As soon as the weather started warming up, my Twitter friends Nicole and Rachel began talking nonstop about Friendly’s Wattamelon Rolls. They aren’t something we have in the south (at least my part of the south) so I was intrigued and knew I would need to make one.

The idea of the watermelon roll is watermelon sherbet that’s studded with mini chocolate chips to look like seeds and then lemon sherbet as the rind. Cute, right? I experimented with painting the outside green but I could never get food coloring to freeze so the knife left green marks on the pretty sherbet. If you come up with a better way to do it, please let me know!

My kid is obsessed with this. He doesn’t even like watermelon but he cannot get enough! The lemon sherbet is so delicious. It’s on the tart side so you might want to add more sugar if you prefer it sweeter. The watermelon sorbet still has that watermelon texture if you know what I mean, which makes it seem even more like a real watermelon. I’m not the biggest watermelon fan so I’m kind of “ehh” on that part but I will say that it’s much tastier than the actual fruit. ;)

I think this would be so cute at a summer barbecue or a kids sporting event. Nothing says summer like watermelon!

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