One of my (Mr. Handsome’s) favorite childhood memories was making snow ice cream. Sledding, snow angels, and snow fights were all fun, but the real reward was the delicious dessert at the end. You can treat snow ice cream like regular ice cream and add any flavor (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or anything else that you heart desires). But to me there is nothing better than simple maple syrup. I think it’s because I can imagine myself gathering sap in the woods in the freezing cold, boiling it down, and throwing it on some snow.
This year I had the special opportunity of sharing snow ice cream with Little Buddy. Ellie has worked hard to limit his sugar, but he recently discovered ice cream and learned how delicious it is. So as soon as he heard Daddy mention snow ice cream, he became super excited and shouted, “Ice Caweeeem!!!”
He loved it. Of course it didn’t take long for him to realize that what made it so delicious was the maple syrup. He kept asking for “morie dat,” as he pointed to the syrup container. He also seemed to think that my spoon was the only one that made the snow ice cream taste good, and he insisted on using my spoon instead of his. Then after we switched spoons, he changed his mind and decided he wanted his old spoon back. So we continually switched back and forth.
Have you ever tried snow ice cream? What are your favorite toppings?
Yep, nothing beats maple syrup topping!
I’ve never have that! But sounds yummy😋
Eating snow is not the safest thing to do. I’m surprised with all your wife’s “clean” habits that she’d let any of you eat snow.
Aww, this is sweet. My mother made me and my 3 siblings snow ice cream when we were small. The only topping we put on was Hershey’s chocolate syrup, because my mother always had a can of it in the fridge.🙂 Hag. MD.
I’ve never tried snow ice cream but my daughters have made snow slushies. I don’t know if my part of Arizona will get anymore snow but if we do, I will have to give it a try. I want to try Molasses on Snow candy which I found in the Little House Cookbook.
This season of life you are in is just so wonderful. These activities and times in your son’s life are what he will remember and give him so much joy when he is older. All the time he spent with you. I read it through the eyes of a grandmother. Such a sweet post.
I used to put milk, vanilla, and chocolate chips in mine.
My moma, before we moved from NC to Ga, made the Best snow cream. I don’t know how she made it, but it didn’t need any topping. Sooooo long ago.
When we get a good snow I like to make snow ice cream! All we do is go scoop a big mixing bowl (it goes down a lot when you make ice cream) full of clean fresh snow, bring inside and add whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla to it. It tastes just like homemade ice cream! The good thing is that you didn’t have to run it through the ice cream maker! I don’t have a recipe… I just keep adding the stuff to the consistency I like , with a lot of stirring. 😋