The perfect Fried Ice Cream without the deep frying mess! Creamy vanilla water ice cream is formed into rounds, so rolled through a sauteed buttery cinnamon cornflake topping and finished with chocolate or caramel sauce — talk nigh decadence!
Easy Fried Ice Cream without the Deep Fry!
Several months ago, I went to a local Mexican eatery for dinner and finished alongside i of my favorite desserts, fried ice cream. As I sat there easy savoring each seize with teeth in addition to all of the delicious flavors it had to offering, I really idea near fried water ice cream too asked myself, what is the purpose of frying it if you lot really are solely frying the coating?
And aye, I’one thousand sure around of y'all are sitting at that place saying, wait, fried water ice cream is really fried in hot fossil oil (no worries, that amazing reality striking me one time upon a time also). Well, I idea, I’m going to endeavour a cheater’sec fried ice cream.
This homemade fried ice cream has everything the normal version has to offer, only it lacks all the tiresome steps, lengthy prep times as well as oily mess that comes along amongst the existent bargain. I decided to attempt merely frying (more than of sauteing really) the corn fleck coating in addition to and then rolling the water ice cream in the coating.
Plus, butter vs. oil, that’sec a no brainer! Butter tastes fashion improve then I went alongside butter instead for the sauteing.
I promise yous have a hazard to try this soon, especially if you lot’ve been scared away from preparing fried water ice cream at home due to its frying method. You’ll beloved this deliciously indulgent, easy to make dessert!
Photography credit: Jenn Davis from Two Cups Flour.
Fried Ice Cream Ingredients
- Corn flakes cereal – these hand it that traditional crispy crush. Don’t substitute some other type of cereal.
- Butter – I similar the balanced flavour of salted butter hither just unsalted butter would go likewise.
- Ground cinnamon – no skimping on the cinnamon hither, it’second what gives it that classic crave-worthy season.
- Vanilla water ice cream – you lot’ll ask nigh a one-half gallon. Tillamook’s vanilla is a skilful choice.
- Optional toppings (chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, whipped cream, cherries) – I hateful I tell these are optional, but actually are they? They complete the fried water ice cream in my persuasion.
How to Make Fried Ice Cream the Easy Way
- Crush cornflakes.
- Melt butter inwards a skillet over medium heat.
- Stir inward crushed corn flakes in addition to cinnamon too increase heat slightly.
- Cook mixture, stirring constantly until aureate brown together with fragrant (colour will deepen together with start out to odor lightly toasty and corn flakes should live crisp), nearly two minutes.
- Remove from oestrus, pour mixture inwards a shallow dish too allow to cool.
- Remove water ice cream from freezer, scoop out ice cream in addition to shape into a ball with clean hands.
- Immediately drib shaped water ice cream ball into corn bit mixture in addition to coil to evenly coat.
- Let prepare in freezer ten – xv minutes then serve amongst desired toppings.
Can I Use a Different Flavor of Ice Cream?
Yes! The beauty of making homemade fried water ice cream is that yous tin role whatsoever ice cream flavor yous want. Just make sure the water ice cream flavor complements the cinnamon inwards the fried corn bit coating.
If you lot can detect huckleberry I dear it hither (no toppings needed either), it’s non a Mexican flavor merely it tastes similar a huckleberry crumble!
Can I Make it inwards Advance?
Yes, you tin course the water ice cream balls as well as ringlet them inwards the corn flake coating a few days ahead, simply keep frozen together with expect to acme the fried water ice cream until but earlier yous serve it though.
Tips for Fried Ice Cream
- If yous wanted to really cheat yous could merely sprinkle the warm, buttery corn fleck mixture over the acme of the ice cream in addition to serve it upwardly similar an ice cream sundae.
- You tin can substitute approximately of the corn flakes for sweetened shredded kokosnoot or chopped pecans for a slightly different flavour.
- You don’t accept to shape the ice cream with your hands — alone if you want your fried ice cream to await perfectly uniform!
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Fried Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 6 cups (162g) corn flakes cereal*
- ane/two loving cup salted butter
- 2 1/four tsp ground cinnamon
- Vanilla water ice cream, house enough to cast only simply soft plenty to scoop (approx. 32 oz)
Optional toppings
- honey or caramel sauce
- chocolate fudge sauce
- sweetened whipped cream
- cherries (fresh or maraschino)
Instructions
- Crush cornflakes: Pour cornflakes into a gallon size resealable bag, seal pocketbook in addition to then use a rolling pivot to shell cornflakes to minor bits.
- Saute cornflakes together with cinnamon in butter: Melt butter in a nonstick ten-inch child pan over medium heat. Stir inward crushed corn flakes and cinnamon in addition to increment rut slightly.
- Cook mixture, stirring constantly until gilded brown and fragrant (colour volition deepen and get down to odour lightly toasty too corn flakes should be crisp), near two minutes.
- Let mixture cool: Remove from estrus, pour mixture inwards a shallow dish too let to cool.
- Shape ice cream: Remove water ice cream from freezer, scoop out desired serving size (you should live able to become nearly viii individual servings, or 4 large restaurant size sharing servings) too form into a ball amongst clean hands.
- Roll ice cream in cornflake mixture: Immediately drib shaped ice cream ball into corn fleck mixture and curlicue to evenly coat, while pressing corn bit mixture around outer surface for a thicker coating.
- Let set up: Freeze for x - xv minutes to re-solidify ice cream, keep frozen until prepare to serve. Add toppings just earlier serving.
Notes
- *You could too supercede close to of the corn flakes alongside sweetened shredded coconut or finely chopped pecans.
- If yous don't tending about having uniformly shaped ice cream balls, so you tin can merely scoop out the water ice cream as well as driblet it into the toasted corn bit mixture without shaping.
- Nutrition does not include toppings.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 410
Calories from Fat 216
% Daily Value*
Recipe originally shared January. 2013. Photos updated too recipe updated slightly to include an additional i cup cornflakes to stretch the recipe.