The idea for this recipe was sent to us by Shirley M. of Northfield, Ohio. She had e-mailed Ernie a few weeks ago and reminisced about how her mother would treat the kids to ice cream snowballs back in the 50’s. Shirley described them as “vanilla ice cream coated with coconut, they had a little holly on the top with a small red candle.” Her mother bought them and several years later Shirley would buy them for her daughter, but she hasn’t been able to find ice cream snowballs for sale in many years.
We did some poking around and discovered a product from yesteryear called “Flaming Ice Cream Snow Balls.” At right is a photo. That’s more than likely the snowballs Shirley had as a child.
Flaming ice cream snow balls might not be available in stores, but it seems one could probably make ice cream snowballs at home, even though they’ll never be as good as the ones mom used to bring home. With that, here’s our attempt at an ice cream snowball recipe:
INGREDIENTS
• Vanilla ice cream
• Shredded coconut
• Garnish (holly, mint, candles)
DIRECTIONS: Scoop several balls of ice cream onto a baking sheet and place in freezer until solid. The balls can be any size you’d like. You can use a melon baller or you can create larger snowballs with your hands (that could be fun).
Some baking sheets might not fit in a freezer, especially a freezer that’s already full of ice cream so feel free to place the ice cream balls on something smaller. Remove from freezer and roll in coconut. Re-freeze until ready to serve. Garnish with holly or mint and a candle (optional).
TODAY’S PRIZE: The Spaghetti Ice Cream Maker. According to the company’s website, the Spaghetti Ice Cream Maker comes with three attachments that allow you to make spaghetti-shaped ice cream, lasagna ice cream and, dare we say, asparagus-shaped ice cream? Some parents will try anything to get kids to eat their “vegetables.”
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That spagetti ice cream maker looks very fun! My kids would have a blast with that thing.
Those ice cream snowballs sound delicious! And since my hubby hates coconut, I wouldn’t have to worry about him finishing them off without getting a chance to try one!
The snowballs look like a great dessert for Christmas dinner.
That spaghetti ice cream maker would be great for my Italian family.
it sounds delish, excpet for the coconut
I’m not a big fan of coconut with my ice cream but I’m sure it could be rolled in other toppings. I would use an ice cream scoop for individual size servings.
The ice cream snow balls sound great. My husband is a huge coconut fan so perhaps I’ll surprise him.
The kids want me to write that they would also like the ice cream snow balls and want them today (of course)
Great idea during a Northeaster with your family.
One more comment from the peanut gallery and that is that they really want to win and they love your ice cream.
My kids favorites are ice cream and spaghetti so combining them is the best of all worlds.
Why not make dirty ice cream balls by rolling balls in chopped nuts and grated chocolate, it may not look as much like snow balls but give me that chocolate fix!!!!!!!!!!
this is different
Wow, this could be a hit when the kids have sleepovers!!!
stuck here inside (there’s a nor’easter outside here in CT). Contemplating eating some ice cream, but its probably too early. later… Right now i’m taking a break from wrapping presents and simultaneously cleaning my basement. may even do some laundry.
My husband, the really big Edy’s-eater in the family just came in from shoveling. I doubt the icecream snowball would look too appealing to him just now.
Happy Sunday everyone
linda
I can’t wait to try these with my grandchildren we love ice cream no matter what the weather!
This looks really good….except for the coconut. I wouldn’t like that on my ice cream.
Sound great to me… The asparagus-shaped ice cream sounds really fun. I do like real asparagus though. What you can do with Ice cream
Next to lemon bring on the coconut!
Looks great! All the photos I have seen makes me what some of each item. I am cleaning out a freezer to make room for lots and lots of ice cream. Best wishes to all at TH for a great holiday season and a better New Year.
This would be great fun.
Ice Cream Snowballs. Yummy!! I think I would make chocolate snowballs rolled in chocolate chips and crushed nuts with a candy mint sprig on top.
Ice cream snowballs! Just when you think life couldn’t get better….
Imagine the possibilities! Now if we could just have some butter brickle ice cream, life would be complete.
These sound like something that would be so much fun to make with the kids. And think of the possibilities – you could add crushed nuts or cookies to instead of or in addition to the coconut!
I want to put the ice cream snow balls in my igloo.
igloo— means my freezer.
Just got in from snowblowing and shoveling my 600′ driveway – a foot of snow and 30 MPH winds – what fun! The Snowball Ice Cream with Coconut would hit the spot right now! Reminds me of my Mum who passed away last year – we both LOVE Coconut and she always made sure I had Coconut Cream Pie for my birthday and vanilla ice cream. For today though…I’ve got Mint Chocolate Chip (Turkey Hill is the best by far) and my wife loves the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (It’s her birthday today)! Thanks for the memories AND OF COURSE – the greatest ice cream ever made!
oh that’s a hoot! My mom used to “rice” potatoes…never thought of doing that to icecream.
