While I was staying with my brother and sister-in-law in Boston over the weekend, we made a batch of homemade soft-serve ice cream. Hmmm...perhaps "mock-serve" would be a better name for it. The secret to that soft-serve flavor and texture is the pudding and Cool Whip.
Mix together the milk, sugar, pudding, and Cool Whip until everything is smooth and clumpless.
Scoop the mixture into an ice cream maker. Sit back, relax, and wait for the mixture to solidify. This was an incredibly close approximation of real soft-serve. Who needs Dairy Queen?
What a great idea! I wonder how this would come out using fat free ingredients. Who needs Tastee-Delight?
Posted by: Lorraine | May 26, 2009 at 08:44 AM
I didn't know you were related to Mister Softee? Sounds delicious :9
Posted by: Brownie | May 26, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Thanks for the idea. Ice cream is my middle name! I sure will try this one!
Posted by: Sheryle | May 26, 2009 at 11:47 AM
my mom would DIE for this, she loved soft served ice cream!
Posted by: Olga | May 26, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Actually, we used 2% milk, not whole, so I'm sure that skim milk would turn out well.
Posted by: sister-in-law | May 26, 2009 at 04:00 PM
If you use lite Cool Whip, it would almost be healthy!
Posted by: big-bro | May 26, 2009 at 06:22 PM
Hey, everyone.
I bet you could replace the sugar with Splenda (or some other sugar substitute), use low-fat or soy milk, lite pudding, and lite Cool Whip and turn out a perfectly healthy treat.
The only thing is that I think you've really got to use an ice cream maker. The spinning blade really gets you that soft-serve texture. You'd probably just end up with a frozen brick if you just put the mixture in the freezer.
I'm glad Sister-in-Law and I talked Big-Bro out of making pistachio!
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | May 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM