Snow Ice Cream
What do you do with all that snow outside? Have your granddaughter make Ice Cream, of course, and you do not need an ice cream maker to do it. This is not just a fun activity to do with the kids but it tastes good too. We made ours with Half and Half but you can also make it with milk or heavy cream (the best). Add some chocolate, strawberry or caramel syrup and it tastes even better yet! You can make this in just a few minutes and it makes enough for everyone.
You only need 3 ingredients to add to your snow.
Don’t get the snow until you have the rest
of the ingredients mixed together.
In a medium bowl add the milk, Half and Half
or heavy cream with the sugar and vanilla.
Stir until the sugar is completely
dissolved then refrigerate.
Gather a gallon container of clean snow.
Add the prepared liquid ingredients to the snow.
Fold the liquid into the snow making sure it
is mixed in thoroughly, then serve. You can
top with ice cream toppings or even stir in
a little chocolate syrup to make chocolate ice
cream. Serve immediately and freeze any extra.
If you are really adventurous, you can add
Hot Cheetos to your ice cream like my
granddaughter did….yuck! That girl lives
for Hot Cheetos and even crushes them
up in her Ramen Noodle Soup!
Snow Ice Cream
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Ingredients
- 1 gallon snow
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups Half and Half (or milk or heavy cream)
Directions
- In a medium bowl stir together the sugar, vanilla extract & Half and Half (or milk or heavy cream) until the sugar completely dissolves then refrigerate.
- Gather one gallon of clean snow. I look for a drift where there are no footprints from nature. I scrape the top layer of the snow off and scoop up the clean snow in the layer below.
- Immediately add the liquid mixture to the snow. Fold the snow and liquid mixture together until thoroughly combine and looks like ice cream.
- Serve immediately and top with ice cream toppings if you want. You can also mix a little chocolate syrup into the ice cream to make chocolate ice cream.
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Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream, Milk Products
Oh, that sounds like so much fun! I miss hanging out with my little cousins and doing fun stuff like this. “Hot Cheetos and even crushes them up in her Ramen Noodle Soup!” Don’t give me any ideas 😆 😅
Yes the girl is obsessed! I made her air fryer mozzarella sticks covered in them too. I will be posting that soon. The things we do for kids! Hahaha
Ugh!! Hot Cheetos snow ice cream!😥😥
I agree it’s disgusting! I don’t even like Hot Cheetos out of the bag. lol I will be posting air fryer mozzarella sticks soon and I covered hers in the Hot Cheetos instead of bread crumbs. hahaha
Oh nooooooo!!!😂💕
This is an awesome idea! Wonderful!
The kids love to do this. What’s nice is they can make it all by themselves and it is so easy!
So much fun! I just happen to have both a granddaughter and snow on site!
Perfect she will love it!
I live in the land of snow and never heard of this- how cool!
OMG we have made this since I was a kid and that’s a long time ago…lol
Great!
Thanks!
Yellow snow is the best lol!!!
Hahahaha I don’t think so!
Aw man…
We just came in from playing in the snow. Will definitely have to give this one a try one day. What a cool and fun recipe!
It was so fun and my granddaughter made it all herself, with my guidance. She had fun scooping up the snow.
Huh …? Is that now like real snow 👀 … What do you suggest I put in place of snow if I can’t find fresh snow?
Anyway, that looks really interesting and I love how you invent recipes with even something like snow!
Yes it is real snow. No replacement with this recipe but I do have homemade ice cream recipes.
Our recipe is a little different – we use sweetened condensed milk. Still makes for a lot of fun in the winter!
I use to use that but found I like this one better. It doesn’t have that extreme sweet taste and this way tastes so much more like real ice cream. It was so good I even froze the left overs…lol
Brings back wonderful memories💜 My Mom used to make this for us.
Awe so glad to hear that! We made this as kids too. I think the first time may have been in Girl Scouts.
This is such a great and fun idea!!
It really was and kids love to make it and eat it.
How fun! Haven’t made snow ice cream in forever. Haven’t gotten enough snow this year to make it. Love your recipe.
We were hit with 14” last week and it is still here. Thank you Tammy!
What a great idea!
Thanks Sheree the grandkids loved it.
I bet!
Here in Canada, at the maple syrup camp,hot maple syrup is poured into the snow and with a popsicle stick, swirl it like a lollipop. You can also scoop some snow into a glass and pour any maple syrup over it. Take it as a slushie. Nice way of using snow .Helps lessen the amount to be shoveled–lol.
OMG I go to maple syrup festivals here in Ohio and I have never seen that done, how awesome!
Yes,indeed!
What a great idea!
Thank you I have made it since I was a kid. So much fun!
I used to make this as a kid with my mom and dad. We don’t get too much snow down here in the south, but I used to love snow ice cream.
It’s amazing how good it actually tastes. Such nice memories for so many people.
omg this has bought back memories my mom use to make this
I know me too! I think I first learned in Girl Scouts…..my mom was the Girl Scout leader…lol
I teach culinary skills and recently made snow ice cream for my students. It was touch and go because unless it is actually snowing (and not freezing rain, which we get a lot of here in Oregon), I wasn’t sure I could collect enough snow to make it work. Well, it did. The next day our power went out, but I still ate a couple servings in the cold! Glad to see this here!
What a great teacher! You make learning fun and definitely delicious too! I could learn a lot from you. ❤️
How fun!
Thank you Belle!
When I was a kid in Tennessee we didn’t have much opportunity to make it, but we did when we could. We called it Snow Cream, but it was the same thing. So delicious!
I agree it really is tasty and fun! Thank you!