This is a simple thing to do especially for kids to enjoy as well as adults. You can put out different condiments crushed up to be rolled or put some inside of the ice cream ball to be a surprise when you eat the snowball.
Never tried to reshape my ice cream-usually too busy eating it! But I’m willing to ry new ventures.
An ice cream snowball, perfect anytime of year.
OMG! I spoke to my 74 year old Mom and she remembers having ice cream snowballs as a teenager in the ’50s. So I have decided to make these wonderful treats as part of our family tradition starting this year. Thank you, and the spaghetti ice cream maker would be wonderful to try!
i don’t like shredded coconot, but i do like fresh coconut–fresh, as in having one opened for you in hawaii or the caribbean. so the snowballs as described aren’t for me. maybe just plain vanilla ice cream balls. or, in this day and age, yellow ice cream balls, using french vanilla! (if you grew up in snow country you’ll know what i mean.)
as for the Spaghetti Ice Cream Maker, that’s something i never heard of. since visiting their site and reading how it’s popular in europe, i’ll be on the look out for it when we visit italy in march. gelato too, of course.
I, too, remember the snowballs as a special treat at Christmas.And yes, they did have candles.
wouldn’t a flaming snowball melt!?
I’m going to try this but roll the ice cream in crushed nuts and drizzle chocolate syrup on top–the kids will love them as change from all those Christmas cookies!!!!
Those ice cream balls look delicious.
I’m going to try them and use candy leaves and red M&M’s for garnish.
What a great idea for a Christmas party dessert! I am going to try little ones with mini scoops (using all different kinds of Turkey Hill Ice Cream though). Also, will roll in chopped up white chocolate hershey kises instead of coconut. Candy leaves and m&m garnish will add the perfect touch – great idea.
Shirley and I must be around the same age. I was growing up in the 50′s and I can remember those ice cream snowballs. The vanilla ice cream was especially rich and having them as dessert for the holidays was a special treat. The candle was very short so you couldn’t let it burn very long but you can imagine how lovely they looked on the table.
Maybe a flaming ice cream snowman would make a graet idea for a holiday party.
It sounds good but it would probrably be better if it had some kind of chocolate suprise in the middle
They sound appealing to kids.
What a great idea. You’ll have to eat them quickly though.
Those ice cream snowballs sound delicious. I know what I’m having for dessert tonight!!!
Interesting…
Wouldn’t the snowball melt with a candle on top?
That’s a big snowball.
Oh, my gosth! I remember these snowballs at Christmas as a kid! I forgot all about them. I used to be crazy about them. Think I’ll do this for Christmas eve dessert. Spectacular!
I wonder how the spaghetti ice cream maker would work on all this excess snow the Midwest is getting?
I am planning to serve lasagna for Christmas dinner..ths spaghettic ice cream maker would make a most appropriate dessert!
Oh, I remember those – they would appear at all our church dinners…someone always brought them.
Haven’t had one in years…thanks for the memories!
Spaghetti Ice Cream Maker…gotta love the idea. My family loves spaghetti and lasagna and they would get a hoot of this machine! We could use strawberry syrup to pass as the tomatoe sauce and small scoops of chocolate ice cream for the meatballs..and cocunut flakes as the parmegian cheese!
What a great idea. I’ll need to try these some time.
Hi The snowballs look so Yummy
The ice cream snow balls sound incredible, and I’m sure they’d be delicious rolled in nuts and chocolate chips also!! What a great treat, and what an awesomely creative prize in this post! Who ever wins should have a pasta dessert party =)
what a cute idea!!
those snowballs look great-I would make ” dirty” snowballs with chocolate ice cream
these sound soooo good. if we weren’t in the middle of a bad storm I would go back out for the coconut to make them – guess I wil wait until tomorrow
My Grandmother used to make those when I was little, but when she used a scoop to make the ice cream ball, she used a small melon ballerto scoop a little bit out of the center and put chocolate syrup or caramel in it then she’d put the two sides together and freeze thema little longer. it was great, you never knew if there was a suprise inside. makes you miss being a kid.
I love snowmen!!!!Going to try makeing snowmen withthis idea in mind
Never liked coconut but willing to try. Thanks
I remember my mom making these snow balls when I was growing up. I am 63 now and my mom would put a cherry on top with penny mint leaves.
We’ll try anything new.
The snowballs look like so much fun!
We first had spaghetti-shaped ice cream on our honeymoon in Germany. We thought it was pretty cool because we love ice cream and we love pasta. The best of both!
Hmm. Neither of these would be great hits here, but the eye’s on the {Grand} prize, so I post nonetheless.
I’d probably roll the snowballs in crunched up chocolate. How about crushed candy canes? Yum. I may have to make that for dessert tonight since the snow passed us by.
Great recipe! Maybe I will try it with our kids!
I’m not a big fan of shredded coconut, but I suspect shaved white chocolate would work just as well.
