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Homemade Halo Top Ice Cream You Can Make in Your Dorm

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Wake Forest chapter.

On a college budget, money can be tight. Why would you spend $7 on a pint of Halo Top when you can easily make it in your dorm? This super simple recipe for homemade Halo Top uses the “ice cream in a bag” technique and really only has five ingredients. Could it get any easier? Honestly, we were skeptical at first, but this recipe is fun to make and delicious to eat.

The ingredients for this recipe and the traditional Halo Top are almost the same, except our recipe is simpler (we only used ingredients that we could pronounce). While Halo Top adds sugar, erythritol, sea salt, organic carob gum, organic guar gum, and organic stevia, this recipe uses the bare minimum to create the maximum results, keeping it low-cal yet high protein. 

We’re sure you wont regret trying out this homemade Halo Top and, from the comparison of ingredients, it may even be healthier.

Homemade Halo Top

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 5 minutesCook time: 15 minutesTotal time: 20 minutesServings:1 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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    Assemble the ingredients.

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    Add milk and water to saucepan, and warm on low heat.

  3. Lucy Drinkwater

    Beat the egg and combine with the milk, stirring until fully combined.

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    Add gelatin to the saucepan. Once fully combined, remove saucepan from heat. Add protein powder when mixture is fully cooled.

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    Let milk mixture cool and pour into a plastic bag. Fill other ziplock bag with ice and salt.

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    Place the bag full of ingredients into the bag with ice and salt and seal.

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    Shake the bag for 5-10 minutes until the mixtures hardens into ice cream.

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    Mix in any desired toppings. We chose raspberries and Oreos.

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    Enjoy!

Although the store-bought pint might win by appearance, this homemade version is guaranteed to impress. Don’t be afraid to express yourself and recreate any of your favorite Halo Top flavors, from S’mores to Peanut Butter cup, and let this tasty treat curb your sweet tooth cravings.

Lucy is a sophomore at Wake Forest studying Art History, Chinese, and Entrepreneurship. When she isn't taking photos of food for her food-stagram, you might be able to find her cooking or baking things to take photos of (and eat). Lucy believes that she can bake a cake and eat it too.