Snow cream

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This article is about the American dessert. For the British dessert, see Snow (dessert).

Snow cream is made by slowly pouring a small amount of sweetened dairy-based liquid (similar to ice cream ingredients) into clean snow. The liquid partially melts the snow and congeals into an easily made ice cream substitute. To make Snow Ice Cream try mixing 5 cups of fresh snow, 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup of Half and Half or milk and a dash of salt. Also good with other extracts such as mint, almond, orange or lemon. To make it creamier, try adding a 1/2 a mashed banana.

Another recipe uses sweetened condensed milk instead of sugar and milk. Adding chocolate syrup makes a tasty variation to vanilla snow cream.

Some traditional recipes add a raw egg. The Centers for Disease Control recommends that people avoid eating raw eggs because of the risk of Salmonella.

Snow cream is sometimes improved with the addition of powdered sugar and food coloring.