This would make a nice holiday treat. I’d probably use marzipan or maple sugar leaves on top.
that snowball looks like the ones i used to eat when i was a kid – all coconut covered. but i can’t eat them now – allergic to coconut!!!
I remember having these “special treats” at Christmas time when I was a child. I absolutely loved them. Lighting the red candle made them extra special and exciting. The coconut wasn’t shredded. It was finely chopped, almost minced. You can get coconut like that in the freezer section in the grocery store. Any child would love these. What a special memory!
This sounds like a great idea to make with the kids. I never had them, but they sound delicious.
Looks good enough to eat. heding to the kitchen. Going to try dusting the coconut with some choc. great idea!
Other than having Ice Cream Cakes as an adult, I can’t think of a single ice cream recipe. Being raised in a family of eleven, and ice cream being a special treat, I don’t think we would have allowed (talk about a revolt) to having to wait for our special treat. Keep coming up with your great flavors. I recently called your company about your vanilla and lemen duetto to see if it was going to be a limited time flavor. Thankfully, it’s not or I would have had to buy a freezer to load up with just containers of this incredible tasting ice cream.
LOVE YOUR ICECREAM
17 degrees out there today, with blowing snow. But I just walked the dog two miles, correction, he just walked me. So I’ll, correction, we’ll, now be ready for my, correction our, guilt free bowl(s) of Turkey Hill tonight. The things I, correction we, do for my, correction our, daily ice cream….Yes, he loves it too.
That sounds like fun.
Yes, I remember these snowballs from the grocery store, but I haven’t seen them since 1980 or so. Thanks for the old ad with the picture.
Winter is the perfect time for an icecream snow ball. But I like my icecream when it is soft – however, I am to eager and can’t wait so I soften it in the microwave oven and then it is just right!
That recipe LOOKS good, but can’t stand the coconut. MUST work on a substitution, cause they would be super for Christmas dessert!
Weather in SE Virginia cool, but very breezy!
Happy “Holy”days!
Those ice cream snowballs would make a beautiful desert for Christmas. Thanks for the idea.
Ice cream snowballs look like a great idea for our Christmas eve party. Thanks
Let It Snow – Let It Snow! Growing up on a farm in Misssouri – snow cream was a favorite. Fresh snow, fresh cream, and lots of sugar. Wish we had thought of the coconut!
WOW! I would love to try this recipe for sure! This almost reminds me of the fried ice cream recipe but its carmalized and froze! What a great recipe and very festive indeed!!!
Thanks for recipe. Could tint the coconut for the holidays. It’s so easy I have to try.
Thank you for the calendar.
Pasta shaped IC?
Gotta see that.
What an interesting way to sever ice-cream ! They look beautiful and sound yummy !!
Thanks for a really fun contest and Happy Holidays !!!!!!!!
Not as fun as ice cream snowballs, but I bet the spaghetti maker is a good time.
Awesome and delicious
I am always looking for fun things to do with the kids — and this seems like it would be an excellent idea – fun and then delicious too!
The ice cream snowballs sound delish and the spaghetti ice cream maker sounds like fun for the whole family!
Thanks for the great idea, the snowball ice cream recipe. It’s so easy to make and it will be a big hit with the kids.
Think of the great things you can create with the spagetti ice cream maker. Cool!
These ‘ice cream snowballs’ look great. I am going to serve this at my Christmas party. My nieces will love them!!! Thanks for the idea
I saw the show they demonstrated the spaghetti ice cream maker on, on the Food Network, Looked cool, but the ‘lasagna ‘ noodle didn’t seem to work great!As for the snowballs, roll in red and green sprinkles!! Sure like to win it!
I can’t wait to serve the snowball ice cream balls to the grandchildren when they come over for the holidays. What a great and easy recipe.
ice cream snowballs? what a kid friendly idea and how neat to put a candle on top…can’t wait to try them
hmmm, I guess Duetto would work well with the Italian themed Ice Cream Spaghetti maker.
Ice Cream lasagna, that sounds like a plan.
I had forgotten about these special desserts. Do not always tolerate coconut but sprinles idea sounds great.
Wow! Those snowballs look great!
That’s a pretty neat prize.
mmmm…. snowballs sound good. My husband is from York,PA we live right outside of Boston now.He won’t allow anything but Turkey Hill in our house:).Sometime it;s not easy getting the tea here and we love it.
Hummy! You may try making differant kinds-some with coconut, others could be chopped up milk chocolate chips, and some with milk chocolate chips with chopped peanuts to roll the balls in. You can also put the chocolate that freezes when you put on cold ice cream. Can’t wait to make them for a birthday party for my grandchildren. I think I will put sticks in mine from the top down.
Can you flavor the coconut? Ilove ice cream balls, especially when they are festive looking.
LOOKS GOOD BUT GOING TO DO WITH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM.ALSO GOING TO MAKE SOME OUT OF CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM MY HUSBAND LOVES CHOCOLATE.
Another great idea to make ice cream THE favorite all time dessert. Spaghetti ice cream surely would make this italian family real happy.
