Okay, this isn’t really fried (which is a good thing), but the crunchy cinnamon crust with cold, creamy ice cream inside does a good job of imitating fried ice cream. It’s so delicious that everyone will be asking for seconds. Make it to share with friends, and keep it in your freezer in a covered container to eat whenever you get sick of boring, plain old ice cream out of the carton. To make a vegan version, use margarine and nondairy ice cream.
Recipe information
Yield
serves 9
Ingredients
Preparation
Step 1
Place the margarine, brown sugar, cornflake crumbs, coconut, pecans, and cinnamon in a bowl and stir until combined. Spread half of the mixture in the bottom of an ungreased 8-inch square baking pan. Carefully spread the ice cream over the crumb mixture, keeping the crumbs intact. Spread the remaining crumb mixture over the ice cream and press firmly.
Step 2
Freeze until firm before serving. Cut into 9 squares and drizzle with chocolate sauce, if desired.
food trivia
Step 3
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg developed cornflakes as a food to satisfy the strict vegan diet of his Seventh Day Adventist faith. He was also a supporter of sexual abstinence, and since he believed that spicy or sweet foods would increase passions, he served cornflakes to the patients at his sanitarium, to lower their sex drives. Hard to believe Kellogg’s didn’t use that one in its advertising.
