! The ice cream cupcakes must contain cake and ice cream (or frozen yogurt, gelato, or something ice cream-like). Cupcakes baked in ice cream cones without a frozen element are not eligible.
2. Write a post on your blog about your creation any time prior to June 15. The post must include a photo, a recipe, and a link to both this post and the post at Cupcake Project. If you don't have a blog, you can still enter (you'll find details on the entry form), but why not start one? 
3. Post a photo of your cupcake to the Cupcake Project Facebook Wall. Please upload as large a photo as possible so that we can be sure to best showcase it in the roundup post. Please include the title of your cupcake and a link to your post in the photo caption.
4. Complete the entry form. 

• Number of Entries per Person: Sorry, we are allowing just one entry per person this year - so make it count! 
• International Entrants:  International readers are welcome to enter, but prizes can not be shipped internationally. You will win bragging rights and you will have the opportunity to gift your prizes to any person or organization in the United States. Update 5/18:  We are willing to ship internationally, but only if you are willing to pay the postage. 

Prizes

The winner will be announced by July 1 and will receive an amazing collection of dessert cookbooks from some of our favorite authors!

From author Krystina Castella:



From authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough:



From Nicole Weston, author and contest judge:



From Jessie Oleson, author and contest judge (to be delivered upon book release):



From Bakerella:




From Emma Hand, creator of Snap Stories and designer of our amazing new Ice Cream Cupcake Contest logo:


(I admit, this last book isn't a cookbook, but baking is definitely a Big Adventure!)

HUGE HUGE thanks to our judges and to all of the authors that provided prizes for this event! 

Happy baking, and start making some room on your bookshelf (you've got to be an optimist, right?)!