I have made snow (ice cream) balls before… they are great for the holidays… children love this type of desert…kind of fancy.
The snowballs seem like a really neat idea. Only problem, my husband and I would have to eat all of them-my kids don’t like coconut. So, how about rolling them in toffee chips for a “dirty snowball”?
What a festive dessert!
Wow! An ice cream maker that makes “spaghetti”? My nephews would love to make ice cream they can play with!
In replace of the coconut I will use white sprinkles (Jimmies as they’re called in this neck of the woods)
What a neat idea! I can’t wait to try it sometime. I just love coconut.
The more coconut the better!
The coconut snowballs sound yummy. Add a little chocolate and it might taste like an Almond Joy
I had the best thing today! We were celebrating Christmas a little early tonight at my aunt’s house, and there was cake and ice cream for dessert. The power was out, and I didn’t see any plates, so I took a cup, put vanilla ice cream in the bottom, cake in the middle, and some ice cream on top! It was delicious!
sounds awesome, the kids love coconut, will definitely try it
the snowballs sound great – have to try that, and the spaghetti ice cream maker sounds really different – a great way to to do something fun with your kids!
Coconut ice cream snowballs sounds great!!!!!
The snowballs sound very good. I guess we should not eat the yellow snowballs.
How cool is that?! I just finished watching the video and think that the spaghetti maker is quite the gadget! I enjoy decorating cakes which is sometimes quite time consuming. The ice cream maker offers a lot of impressive dessert creations, which look relatively easy to create! I love it!
I remember the ice cream snowballs. They were part of our Christmas when I was young. Brings back memories.
Interesting concept and use of coconut. will need to try it.
I love coconut in ice cream! Sounds like you can experiment with all sorts of ice cream ball decorations.
My mother-in-law (a teacher) made these a couple of years ago and my kids and I loved them. She toasted the coconut lightly. I forgot about them until now and may make them this year!! Hope to be a winner in the sweep because I am a ravenous ice cream eater.
My mother-in-law made these a couple of years ago. I forgot about them until now. My kids and I enjoyed them. She toasted the coconut a little. I would love to win any prize but ice cream for a year sounds the best. I love ice cream!!
I want to win!!! My mother-in-law made these snowballs and they were great. I forgot about them and now may make them this year.
Very Interesting!
I make something similar to this evry Holiday except I use m&ms instead of coconut. Whatever color m&ms are out for that holiday. I use vanilla/chocolate ice cream and then decorate them on top of that flags for july 4, little chocolate bunnies for Easter so on and so forth. They are a hit every holiday.
This seemed funny to me, I was supposed to make coconut macaroons for a cookie exchange on Friday, but got so backed up with holiday stuff I didn’t get a chance to bake as many as I wanted. I have bags and bags of coconut and am burnt out on macaroons. This would be a super cool idea for the kids to make these on Christmas Eve. We have a tradition of meatballs on Christmas Eve, and I could turn it into a new tradition of Ice Cream Snowballs for later in the day for all the little ones (and big ones too) to join in and make. I will have to pretend awhile that I was crafty and came up with the idea on my own before I confess that I am addicted to Turkey Hill Ice Cream and I hang out on their website reading ideas all the time and trying to win a whole years worth of the greatest guilty pleasure I confess to!!!
Can you imagine these beautiful white fuzzy balls with a candle flaming proclaiming Jesus’ birthday. Now that is a wonderful, joyous Christmas dessert! A lasting memory for life ever after.
the snowballs look delicious, but spaghetti shaped ice cream? interesting . . .
I’ll have to try this on a day when I haven’t just shoveled so many inches of snow!
i remeber those
What a great tradition. My kids would love it!! Great idea.
Neat ideas, both old (ice cream snowballs) and new (spaghetti maker).
I DON’T THINK THERE IS A SPAGHETTI SHAPED ICE CREAM MAKER….IF THERE WAS SUCH A THING IT WOULD BE IN WALMART NEXT TO THE CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN MACHINE.
IF, IN FACT, IT DOES EXIST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PHOTO…
ALSO, I DON’T KNOW HOW I GOT ON YOUR E-MAIL……
UNLESS YOU HAVE CAMERAS IN THE FREEZERS,,,,,,,
Like so many others said, love the idea of the Ice Cream Snowballs! Ideal for kids who could care less about rich fancy desserts during the holidays and just want their ice cream! The snowballs make it a little extra special. We’ll definitely give it a try. Thought you could hide a chocolate covered cherry or something else in the middle for an extra surprise. We just made ice cream sandwiches with our egg nog cookies. Turkey Hill chocolate of course! The cookies are soft and ideal to make an ice cream sandwich with.
what a mixture it sounds good and different I think I’ll try to make some and see what happens
This looks like something I would love! I’d add choclate somewhere. Like a Hershey kiss in the middle. I’m one of your biggest vanilla ice cream fans. You make the BEST ice cream ever. I’d like to try the spaghetti ice cream maker on my grandchildren. Especially the asparagus attachment since they hate veggies but love ice cream. Thanks for the great recipes and a chance to win something VERY unusual.
how cool! If I don’t win one, I guess I’ll have to put it on my Christmas list! I’d have alot of fun with it.
