TIPical Mary Ellen host Mary Ellen Pinkham provides tips for making tasty homemade ice cream novelty treats such as ice cream sandwiches, bars and sundae cone (figure A). Ice Cream Bars
Ingredients:
half-gallon of ice cream, flavor of your choice
instant-hardening ice cream topping
plastic sandwich bags
piece of string or ribbon
Materials:
scissors
cookie sheet
dessert sticks
toppings of choice such as shredded coconut or chopped nuts
Steps:
- Start with a half-gallon carton of your favorite ice cream. Make sure the ice cream is frozen very stiff.
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Figure E
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Figure F
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- Begin by allowing a half-gallon carton of vanilla ice cream to soften. Dump the softened ice cream into a large bowl, and fold in any extra treats such as chocolate chips (figure D).
- Drop a small marshmallow into a waffle cone to prevent ice cream from leaking out of the bottom. Stand the cone in a wineglass and fill with the ice-cream mixture. Top with a squirt of chocolate sauce (figure E) and place into the freezer.
- Once it hardens, bring the cone out of the freezer and add a scoop of ice cream. Sprinkle with crushed nuts (figure F)and more chocolate sauce, wrap in plastic and freeze again until ready to serve.
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients:
eight large cookies
ice cream
miniature chocolate chips
chocolate topping
Steps:
- Start with eight large cookies. Spread a cookie with ice cream, top with another cookie, wrap in foil and freeze until ready to serve.
- If desired, allow ice cream to soften first and stir in extra goodies such as miniature chocolate chips or swirl in some chocolate topping.
Hints
- Low-fat ice cream melts faster than the full-flavored, fat-laden variety. It will quickly dissolve into a puddle when served on top of warm desserts.
- A sticky carton is a warning sign that the ice cream may have melted, then become refrozen. Ice cream doesn't taste the same once it has thawed, so it may be time to invest in a fresh carton of ice cream.
- Spray an ice cream scooper with nonstick cooking spray before dishing out the ice cream. This will allow frozen desserts to easily slide off the scooper.
