Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones

I hope you all had a joyous Easter celebration. My parents were kind enough to host and we so enjoyed being all together. They even busted out the giant tinker toys from when we were little for my kiddos to play with. Did any of you have those? We were in charge of dessert and it was pretty funny how it all came about. My son saw me looking at Pinterest {which he had never seen before}. His mind was blown. He was so enthralled with all of the beautiful photos of desserts. He could barely contain himself. I let him choose so fancy ice cream cones it was! We had a blast searching in the store for the perfect sprinkles. Here is how they turned out.   I melted the chocolate chips over a boiling pot of water {in a glass bowl} and used a small basting brush to paint the chocolate on the inside and outside of the waffle cones. When I make them next time, I will use the Trader Joes chocolate chips. They melt very nicely and the chocolate is easier to work with. I used that for the chocolate covered strawberries and was much happier. Simply add the sprinkles as soon as the chocolate is painted on. I placed them in small glasses. We bought these for our beer tasting party and have used them countless times since for many different things. I popped them in the fridge to set for about 30 minutes. Because we were driving over to my parents, I needed to make the cones more stable so I dropped about four or five marshmallows in each glass to pad the cones a bit. It worked out really well and then guests could use them on their ice cream, too. If also used double sided tape to adhere the glasses to the acrylic tray while driving. We served them up with strawberry and mint chip ice cream. A chocolate covered strawberry on each plate made for a a delicious dessert. The nice thing about serving them in little glasses is that you can either pick the cone up and eat it or use a spoon! They were a hit and we will be making these again soon. Good choice by my son!