The ice cream balls look so festive. Thanks also for the calendar…I look forward to it every year.
Asparagus-shaped ice cream? Just so it isn’t asparagus-flavoured….
*shudder*
There has been a rise in the serving of “comfort food” mashed potatos, mac and cheese even in facy restaurants as a responce to the scary world situation.
The true comfort food for me is ice cream. Preferably coffee with hot fudge to create a mocha flavor. That’s comfort.
Shoveled so many times between Thursday and today that I’m going to have an extra large – guilt free – bowl tonight! (The guilt never slows me down!!)
That sounds like heaven ! Turkey Hill makes the creamiest, dreamiest goodness!
For some reason, our electric went out tonight. It probably was the westher. The first thought both my husband and I had was but what about the Turkey Hill Ice Cream in the freezer. Before the electric came back on about 1-1/2 hr. later, (yea I know we were lucky to be only out that long), we had helped ourself to a larger than usual serving of ice cream.
I made ice cream snowballs over 40 years ago. After the ice cream had sat at room temperature for a short while I filled the cavity of a large size cupcake holder. This was returend to the freezer to harden.
Using one piece of wax paper for each form I sprinkled it with the coconut Roll each ball in the coconut and wrap in the paper and returned to freezer. until completely frozen. When ready to serve simply unwrap the paper and place the coconut ball in serving dish. Garnish .
Except for the trim or sauce, these can be prepared a few days ahead.
looking out at all our actual snow makes the coconut snowballs sound like a good idea!
Sounds yummy!
The snowball reminds me of a treat I
used to get (eons ago… mid-1950′s) on the Boardwalk of Rockaway Beach (NY). It
was a glazed donut with a smaller version of the snowball sitting on the
donut’s hole. What a 10 cent treat!
My family would love to win this & we love Turkey Hill Ice Cream!!!
I love the idea of an ice cream snowball, better than eating yellow snow that if for sure.
I could see m&ms making really tasty berries on the snowball….mmmm!
This one I like – might even give it a try. Thanks
My power just came back on after 18 hours!! I checked my freezer and my Turkey Hill Ice Cream is still cold…
…”on the third day of ice cream Turkey Hill gave to me 3 spaghetti ice cream makers, 2 cuisipro ice cream sandwich makers and the book “everybody loves ice cream”"……I am not all that in love with the spaghetti ice cream maker so this’ll probably be the prize I win.
These snowballs sound delicious will have to make them over the holidays. Sort of remind me of coconut macaroons one of my favorite cookies.
Om MY GOSH!!! I remember those from when I was a kid. We use to look forward to Christmas because we would have one of those for a desert during the holidays. That resally takes me back. I had forgotten all about them. Hot fudge topping anyone?
That sounds really fun!
looks scrumptous
Ice cream snowballs with coconut sounds great!
these look tasty..my hubby and daughter would love. I’d have to pass on the coconut!
Looks delicious to me but I don’t like the way the coconut sticks between my teeth. Maybe I’ll try butterscotch chips on & put in the microwave a short time. Keep those delicious new recipes coming. I love Turkey Hill ice cream just the way it is.
These would be even better with Turkey Hill Eggnog ice cream or Peppermint Stick ice cream! Yum!!!! Or any other flavor for that matter.
The snowballs sound like a great treat for the holiday birthdays we have coming.
I love the snowball ice cream. It is a great idea for christmas
JUST LET ME GO,WITH BOTH HANDS AND I WOULD BE IN HEAVEN.WITHOUT ANY DOUBT!
Wow — what a novel idea. Ice cream, too, my favorite dessert!
you can also tint the coconut….lots of different colors and make confetti balls for New YEars….!!! what a way to ring it in!
My mom used to make these too, delicious!
Thanks for the calendar.
I don’t like coconut, but my husband would probably love this recipe.
Thanks for the recipe for ice cream snowballs. Great for when the grandkids come around. I recall delicious bonbons from my past.
The ice cream snowballs sound wonderful. I like coconut but don’t know if I would like it on ice cream.
What will they think of next? LOL Spaghetti ice cream!! It looked like fun, playing with that thing
My mother made the same snowballs for us as I was growing up in Lancaster Co in the 50′s. the TH website (under “Seasonal Recipes) has a recipe for the same with a slight variation.
Snowballs, what a cool and hot timely idea!
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Now that sounds good. Ice cream and coconut…love them both. Great party idea
My grandson would like to make them.
The snowballs look festive and delicious. When they were sold, who sold them I wonder? Why do all the good things go away?
i could go for some green-tea mango icecream right about now. school is delayed again!!!!
WOW bright candles and spaghetti. What a combo.
