# Need help "designing" a sundae that looks like the sun! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063 "2008-03-20T13:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/21 "2008-03-20T18:59:58Z")
Make sugar cookies with a zig-zag edge decorated with yellow sugar or icing and plop it on top of the sundae. StG ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/22 "2008-03-20T19:36:27Z")
Hi! I like all of these ideas. Thank you so much! The sundaes will be available over the course of 3-4 hours and we’ll be making them outdoors. So, it will be a “flow” type situation, but you never known how many will be standing in line at any one time. Thank you for all your thoughts. I’ll pass them onto the committee next week! You guys do sooo rock and roll! JayJay…are you still sweet on me because I sent you all those Ron Eldard DVD’s in the White Elephant last year?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/23 "2008-03-20T19:49:18Z")
[QUOTE=Squeaker Snow] JayJay…are you still sweet on me because I sent you all those Ron Eldard DVD’s in the White Elephant last year?! 😉 [/QUOTE] Do you know I was seeing Ron Eldard EVERYWHERE after that? “Is that Ron Eldard on that show?” “Wait, was that Ron Eldard?” “Did you just see Ron Eldard in the background, too?” **supervenusfreak** wanted to slap me… ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/24 "2008-03-20T19:53:04Z")
Serve with moon pies. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/25 "2008-03-20T20:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Serve with moon pies. [/QUOTE] Aw, gee… I’ve been away from the board too long! Bring pie!!! There! I said it!!! 😉 Note to JayJay: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/26 "2008-03-20T21:07:20Z")
Some [Archway Lemon Frosted Cookies](http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/foodlocker_1993_8751480) might be just the ticket. They have scalloped edges and resemble the sun, are premade, delicious, and relatively inexpensive. Use the cookie as a base for the ice cream, top with warm pineapple ice cream topping, and sprinkle with shredded coconut dyed yellow with food coloring. Quick and sunny. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/27 "2008-03-20T22:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] o/` Dah-dah-daaa da-da-da-daaa dah-dah-daaa da-da-da-daaa o/` Edited after 3 minutes of whistling this damn tune: Dammitdammitdammit! Now I’m going to have this stuck in my head ALL DAY! And I can only blame myself! Grrrr… [/QUOTE] I may still have by Club membership card somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/28 "2008-03-21T02:29:57Z")
Embed a few chocolate chips randomly in each scoop to represent sunspots. (Note: for scientific accuracy, the spots should mostly center around the sun’s equator.) ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/29 "2008-03-21T02:34:05Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] Embed a few chocolate chips randomly in each scoop to represent sunspots. (Note: for scientific accuracy, the spots should mostly center around the sun’s equator.) [/QUOTE] Heh. I was thinking about adding chocolate chip sunspots to my concoction of orange sherbet and tinted pineapple ring, but I didn’t think it would go. Though I suppose if the chocolate chips were dark, semi-sweet ones, they might work. Yum, orange and chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/30 "2008-03-21T02:54:10Z")
Stick a daisy in it and call it a corona. 😉 Problem is, all electronics in the area will go wonky. The PA and radios will get hella static. One might even be able to travel back in time… ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/31 "2008-03-21T03:01:31Z")
To correct: Stick a daisy in it and call it a coronal mass ejection, that is. A flare. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/32 "2008-03-21T03:43:24Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] To correct: Stick a daisy in it and call it a coronal mass ejection, that is. A flare. [/QUOTE] Of course. Everyone knows you have to stick a lime in it to call it a Corona. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/33 "2008-03-21T04:03:47Z")
I vote for banana rays with opposing caramel/strawberry sauce highlights. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/34 "2008-03-21T12:27:43Z")
I thought you put the lime in the coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/35 "2008-03-21T12:32:46Z")
A half a peach with pineapple chunk rays, although that might get expensive if you’re talking several hundred of them. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063/36 "2008-03-25T03:42:47Z")
Hi! Well, I did it! Tonight, after sorting through all of your suggestions and a bit of experimenting I came up with what I think looks pretty good. (My husband and our cocker spaniel were the official taste testers and it gets two thumbs and four paws up!) It consists of vanilla ice cream, pineapple topping, whipped cream clouds sprinkled with a bit of coconut dyed with yellow food coloring, an Archway lemon cookie with M&M “eyes,” (a supply of which can be pre-made) and a cherry nose. I took photos but don’t know how to post one here. Can somebody help me??? It’s pretty darned cute and was lots of fun to make and take photos of. Admittedly, the organization will probably make some changes and I know they’ll be using paper/styrofoam bowls, but still… Thanks again for all your ideas! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-designing-a-sundae-that-looks-like-the-sun/442063.md?page=1)