The Traditonal New Years Sugar High

OK guys! I love a new year full of possibilities and although I am not a big fan of the whole one year older thing or new year resolutions. I love the memories and the food! When I was younger, my brother J and I would be left at our grandparents condo with cousins while my parents, aunts and grandparents went out to celebrate at a special new years party or comedy club. 

We "kids" would all spend the day preparing for New Years eve by renting movies, (the breakfast club) and getting pizza or fried chicken from, Arni's/Rosie's, the general store down the street.  We would always stop at our favorite store, Chocolate Expressions and have the best most amazing chocolate covered huge strawberries and fudge. And of course we would stop at Pinocchio's Italian Ice Cream, everyone loved their awesome homemade ice cream and there was always a surprise M & M in the bottom of every cone. My flavor was Sanibel Crunch, vanilla ice cream with toasted coconut drizzled in chocolate and full of nuts.