You could roll the ice cream balls in colored candy jimmies or sprinkles and make them look like ornaments. This would work for people who do not like coconut. You would have to change the name though.
Looks great…we might make it over Christmas!
my family loves ice cream. any flavor. the shapes would be a welcomed change
I remember the coconut ice cream balls! They were very good, but not as good as Turkey Hill Ice Cream would be if I made them at home. How about making a little snowman with chocolate chips for eyes and buttons? A cinnamon heart could be the mouth. Try it.
Snowballs made out of Turkey Hill’s Coconut Creme Pie ice cream would be doubly good!
I will use green frosting and create “leaves” of holly so that it would be 100% edible. Looks like fun
Since we don’t have the traditional Christmas dinner anymore, I think this is going to go over wonderfully.
Hard to find snow-balls in Florida!
If you live in New England and you’re buried in snow and cold, why not embrace it and eat lots of ice cream and make it fun with this scoop
Bet this would be great with pineapple ice cream for a Hawaiian summer party – minus the holly of course!
Those snowballs are such a cute idea. There are so many other ingredients that you could throw in as well to add a little color and flavor to the mix, like sprinkles, etc etc.
THE SPAGHETTI MAKER LOOKS LIKE ALOT OF FUN-GREAT TO USE WHILE IT SNOWSIN PA.
I am not so sure about the spaghetti ice cream maker but the ice cream snowballs will end up as dessert at one of my holiday gatherings this year!
Sounds like a lot of fun for the grandchildren to make during Christmas week. Thanks for the info.
I don’t like coconut, but it is a great idea – just change the coconut to chocolate and call them mud balls.
THE SNOWBALLS LOOK GREAT!!
Has ice cream lost its’ cachet now that we all have gallons in the freezer instead of that special trip to the corner candy store for a cone?
I remember those snowballs when I was a child growing up. My mom purchased them at the local grocery store in upstate New YOrk
My husband would love these – chocolate turkey hill ice cream – covered with Coconut. What more could one ask for?
You could have a lot of fun with this. Toasted coconut for a “dirty” snowball. Lemon ice cream for a “don’t eat yellow” snowball.
Great idea.
What a great dessert idea!
This sounds wonderful and the idea about using Turkey Hill coconut creme pie ice cream, sounds even better. Thanks for the great ideas, I think this will be our dessert for Christmas Eve.
I see an italian pasta shaped ice cream party in my future…
Yum! A timely treat for the season.
Coconut is not my favorite but I would try something else.
These Ice Cream Snow Balls would bring an interesting twist to a Food Fight :>)
The Spaghetti Ice Cream maker looks like a very creative way to engage kids and adults alike!
what about instead of covering snowballs w/ coconut, u cover then w/ white chocolate – or a combo of both!
what about instead of covering snowballs w/ coconut, u cover then in white chocolate shavings, or a combo of both!
FICTION: Flaming Ice Cream Snow Balls are dull and boring.
FACT: Flaming Ice Cream Snow Balls are fantastic.
Based on delicious comments here, we tryed Bills Stampede Sunday…it could quickly over take chocolate chip cookie dough.Now there is serious competition in our home for first place!!
Love coconut! We’ll definitely try this.
What happened to the 17th receipt?
The snowballs sound like a perfect recipe for Christmas dinner. Not too difficult and appropriate for the day.
Pick me to win the year’s supply of ice cream – I’m addicted!!!!
happy holidays!!!
The coconut snowball is just right for the season! I’m a big coconut fan too.
My son would love to play with this
If they don’t care for coconut, try to find some elegant white sprinkles/jimmies instead, or crushed pound cake.
I remember the snowballs (showing my age) – they were very special treats when we couldn’t afford “extras” at home. I think I’d rather have snowballs than spaghetti shaped ice cream, unless, of course, it was coconut creme pie ice cream from Turky Hill shaped as spaghetti.
We get to enjoy ice cream snowballs year round. A local restaurant has their version called pecan balls served with either hot fudge or butterscotch topping and served in a crystal goblet. the only thing that would make it better would be for them to use Turkey Hill. maybe I need to make that suggestion.
As I’ve often believed – I could live on ice cream so the “spaghetti ice cream maker” would be a great idea to add variety – hee hee!!
My grandchildren love spaghetti in any shape. It would be fun on april fool’s Day to make them spaghetti ice cream for dinner.
Yum, sounds great. I already have a freezer that is devoted entirely to Turkey Hill Ice Cream!!
I love Hostess snowballs so the ice cream variety would fall into the same delicious category.
What a great idea those snowballs. That could involve the whole family Christmas Eve and everyone could make their own snowball for dessert on Christmas. Make as per the recipe and then perhaps for those that like chocolate drizzle with melted chocolate bars and it could even taste like a mounds bar. The spaghetti ice cream maker is a neat invention and again everyone could use it to create their ice cream meals! Love to have one!!!!!!
Great idea!!!!
I have a spaetzle machine that might do the trick!!
hope I win!!