I’m so jealous! I’d love to try this but being here in the African summer it’s not an option right now lol! I know I could substitute but that removes half the fun 😉
Yes substituting would ruin the fun for the kids. I think that was the best part for my granddaughter, getting the snow. Have a great day Ally!
Treasure those memories, Diane.
I definitely do! Time goes by so fast. Thank you Mary. ❤️
Fast? Speed of light. My granddaughter stood on a stool, only yesterday, scrambling a googie egg. Today she’s in her last year of high school. 😄
This sounds like fun! Thanks for sharing!
It was a blast! Thank you Laci!
You’re welcome!
Oh my goodness that is so cool!
And so much fun! Thank you Tierney!
What an absolutely bonkers idea but it sounds great fun although I am not sure about the addition of Cheetos.
I’m with you Fergy. It looked pretty but yuck!
We get very little snow, if any, in Georgia. When we do get snow, this is a family treat!
It gives you a reason to be happy it snowed….lol
Wow, I’ve never heard of such a thing! What a brilliant idea. And we’ve got plenty of show for it.
I have made this since I was a kid. So much fun, quick and easy not to mention good! Thank you Jeff!
We had a lot of snow but I did not have milk, half and half or heavy cream so I did not get to make any. I have great memories of snow ice cream as a kid and when I made it for my kids. Good stuff!!
Something tells me you will see more snow in the future…lol
The weather keeps changing I would not be surprised to see more snow.
I have finally caught up to this post you mentioned last week – how fun this is! Almost like the people who make the maple syrup candy right in the snow. P.S. – I’d leave off the Hot Cheetos like you would.
I had never heard of the maple syrup in snow until another follower told me and yes no Hot Cheetos for either!
It is maple syrup time now in the Metroparks. I follow them on social media but heard on the radio that you can go watch maple trees being tapped and I think the tour includes maple sugar candy. That will be your next venture with your granddaughter Diane … unless the snow is gone until November? I’ve never had those Hot Cheetos. I have seen them on the perimeter path left for the squirrels – yikes!
We have maple syrup festivals here to but I have never seen the syrup poured into the snow. We have seen the syrup being cooked and they sell the candy, just don’t demonstrate it. We took both kids 2 years ago.
That sounds fun for the kids. I went a long, long time ago in Brownies in Canada and we watched too. It would be fund to go as an adult.
When my daughter was in grade school (she’s 29 now) I chaperoned to a place called Hale Farm in Ohio. They went during maple syrup time. I have been to numerous festivals (too many to count) and what’s funny is I would rather have Mrs. Butterworth on my pancakes and french toast….shhh don’t tell anyone I don’t like pure maple syrup. lol I have maple trees on my property and always thought it would be fun to tap a tree until I saw how much you needed for just a quart.
I would like to go again – it’s been years since I went. This year they are doing it in a Metropark fairly near me, but I’ll wait until next year and COVID is over. No worries that way. When we lived in Canada we had corn syrup, not Canadian maple syrup. Maybe it was cheaper? Not sure, but in later years, living here, we only genuine maple syrup for a treat – it was expensive and just a small bottle. We used to get the Smuckers blueberry and strawberry syrup years ago. I wonder if they still make it – did you see that syrup at the Smuckers store when you were there? I’m perfectly fine with Mrs. Butterworth or Aunt Jemima syrup too. 🙂
Oh yes before I figured out how to make the blueberry syrup with my homegrown blueberries I use to buy it. They still sell them.
I don’t think they have it in the grocery store anymore. That is great you make your own blueberry syrup.
Thanks!
I would love to try this but between wildlife and city air pollution, I don’t think I trust our snow 🙁 I have to say, though, hot cheetos in ramen sounds pretty good!
Oh I wouldn’t either! We are in the country so I don’t worry about pollution but we do have animals. If you know it is going to snow you can put a container out and up to catch the clean snow but that wouldn’t help the pollution. Not another Hot Cheetos lover…lol I told my granddaughter what you said and she said SEE grandma other people them too!
Lol Happy to back her up 🙂 I’ll keep in mind about catching snow in a container in case I ever get the chance!
I have read her all the comments and she just smiles and says “I told you grandma!” hahaha
I tried this when it snowed here in TN… I didn’t realize you could use half and half instead of heavy cream! Wish I had known then, I tried using Cool Whip and Almond extract.. didn’t go very far 🤣🤣
Also, I just have to be honest here, hot Cheetos and ramen noodles sound delicious! Your granddaughter onto something with that… but hot Cheetos in ice-cream? I think I’ll pass! 😅
Oh how funny but you know if it had turned out you would have created a new recipe…lol My granddaughter was pretty proud of her Hot Cheetos and Ramen Noodles recipe. She didn’t eat all of the ice cream though. She wouldn’t admit it was gross! hahaha
If only it had worked.. and lol! 🤣🤣
Right!
It looks incredible!
It is surprisingly good, thanks Reinaldo!
This brought back memories of the snow cream my mother used to make for us when I was a child. We had some really big snows back then — especially in March 1960 when it snowed every Wednesday. The climate has changed and now we rarely get a nice snow here in the southern piedmont of NC. We get ice storms. Your snow cream looks delicious. I’m envious, but thanks for triggering some good childhood memories.
You are so welcome Janet! Thank you for sharing your wonderful memory with me. How funny that it snowed every Wednesday. ❤️
Ah, snow ice cream! We used to make this when I was a kid. Thanks for bringing back happy memories. 😊❤️
You’re welcome ❤️
WOW this is insanely creative!! I should have found it earlier when it was snowing like crazy haha
Thank you! Something tells me you will get another chance. Lol