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Adorable Cartoon Puppy Vanilla Ice Cream Cones

Create theme-park magic at home by sculpting premium vanilla ice cream into cute puppy faces, complete with chocolate features and a crispy waffle cone.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Freezing Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 4 cones
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 410
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Base Ingredients
  • 1 quart premium vanilla ice cream dense, high quality
  • 4 large waffle cones
Decorations
  • 4 large chocolate melting wafers or candies for noses
  • 8 small chocolate chips for eyes
  • 4 dark chocolate cookies cut into oblong ear shapes
  • 0.25 cup dark chocolate melted, for piping smiles
  • 4 chocolate biscuit sticks like Pocky

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Large ice cream scoop
  • Small ice cream scoop or melon baller
  • Piping bag

Method
 

  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place in the freezer for 30 minutes. Chill your ice cream scoops.
  2. Scoop 4 large, firm balls of vanilla ice cream onto the cold baking sheet. Freeze for 30 minutes until solid.
  3. Use a small scoop to add a mound of ice cream to the lower half of each large ball to create the snout. Smooth the seams with a chilled offset spatula.
  4. Return the tray to the freezer and freeze for at least 1 hour until the heads are completely rock solid.
  5. Press large chocolate candies for the nose, chocolate chips for the eyes, and cookie pieces for the ears into the frozen heads.
  6. Pipe a thin chocolate smile using melted dark chocolate. Freeze for a final 30 minutes.
  7. Carefully transfer the decorated ice cream heads onto the waffle cones, insert a chocolate stick, and serve immediately.

Notes

Work very quickly. If the ice cream begins to look shiny or melt at any stage, return it to the freezer immediately before continuing.