Wow, neat!
Sounds awesome !!!
Those ice cream balls look like they would be good, especially for Holidays.
We’re #2 when it comes to eating ice cream!!How can that be when we have Turkey Hiil ice cream?
What a lovely dessert for the holidays!
Too bad for those who don’t like coconut. That means there’s more for us coconut lovers.
I remember eating those when I was a kid.
I like the dirty ice cream comment. How about crushing up chocolate cookies (like oreos) and rolling the snow balls in them. Yum!
Great product and information on how to make interesting presentations….
Ice Cream is always on the menu here.
We even started an ice cream club in the office. (ICC) We have lots of fun with it & take turns buying ice cream for the office.
Thanks for a great product & I love the recipe for the snowballs. I too remember having them on Christmas Eve.
Wow I can’t wait to make these for my kids.
This recipe looks incredible! It reminds me of a dessert my father often talks about having as a child growing up in Scotland. I can’t wait to tell him about this…
Spaghetti Ice Cream is awesome!
Your ice cream is the best and the yogurt too. How about rolling those ice cream balls in chocolate sauce and chopped nuts?? YUMM
If you’re making the icecream snowballs you can use green gum drops for the holly. Flatten them out with a rolling pin and trim to a holly shape. Use cinnamon candies for the berries.
They would not have time to melt before they are eaten.
as much as they look like a cute idea, sorry the idea of coconut coated ice cream just doesn’t appeal to me
first I see there are now 2 Carolines and both of us are not coconut fans. My husband likes the ice cream ball idea but prefers “MUD BALLS” with chocolate ice cream rolled in chocolate sprinkles or bits
Ice Cream snow balls sound great!!!!!!!
What a great idea.
I loved the article about coconut snowballs-I am 85 my oldest is 59 every christmas we had the ice cream balls, our 3 kids loved them. in the 50s- every christmas for years ,then they disappeared. We tried making them several times, they were not the same!!!Thanks for the wonderful memories- Happy Holiday-Leo & Lucy Fredricks-Newark DE.
I USED TO MAKE THESE ICE CREAM SNOWBALLS FOR BABY SHOWERS. I’D TINT THE COCONUT PINK OR BLUE. THEY WERE ALWAYS A BIG HIT. THIS WAS WAY BACK IN THE EARLY 70′S. (I MADE THEM ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL.)
Snow balls look great! Ice cream goes with anything and fits in anywhere!
that sounds really good, I can’t wait to try it.
Maybe this idea could be used in another way to get kids to eat vegetables.
What a great idea for the children during the holidays! (Grownups too!!)
They sound really YUMMY! I would have to coat them in chocolate or caramel……..
Ice cream snow balls sound great, I think I will try them for the kids and the adults on Christmas.Trying flavors other than vanilla would be fun too. can’t wait to try them.
Great Idea…
What about building a Snowman..
More ice cream is better!
I LOVE Coconut, so they sound great!! And the spaghetti ice cream maker sounds like something my grandbabies would love. Thanks for the interesting info!
Looks like they would be fun to make.
Why not add maraschino cherries for the holly berries, and some cut up gummy worms for the holly berry leaves. Something fun for kids to eat.
These snowballs sound delicious.Looks like I’ll be making them for our “special holiday dessert” this year…I can’t wait for the family”s reviews!
I’m thinking that with all that coconut, that will be more for us big kids!!
OMG! Now to be very honest with you. I’ve been doing that for years with ice cream. You can roll then in all kinds of delicious toppings. Ice Cream snowballs, why not? Love them!
Oh my God I have to try this!!! Wouldn’t mind the Ice Cream Maker…
Coconut is my favorite and vanilla ice cream is my favorite ice cream. I am getting a visual on this and my mouth is watering. I loved the nostalgic ad in the article.
This sounds yummy, as I love coconut and vanilla ice cream!
I’ll need to have a football get together to enjoy all these recipes.
My grandmother used to make the same ice cream snowballs and all of us grandchildren loved them! You are bringing back some wonderful memories.
I love the snowball and will try making them. Also like the idea of the mud balls too. Thanks for the ideas.
We just made both snowballs, vanilla got my vote.
I think this has started a new thing in my home. Now they want to try other flavors and with toasted coconut.
We might be onto something good.
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Sounds like fun. We’ll give it a try!
What a cool idea. And Snowmen, too. the kids’ll love them! How about making them with the Coconut Cream Pie IC?!
nice idea will have to try this on my kids to see what they think
that is awesome
Cute idea! Especially in individual sizes…
Hey, I never thought of ice cream snowballs before. Sounds interesting.
I like the Pineapple ice cream idea better than Vanilla. To each his (her) own.
Looks like you better eat these snowballs fast before they melt. I am sure putting a candle in them would certainly cause them to melt faster (i.e. if you light the candle).
The spaghetti ice cream maker is right
up my alleyl but then again, I don’t need any assistance to get me to eat ice cream, my favorite food.
