fried ice cream??

[petunia]

Does anyone have a pic or info about fried ice cream from blizzard beach?

 

[LoriABil]

Going in September and sounds yummy! Will take pic, but I'm guessing you want it before then

 

[petunia]

We're going then too... I was hoping to know more about it before we went

 

[sand2270]

I haven't had fried ice cream in Disney, but it's popular in Mexican restaurants out here. It is usually a scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled in some type of cereal (I know some restaurants use Team Flakes) and deep fried for a second or two. Than it's covered in chocolate syrup and/or honey (I prefer honey), whipped cream and a cherry.

It's one of my favorite desserts. I would love to know if it's the same thing in Disney.

 

[DisneyWisher]

Mexican restaurants I've been to do not fry it. Without batter the ice cream would melt into the fryer. Not a good thing. Otherwise it's exactly as PP said.

 

[sand2270]

Mexican restaurants I've been to do not fry it. Without batter the ice cream would melt into the fryer. Not a good thing. Otherwise it's exactly as PP said.

I was curious since I have never noticed a batter so I looked up a few recipes. Looks like many are dipped in some kind of egg mixture before the cereal coating...in the case of the recipe I found, eggs and vanilla. Then fried for a few seconds.

 

[mcd2745]

I was curious since I have never noticed a batter so I looked up a few recipes. Looks like many are dipped in some kind of egg mixture before the cereal coating...in the case of the recipe I found, eggs and vanilla. Then fried for a few seconds.

it's basically just dipped in the fryer for a second or two to form a hard shell out of the cereal coating....and it's delicious.

 

[petunia]

Well, it sounds yummy!

 

[traveldoode]

I haven't had it at Blizzard beach, but I did have fried ice cream on the Boardwalk at the Boardwalk resort last year. The flavor they had that day was cheesecake ice cream. Was wonderful. But then I have a weakness for all things fried lol.

 

[Buttercup2009]

They have fried ice cream at the Boardwalk??? I never knew that! I loooove fired ice cream! Where exactly did you get it at the Boardwalk?

 

[brergnat]

It's not usually REALLY fried. It's called that because the coating looks and tastes like it's fried. It's just usually ice cream rolled in either cereal or cookie crumbs that are very crunchy.

You couldn't even fry ice cream for "a second". It would melt, and "a second" is not enough to do a darned thing to anything coating it. You'd need at least a minute in a deep fryer to harden a battered coating. "A second" will only serve to make whatever is coating the ice cream excessively oily.

Fried ice cream is not fried.

 

[vcgirl925]

Haven't had it at Disney but i've had it at japanese restaurants. It's usually coated in some sort of dough or crispy cereal, deep fried for a bit, then covered in yummy toppings. It's kind of like Fried cheesecake, there's a batter around it then it's deep fried for a few minutes.

 

[catne]

It's not usually REALLY fried. It's called that because the coating looks and tastes like it's fried. It's just usually ice cream rolled in either cereal or cookie crumbs that are very crunchy.

You couldn't even fry ice cream for "a second". It would melt, and "a second" is not enough to do a darned thing to anything coating it. You'd need at least a minute in a deep fryer to harden a battered coating. "A second" will only serve to make whatever is coating the ice cream excessively oily.

Fried ice cream is not fried.

Never been to a State Fair, have you? Of course it's fried...they fry everything at fairs...including ice cream, chocolate candy, coca cola, butter (yes, deep fried butter!)

Here' a link to one of many demonstrations about how to fry ice cream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc3kgH57kys

If that link won't work, just google you tube fried ice cream demonstrations.

 

[traveldoode]

It was at one of the stands along the boardwalk itself. One of those places that sells funnel cakes and stuff. If memory serves me correctly it was at the mid point somewhere, out of a little building along the boardwalk itself. It was fantastic. Ate it and watched some of the buskers performing with everything lit up in the evening.

 

[Dionnemay]

It's not usually REALLY fried. It's called that because the coating looks and tastes like it's fried. It's just usually ice cream rolled in either cereal or cookie crumbs that are very crunchy.

