Did you know that July 1st is National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day?

If you could encapsulate happiness, it’d be cold and sweet on a cone, to be enjoyed on a warm summer day. Ice cream is a treat that’s always enjoyable. But why not get creative with it? Use your cone as a canvas, and explore some excellent options that you may have never heard of.

Today we bring you a few creative ice cream flavors. The Cooking Channel shows us how to combine ice cream with another fun food — trail mix. This recipe gives your dessert a unique blend of textures and flavors that fits even better outdoors on a warm day.

Taste of Home takes this trend of classic treats matching up perfectly and continues it. What matches up better than peanut butter and jelly? Their recipe shows you how to translate this iconic flavor combination into ice cream goodness.

Keeping with the trend of using timeless flavors for ice cream creativity, Lovely Little Kitchen closes out our list. Their recipe for cereal milk ice cream offers a milky, sweet flavor with a bit of crunch. It’s the only way you can have ice cream for breakfast and make it make sense.

We hope you have a delicious National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day. Got any creative flavors of your own to share? Let us know about them in the comments, then follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more DIY, recipe, and holiday content.