DIY ice cream bar!

My OH wanted a DIY milkshake bar to begin with, but it worked out to be so impractical. I can't really imagine a way of DIYing with ice cream unless you bought lots of mini tubs and things like cornettos and just had a little chiller/fridge plugged in somewhere? Although you'd need to double check that the venue would allow this as usually if anything needs plugging in they'll need to see insurance certificates etc. If you were prepared to risk it you could leave until very short notice. I know a few of our couples have done this and got good deal on ice cream bikes.

In the end we decided to go for slush puppies instead. Unlimited servings for 2 hours with someone to serve for £126- seemed like a bargain and my OH was happy with that!

Im gonna see if our venue has a chest freezer or something and work out something from there Going for something a bit like this, by some cheap jars with pick and mix and get some sauces. But yea, It might become a complicated idea that i might need to stop running with haha.

Does anywhere rent those 'mr whippy' machines - like the one you get at the pizza hut ice cream factory? That would make it easier, then you just have loads of different toppings and sauces?

Yes! Don't know how you'll sort the practical side of it, but my best mate did this at a BBQ and it was amazing. Just plain vanilla ice cream with sauces, smarties, m&ms, etc, it was so good ☺

Maybe we will be buying lots of bags of ice and cool boxes haha.

I'm having one. it's being served from the coffee bar by a member of the venue staff. there is a freezer behind the coffee bar. I'm making a menu with the choice of flavours to stand on the bar and people can choose whatever they like. There will be a selection of toppings, along with fruit salad and meringue. Ice cream is my OH favourite thing so I'm organising this for him.