It took me several weeks, but it was finally a good day to try out my new ice cream sandwich helper doodad that I got for Christmas. Wait, I sound really old saying doodad, don't I?
Dreamfarm Icepo
Instant Ice Cream Portion
I go in for my first attempt and it works pretty good! The Icepo went in easy enough and also pushed out the ice cream easy enough. Now there is a bit of splitting between the four sections, and because I want to photograph what I'm making, that's not the best thing. In this case it's ok though because I plan on rolling today's sandwiches in crush Birthday Cake Cap'n Crunch.
I thought my second attempt would be more complicated, but it went fine as well. In a perfect world, you push this down in to a fresh container to get a perfect helping.... but in the real world, your container of ice cream is not going to be perfectly flat. The good news is that it doesn't matter. You can literally push the icepo down a few times to fill in any spots you are missing in your serving.
By my the third attempt, I felt like a pro. Now I will point out that there is a little bit of muscle needed to use this tool. I'm sure it would slice frozen dairy dessert just fine, but as you move up the ranks to premium (or super premium), expect to use a little more force to get things going.
Look how perfectly the icepo serving fits in a Pepperidge Farm cookie!
So do I recommend spending $20 on this device? I mean, how often do you make ice cream sandwiches? If you do it all the time, then go for it. Or if you know someone who would probably get a kick out of it, that works too!
Those sandwiches look perfect lol. Size and shape of the cookies, wow good fit.
ReplyDeleteMy concern would be it only works for larger tubs? Pints maybe get one use only right.
Fascinating. Might try it for myself.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to using pints to portion out servings for ice cream sandwiches made with large cookies. Freeze your pint a little on the harder side, cut the container completely off exposing one semi solid block of ice cream. Now you wanna grab a large serrated knife. I use scissors to cut the container off but if you prefer, you can cut your sandwich slices right through the cardboard container and all. Sorry for my instructions being scatterbrained, it's just my ADHD. Sooo a small block of ice cream turned on its side,either bare naked or clothed with its container, use the serrated knife to cut "slices" for your ice cream sandwiches to whatever thickness you want. I undress the ice cream when I do this because I found that SOMETIMES little pieces of cardboard container get mixed into the outer most layer of ice cream that begins to melt faster than you would think it does.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's the point of the icepo. You're not making a mess when slicing up a pint or getting little pieces of packaging in your ice cream. Plus, you can use something besides a pint of ice cream to make your sandwiches.
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