It is still hot here and we are still making any possible attempt to stay cool! We had some friends over today and made ice cream in bags and a can.
How to make Ice Cream In a Bag
For each individual you will need:
1/2 cup milk or half and half (I have seen where you can even use flavored coffee creamer)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon sugar
ice
1/4 cup rock salt
2 quart sized Freezer Zip-loc bags (could use smaller bags)
1 gallon Freezer size Zip-loc bag
a hand towel or winter gloves to keep little fingers from freezing
Mix the milk, sugar and vanilla together in one of the quart sized bags. Seal, removing as much air from the bag as possible. Place this bag inside the other quart sized bag, remove air and seal (double bagging to prevent leaking and insuring success). Put the two bags inside the gallon sized bag along with the ice (we filled the bag with ice) and then about 1/4 cup rock salt. Remove air and seal tightly. Wrap the bag in the towel or put your gloves on, and shake, shake, shake.
It was near 100 degrees today so it took about 15 minutes to freeze. I would think if it had been cooler it would have frozen quicker. Since it took longer we had a bit of trouble keeping the kids interested ------so the moms were left holding the bag!
Rinse the small bag before eating or be careful when removing from the outside bag to keep it salt free. We added toppings (chocolate syrup, M&Ms, broken oreos, pretzels and peanut butter cups) right into the bag and began eating! Yum ----We had plenty of participation for this!
How to Make Ice Cream in a Coffee Can
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3 tbs chocolate syrup
Ice
About 1/2 cup Rock Salt
Place the ice cream mixture in the smaller coffee can and seal lid with duct tape. Place the smaller can in the center of the larger can. Pour the ice and salt around the smaller can.
Put the lid on the larger can and place a piece of duct tape around the lid to make sure it is really secure. Roll the can around outside for about 30 minutes.
Again it was so hot that we had to refill the ice and salt in the can about half way through! Our kids weren't too crazy, so we did just fine leaving the duct tape off after we refilled the ice. Rinse smaller can before serving.
Everyone agreed the chocolate ice cream was our favorite.
Now if you want to really have a ball at your party you need the Mega Play and Freeze Ice Cream Ball!
How fun is this? You can make ice cream anywhere, with the Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker! Add cream and sugar in one end, and ice and rock salt in the other, then "play ball", roll and shake (maybe a fun game of "hot potato") with the ball. Thirty minutes later you will have delicious homemade ice cream. This cool high tech ball makes 1 quart of ice cream.
After making our ice cream today I can say this ball would be great. Even using freezer (Name Brand) bags we had some trouble with gallon bags leaking and leaving salt water everywhere. Also the kids had the most fun kicking the can around. Having a ball to play with would be perfect.
One lucky reader will have the chance to be the proud owner. Leave a comment by midnight on Sunday, August 3rd for a chance to win! (Only U.S. Shipping for this giveaway --sorry!)
It would be so much fun to make ice cream, this would be a great project for my sons daycare on his show and tell day !!
ooh, oooh, pick me I want to try it!!! yumo, homemade ice cream
I read about the bag ice cream a few years ago and my sister and I did it a lot. It was fun and neat. Then once the inner baggy got a hole in it and I didn’t realize it. When I grabbed a spoon and took a rather large sample of our creation I gagged! It was sooooo salty! I’ll never forget that…. YUCK! The play ball looks like fun and would eliminate the broken bag problem. My daughter would probably have a ball making ice cream.
That would be so much fun and a great afternoon activity to do with the kids. Thanks so much!
I would LOVE this portable ice cream maker! So cute, and thanks for all the tips on how to make ice cream!
My son would feel like he was in heaven with this. He loves to roll balls around, and he really loves ice cream. And, I would love it too.
I’ve wanted one of these forever! I’d love to win. Thanks!
What a fun and great idea for playing with the kids and have a nice refreshing dessert at the end!! Thanks fr the great giveaway!
Wow! My husband would LOVE this (OK, I think it looks like fun too!)
We have been thinking about getting one of these. I would love to win this. Thanks for the chance.
http://jennifer-dazedandconfused.blogspot.com/
Although I’m in my 20s, my friends and I are 5 year old kids at heart and would love love love this easier version of coffee-can ice cream.
my daughter is dairy-free, and we don’t like rice or soy ice creams, so we make our own coconut milk ice cream, but we don’t have an ice-cream maker so it’s never really good. this would be great!
Kids would love it
Ooo I saw this on Amazon. It’s a top seller. I’d love one, which is why I’m entering, lol!
That is awesome!! I have always wanted one for our family, hope I win!!
Thanks for the chance!
Blessings
sue
marklovessue@numail.org
I heart homemade iecream. It’s outta this world. Fun, plus great exercise! Thanks!
How FUN!
We would get so much use out of this! Homemade ice cream is the best.
this looks like so much fun . . . something the kids can work together at too . . . thanks!
kristen
ryankristenwilson(at)msn(dot)com
It would be so fun to try this with my kids!
I love this idea! You have fun and get ice cream!
The grandkids would have a ball and you can’t get any easier that this!
ice cream maker ball is genius! =) i’d love to have one thrown my way!
I would love to win the ice cream ball – we love homemade ice cream!
This is so great! I love that it’s a way to encourage kids to play with a reward at the end for just having fun!
Very cool! My kids would love it.
gkstratos@yahoo.com
Looks like so much fun!
We love ice cream here, especially the homemade variety! My 3 year old Jack would have a ball with this! Pick me, pick me HAHAHA!
I went to a BBQ party the other day and the kids LOVED kicking this ice cream ball around on the grass. Would be so excited if I won this for our family! Thanks for the giveaway.
My husband loves ice cream and my little girl loves balls. This would be perfect and they’d both have fun.
It looks like you all had a lot of fun with the kids making all that ice cream. The ball looks like fun also. When I was little I remember all the kids taking turns cranking the old style ice cream machine. Seems like we all got bored with that before it was done ever and the grown-ups had to take over. The ball would be a lot more fun!
I’ve also linked back to you on my blog here:
http://robynsonlineworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-blog-found-from-giveaways.html
Wow, Cindy! Your comments are off the chart! Congratulations. The bag and can method have long been favorite ways to cool off at girl scout camp. Do you know the recipe to make ice cream from pop/soda & Eagle Brand milk? It is really fun, it freezes fast and it doesn’t require cooking the mixture before you freeze it.
Hugs!
L
Oh my gosh! Roo and Jasper would LOVE this!!! And it would wear them out, so it could balance out the effects of feeding a 4 and 1 year old too much sugary ice cream… perfect.
I’m going to try your freezer bag idea — thanks for all you do.
Hi! I don’t care to win the ice cream ball since I’m hoping to buy an automatic maker soon, but I wanted to tell you that making ice cream in cans is an awesome revelation since I’m used to shaking things around in bags! Thanks for sharing the idea!
Sounds fun!!
What great fun! Thanks for the opportunity!
My kiddos would love this!
How awesome!!!
I would love to use that with my older kids (I run an afterschool program), have them play a little soccer like action and not tell them they’re making ice cream!
OOOH! Pick me me me me me. What a great idea!
This sounds like a lot of fun!
I have such fond memories of making ice cream with my little sister during hot summer nights. Rich and custardy vanilla was our favorite! Thanks for sharing.
I’d love to win this – looks like a lot of fun!
I tried the ice cream in a bag with my kids. They got bored and my arms got really tired. The ice cream ball would be great.
How neat! I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Looks like a lot of fun! If I were the lucky winner we would have to take it camping with us! Thanks so much for the great giveaway! audrajjensen(at)msn(dot)com
i have heard of these, and never actually see one. what a great thing to have for the hot florida summer!
i would sooo love to win that ball and throw an ice cream party to help keep cool in humid ol’ nebraska!
Burn the calories before ingesting them, brilliant!
My baseball playing, ice cream eating grandsons would love this. Thanks for the chance to win it.