How to Make Snow Ice Cream (Video)

We have had a lot of snow in Manhattan this year and we even had an actual snow day! My two kids Pilar (age 7) and Biúlu (age 3) were delighted. We decided to make snow ice cream! My mother used to eat snow ice cream for desert when she grew up in rural Vermont. They used to cook maple syrup and pour it over snow so it hardens. We simply poured some real maple syrup on some very fresh snow and it was delicious.

We also made a creamier vanilla snow ice cream – see the recipe below. I liked the maple syrup version the best and the kids like the milk one. My youngest does not do well with dairy so we substituted organic oat milk for hers. I did a little research online and it turns out that all snow, no matter where in the world or how pristine the location has some pollution and bacteria in it. I figured, one in a while this is a fun thing to do and it wont hurt them in moderation. You do have to be careful about where you get your snow from – next to a highway is probably not a good idea because of all the air pollution that the snow grabbed on to on the way down! Also, try putting out clean containers before it snows. I read that you should never feed snow to babies because they aren’t ready to handle the bacteria in it.

I think it would be fun to make this outside – a great cooking with kids idea to celebrate “The Kids Cook Monday.”

Check out my blog post about eating snow.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Recipe:

¼ cup of milk
2 tablespoons of sugar
drop of real vanilla
about 2 cups of very fresh snow (to taste)

Mix the milk sugar and vanilla in a small bowl or cup and then mix in the fresh snow. Snow ice-cream does not store well in the freezer.

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Jennifer C.

4:18PM PST on Dec 4, 2011

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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Christia F.

1:49PM PDT on Aug 10, 2011

Thank you for sharing this with the Care2 Community.
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KS G.

4:57AM PDT on May 12, 2011

Thanks for the article.

Elena A.

1:46AM PDT on Apr 28, 2011

Super :). I will try it one day!

Klarissa B.

12:55PM PDT on Mar 19, 2011

its snowing outside i might try it later

Ioana B.

5:16AM PST on Mar 10, 2011

cute,but not helthy to eat snow

xxx y.

4:41PM PST on Feb 28, 2011

thanks

Ann L.

10:10AM PST on Feb 22, 2011

I am not sure, I would want anyone eating snow these days, with all the impurities in the air.

Ruth R.

10:17PM PST on Feb 21, 2011

Shared. saved.

Peggy P.

6:40PM PST on Feb 19, 2011

This article should be taken lightly and in good fun. There are so many germs and dangers in this world, how can any one say which danger or germ is worse than the other???
I know one sure-fired fact: no-one should be touching or consuming yellow snow!! Although my puppy thought it sure smelled interesting enough!! Yes, I know...gross but my pup did not agree!! :0)
I have heard about making ice cream from snow -- putting the whole germs and killer diseases aside, I think it would be neat. I live in Florida, so it really would be a trick to accomplish making snow into ice cream here!

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