Description
Delicious homemade fried ice cream featuring crunchy corn flakes and creamy vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- Half gallon vanilla ice cream
- 5 cups corn flakes cereal
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- Chocolate sauce (for topping)
- Caramel sauce (for topping)
- Whipped cream (for topping)
- Maraschino cherries (for topping)
Instructions
- Prepare 6 large pieces of plastic wrap.
- Scoop out the ice cream onto each sheet, creating 6 mounds that are 2 ½ inches in size (roughly 1 ⅓ cups per mound). Wrap each mound with plastic wrap, shaping them into balls with flat bottoms by gently pressing. If the ice cream softens too quickly, place the wrapped mounds in the freezer as you go.
- Place the wrapped ice cream on a baking sheet and freeze until solid, around 1 hour.
- Use a food processor or a ziploc bag and rolling pin to crush the corn flake cereal into small pieces. Set aside.
- In a medium skillet set over medium heat, melt the butter. Once melted, stir in the corn flakes, granulated sugar, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla extract. Stir continuously and cook the mixture for 2 minutes until it deepens in color and smells toasty.
- Remove the corn flake mixture from the heat and transfer it to a shallow bowl. You can either roll the balls in the warm mixture or allow it to cool completely.
- Once cooled, roll the ice cream balls into the cornflake mixture, pressing the mixture into the ice cream with your hands.
- Serve immediately with your favorite toppings or keep in the freezer until you’re ready to serve.
Notes
- Ensure the ice cream is firm before rolling it in the cornflake mixture.
- You can prepare the ice cream balls ahead of time and keep them in the freezer until you are ready to fry or serve.
- Experiment with different toppings to customize your fried ice cream.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 270mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 40mg