The Happy Endings Cookbook

Step into a world of flavour and fun as award-winning ice cream maker, chocolatier and dessert chef Terri Mercieca reveals the magic behind her most sought-after desserts.

It’s time that ice cream claimed its crown as the ruler of desserts… it conjures the most nostalgic of childhood memories, delivers a taste that stops you in your tracks, flooding you with sensory delight, and offers comfort in both our happiest and saddest moments. Ice cream is a true food for the soul.

Whether you want to tuck into a scoop or two all by itself or as a complementary addition to a moreish dessert, Terri is here to show you that ice cream can be so much more than an icy tub of raspberry ripple from the supermarket. Each page is filled with secrets on upping your dessert game to make a full repertoire of delightful treats at home, including ice-cream sandwiches, impressive sundaes, classic puddings, and tantalizing tarts. From timeless recipes that warm your heart, to innovative creations that spark your imagination, there's a scoop of happiness here for everyone.

Mouthwatering recipes include: Peanut Butter and Cherry Jelly Ice Cream Sandwich; Vegan Mint Choc Ice Cream Sandwich; Pavlova Ice Cream Cake; Apple Tatin Bombe Alaska; Brown Butter Sticky Toffee Pudding; Hot Chocolate Fudge Pudding; Butter Popcorn Custard Tart; and so much more!

Reviews

‘This book will make you fall in love with ice-cream making again. Mercieca is an ice-cream nerd and revolutionary.’ – Financial Times, How to Spend It

‘The Happy Endings Cookbook by Terri Mercieca – famous for her nostalgic ice cream sandwiches – will have recipes that re-invent classic desserts that dreams are made of, conjuring up childhood memories with sensory delights.’ – Gurdeep Loyal, Olive magazine

Praise for Happy Endings:

‘One of the capital’s finest artisan food projects.’ – Time Out

‘Happy Endings‘ motto is “Everybody deserves one”, and we can’t disagree.’ – Secret London

About the author

Australian born Terri Mercieca is an accomplished dessert chef, artisan chocolatier, and founder of Happy Endings – a proudly values-led desserts business who are fiercely committed to inclusivity and not afraid to shake things up. Terri’s surname is an anagram of ‘ice cream’, so it seemed destined that she would end up with a passion for frozen desserts. Since 2014, Happy Endings has totally transformed the UK dessert scene and now supplies sweet treats and their signature ice-cream sandwiches at more than 100 restaurants, bars, delis, and events nationwide.