My sister Rosie always picked Chi-Chi's. Man, I miss that place! Delicious Mexican and Rosie and I always played the Pac Man game in the lobby while we waited to be seated. Although I appreciate Mexican food way more now than I used to (pretty sure I could have it at least twice a week and not get tired of it) there has always been one thing there that I loved from the very first bite: fried ice cream. The only fried ice cream I have had that was just as good was from the Asian Restaurant Spice (Asian? Weird, I know!) at the Excellence Resort in Cancun and Punta Cana but it was actually fried in batter.
For Gwen's second birthday we threw her a Dora Fiesta. While trolling through Pinterest looking for ideas, I came upon a recipe for fried ice cream (original post here). Not only is it amazingly delicious but there are only 6 ingredients and it is super easy! You make it ahead of time so it's great to be able to just pull it out of the freezer and serve.
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Fried Ice Cream Dessert
(Sorry for the blurry picture)
Ingredients:
1 stick butter
1 cup of sugar
3 cups of crushed corn flakes
2 qts. of vanilla ice cream (softened)
1 container of whipped topping
1 t. cinnamon
Honey, for drizzling
Here's what you do:
1. Melt butter in frying pan
2. Add corn flakes and sugar. Fry for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly so the sugar doesn't burn.
3. Pat about 1/2 - 2/3 of this mixture into a 9x13 pan.
4. I let the ice cream sit out for about 1/2 hour to soften it. In a LARGE bowl, beat together (I used my mixer) the ice cream, whipped topping, and cinnamon.
5. Pour ice cream mixture on top of crust in the 9x13 pan.
6. Sprinkle the rest of the crumbs on top and freeze.
7. Lightly drizzle each serving with honey.
Enjoy!
