Fried Ice Cream Dessert
Make this fried ice cream recipe for a delicious Mexican-inspired treat the whole family will love! This dessert mixes classic vanilla ice cream with a delightfully crunchy shell to make a dish you will want to make again and again.
Ingredients
- 16 oz. chocolate chip or vanilla ice cream
- 4 8” flour tortillas
- 2 C. cornflakes cereal crushed
- Oil for frying
- 1 ½ T. sugar
- Cinnamon-sugar
- 3 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- Whipped cream
- 2 eggs
- 4 maraschino cherries
- 1 tsp. water
Instructions
- Dip a half-cup measuring cup in water.
- In the measuring cup, fill with vanilla ice cream and level off.
- Empty the leveled-off ice cream balls flat-side down onto a cutting board.
- Freeze the ice cream balls for 2 hours or more.
- Place 2 cups corn-flake cereal in a bowl. Place egg wash made from 2 eggs in another bowl.
- Add sugar and ground cinnamon to cereal.
- Mix and then divide the mixture evenly.
- Roll frozen ice cream ball in first bowl of cereal.
- Mix the newly-coated ice cream ball in egg wash.
- Dip the ball into the second bowl of cereal. Set aside the ice cream ball and repeat process with others.
- Set the ice cream balls in the freezer for 4 to 6 hours.
- Get 4 tortillas with an 8-inch circumference, or cut a larger size down to 8 inches.
- Place tortilla in a soup ladle and dip into hot oil. Using a spoon or another ladle, press down into the tortilla to keep it in place until crisp. Remove from heat, drain, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Use tortillas as a bowl for the ice cream.
- Once the tortilla bowls are done, place each frozen ice cream ball in the oil for 10 seconds. Remove and place into tortilla bowls.
- Top with whipped cream and cherries. Serve immediately and enjoy!