Recipe
4 Dope Ice Cream Hacks You Can Make With a Magic Shell
When you’re craving chocolate (which is practically every day), Magic Shell, the chocolate dip that hardens into a chocolate candy shell, is by far the best choice (read: Klondike bar, McDonald’s chocolate-dipped soft serve, King cones).
These easy DIY Magic Shell recipes will satisfy your chocolate craving, and won’t break the bank!
Chocolate Dip (AKA Magic Shell)
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 6 minutes
- Servings: 2 cups
- Easy
Ingredients
- 250 grams dark chocolate (66%-72%)
- 200 grams refined coconut oil
- 125 grams light (clear) corn syrup
- 1 squeeze bottle
Photo by Vicky Wasik
Step 1
Combine chocolate, coconut oil, and corn syrup in a bowl.
Step 2
Microwave in 3 to 4 15-second intervals, stirring with a spoon in between until the chocolate is melted.
Step 3
Transfer the dip to a bowl and store at room temperature, stirring with a spoon if it separates.
King Cones
- Prep Time: 36 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 44 minutes
- Servings: 1 King cone
- Easy
Ingredients
- 1 squeeze bottle of Magic Shell
- 1 cone
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream
- 1 bowl of crushed peanuts
Photo by Vicky Wasik
Step 1
Load a squeeze bottle with chocolate dip.
Step 2
Drizzle it down the inside of the cone as you spin it, and make the chocolate filling on the bottom as big as you want.
Step 3
Use a tall, narrow glass (maybe a champagne glass?) to keep the cone upright and freeze it for 20-30 minutes until it is fully hardened.
Step 4
Once your cones are frozen solid, tamp your favorite ice cream all the way down into the cone, and get a spherical scoop for the top.
Step 5
Dip the ice cream cone in the pool of chocolate dip.
Step 6
Once fully coated, spin the cone above the container to drain off the excess.
Step 7
Roll your cone quickly in the chopped peanuts, and wait 30 seconds for the dip to fully harden.
Step 8
Dig in!
Photo by Vicky Wasik
Klondike Bars
- Prep Time: 50 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 57 minutes
- Servings: 3 or 4 Klondike bars
- Easy
Ingredients
- 2 cup chocolate dip
- 1 pint high-quality ice cream
- Wax paper
- Cutting board
- Aluminum foil
Photo by Jamie Rhee
Step 1
Remove the ice cream lid, then cut the edge of the container with a sharp knife, cutting just deep enough to go through the cardboard.
Step 2
Peel off the container.
Step 3
Lay the pint upside down and slice off the edges (try to cut straight down for even squares).
Step 4
Cut the ice cream block into 3 or 4 pieces.
Step 5
Arrange the squares on a cutting board or small aluminum sheet pan lined with wax paper, and let them harden in the freezer.
Step 6
Once your ice cream is firm again, stab one end with a popsicle stick or fork and quickly dip it into your bowl of chocolate dip.
Step 7
Spin the bar above the dip to drip off excess. The shell needs 30 seconds to completely harden.
Step 8
Wait 10 seconds after that, then lay the bar on a fresh sheet of wax paper, slide the fork out, and put it back in the freezer.
Step 9
After 30 minutes, wrap them in foil and dig in.
Mister Softee Soft Serve
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 4 minutes
- Servings: About 3 soft serves
- Easy
Ingredients
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream
- 2 cup chocolate dip
- Wafer cones
Photo by Jamie Rhee
Step 1
Take a wafer cone and mound a big spoonful of ice cream on it.
Step 2
Dip it into your chocolate dip in one quick motion.
Step 3
Rotate it above the dip so excess can drip away.
Step 4
Let the dip harden completely for about 30 seconds (it will turn matte) before biting in.
Ice Cream Pops
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Total Time: 3 hours
- Servings: About 5 ice cream pops
- Easy
Ingredients
- 1 pint ice cream
- 2 cup chocolate dip
- 3 ounce Dixie cups
- Popsicle sticks
- Topping of your choice (sprinkles, peanuts, whatever you want)
Photo by Jamie Rhee
Step 1
Let the ice cream soften enough that you can easily spoon it into the Dixie cups.
Step 2
Shove a popsicle stick halfway down each cup and let the ice cream harden in the freezer for at least two or three hours.
Step 3
With a knife or clean pair of scissors, cut the paper cup away from the frozen ice cream.
Step 4
Dunk the pops in the chocolate dip one at a time.
Step 5
Twirl them over the dip so the excess drains away, and while it’s still glossy, roll them around in the topping of your choice.
Step 6
Wait for them to fully harden and enjoy!
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