You couldn't even fry ice cream for "a second". It would melt, and "a second" is not enough to do a darned thing to anything coating it. You'd need at least a minute in a deep fryer to harden a battered coating. "A second" will only serve to make whatever is coating the ice cream excessively oily.

Fried ice cream is not fried.

It is fried at Disney... also at legit State Fairs (Midwestern girl and State Fair connoisseur here!) and the coating is made of cornflakes and honey- it comes out warm and crunchy on the outside and the ice cream cold and melting on the inside...a nice combination

I only knew about the Boardwalk and Epcot (not served at Epcot Funnel now, I heard) locations...didn't know they also had it at Blizzard Beach. But then,how would I? We only went to Typhoon Lagoon (Love that wave pool!)

Since Typhoon will be closed most of our next trip (March 12-19), I'll have to go to BB and find the Funnel Cake stand!

 

[rndmr2]

It's not usually REALLY fried. It's called that because the coating looks and tastes like it's fried. It's just usually ice cream rolled in either cereal or cookie crumbs that are very crunchy.

You couldn't even fry ice cream for "a second". It would melt, and "a second" is not enough to do a darned thing to anything coating it. You'd need at least a minute in a deep fryer to harden a battered coating. "A second" will only serve to make whatever is coating the ice cream excessively oily.

Fried ice cream is not fried.

They use ice cream that is Hard frozen so it won't melt as quickly

 

[Eeyore98]

It's not usually REALLY fried. It's called that because the coating looks and tastes like it's fried. It's just usually ice cream rolled in either cereal or cookie crumbs that are very crunchy.

You couldn't even fry ice cream for "a second". It would melt, and "a second" is not enough to do a darned thing to anything coating it. You'd need at least a minute in a deep fryer to harden a battered coating. "A second" will only serve to make whatever is coating the ice cream excessively oily.

Fried ice cream is not fried.

Mexican restaurants I've been to do not fry it. Without batter the ice cream would melt into the fryer. Not a good thing. Otherwise it's exactly as PP said.

Well, the primary Mexican restaurant chain in my hometown actually fries it. This is their recipe as reported to the local paper.

FRIED ICE CREAM

Combine ground cinnamon and light brown sugar; leave in mixing bowl or place on waxed paper. Place slightly crushed cornflakes in a bowl or on another sheet of waxed paper. Scoop vanilla ice cream (French vanilla recommended) in medium balls; roll balls in sugar-cinnamon mixture and then in cornflakes. Be sure cornflakes cover as much of the surface as possible. Freeze the balls for a few hours or overnight.

When ready to serve, heat vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or heavy saucepot to 350 degrees. Flash-deep-fry (quickly!) the balls, place in a bowl or cup, and drizzle with honey. Top with whipped cream, nuts and a cherry. Serve immediately.

 

[alicia080979]

Oh I can't believe they have fried ice cream there! I have made it at home a few times when I have made mexican food and it has always turned out really good. Pretty similar to other recipes but here is what I do if you want to attempt it at home.

I roll vanilla ice cream into hard, compact balls and then coat with a mixture of frosted flakes (ground up in the food processor) and cinnamon. After I roll them a couple of times and they have a nice thick coating, I put them on wax paper in a pan and stick them in the freezer for at least 18-24 hours. When I'm ready to make it, I heat the oil in a pan and fry a few flour tortillas that have been cut into triangle "nachos" or strips. Coat them with cinnamon/sugar when they are nice & crispy.

Then one at a time (don't pull your ice cream out of the freezer until the second you are ready to use it), lower your frozen ice cream balls into the oil for just a few seconds. I wait until you see the ice cream start to melt but it happens fast. I use a metal frying spatula/spoon type thing and just lower it in that bc it gets soft fast so you don't want to have to fish for it to pull it out quick. Put the ice cream into a bowl on top of a few of the cinnamon/sugar tortillas...drizzle with honey or choc syrup (I like mine plain) and enjoy. It is sooo yummy but definitely only a once in a while treat(probably more like once a year)!