Wow these snowballs are amazing! I just served them as a treat for my friends and they were so easy to make and so delicious. Thanks for the great idea Turkey Hill, you help make the holiday season great!
i love coconut, especially paired with pineapple. add a little crushed pinapple to coconut and roll balls in that. don’t know how it would freese, but sounds good. i and my sisters loved to take a spoon and eat the frozen cream from the top of the milk bottles. it would rise and push the paper cap up, sometimes even off of the bottle. now that flavor in an ice cream would be delicious. its name could be fifties dream cream.
Listen. You dont have to do anything with your Ice Cream to make it good.Ive eaten a lot of Ice Cream in my 60 s0me years and Turke Hill makes the best.
These look very easy to make and lots of fun! My kind of recipe!
I’d roll those snowballs down the hill to a pond of chocolate, & then go diving for snowballs!
What a great idea!
I didn’t remember these until I saw the picture with the holly and candle. It seems somehow though it had cake in it somewhere,? Maybe my mom had her own twist to this one. Thanks for the memory bite. (pun intended)
I wish I could eat Turkey Hill ice cream every day. I have to drive over 30 miles or so to get it! So I really would like to win this contest, then I could dive and make it worth my while to stock my freezer, since it is cold right now here in the south. It would not melt until I got back home.
My favorite flavor is Death by Chocolate. A chocolate lovers dream.
MMMMMMMMMMMM Good!!!!!!!!!!
My first memory of eating ice cream was a MeloRoll. They even had a specially shaped cone to hold it. My Philadelphia friends tell me that they never encountered it even the ones who are as old as I. Was this a New York thing?
Hi,
I saw today’s prize and cannot believe what a great gift that is. I saw ice cream prepared on the cooking network and how they made a meatball from ice cream also. Hope I win!!!!!
Love the Duetto. Creamy but light and oh so Delicious. Tastes like a “diet” ice cream.
How wild! But, shouldn’t we be eating our ice cream manually for the exercise, afterall!!!!
snowballs, spaghetti, lasagna,
this is awesome, I am ready to eat more ice cream now. and the spaghetti ice cream maker is an exercise activity too.
My Grandson’s saw the ice cream balls and now they want me to make them tonight. They said that they will help me. Looks very good.
The ice cream snowballs look like a great idea for Christmas Eve desert. How fun!!!
Maybe these will stop my kids from making snowballs from outside & putting them in the freezer for later! They look yummy!
What no pictures of the pasta-shaped ice cream maker!?! :-/
these look so good- great appliance
Sounds An d looks fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would garnish with the green mint jelly candies. My family is going to try this recipe during vacation week. What a great little family recipe.
I am adicted to turket hill.
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Turkey hill New Year!!!!!
I also remember my mom buying these. In the 60′s the holly was made wih a green soft frosting that would melt in your mouth. Later in the 70′s I remember Formost made them with plastic holly. I was looking for a recipe for the holly frosting snow balls.
I loved seeing the photo you displayed on your site. My family has been serving these as a New Year’s Eve tradition for more than 50 years. My Dad grew up in the Children’s Home of Cincinnati, OH. Each Christmas Eve, the children there would be served this ice cream treat which at the time was made by United Dairy Farmers. They quit making these about 35 years ago (I inquired at their home office.) So, we have continued the tradition on our own. Four generations of our family from eight different states now experience the delight of a little burning candle atop a “snowball!” We promised my father we would continue the tradition. It’s a great way to think of each other and remember him on Christmas Eve.
I found these this year! They are still made by Specialty Desserts.
We are outside of Phila.
My story is about Christmas Eve with my maternal grandparents. My grandfather was an avid fisherman and my Mom’s family always had flounder, shellfish etc. for endless dinners. My mother was so tired of fish that she never prepared it for us. Anyway, at Christmas Eve dinner he always got a martini glass filled w/ice and shrimp and we had the flaming snowballs. At night we burned the bayberry candles for good luck.
My daughter just had one at age 18 and said “the ice cream is good but why do you have to flame it”? I said: “Beats me”.
My family also has had the tradition of making Christmas Snowballs. Our tradition originated in my Mother’s childhood in the 1920′s. Our family would top the snowballs rolled in coconut with a sugar cube that had lemon extract sprinkled onto it. After serving the snowballs we light the cubes. I do like your tiny red candles and holly and will use that presentation too.
In Rhode Island, in the 70′s, we would buy these at Newport Creamery. I learned to make them for my children. I always make them now with Turkey Hill French Vanilla ice cream, for that old fashioned rich and creamy taste!
Thank you, for this trip down memory lane … now I will be on a mission to find them or make them! Melon ball size would be way small … these were the size of baseballs, as I remember! <3
when i was young I remembered those , and it was delivered by our milkman , Ilove them and for awhile Baskin robbins use to take orders for them. I make them now for my kids.
For years my family had our own version of snowballs for holiday dessert. I was told the recipe was copied from a dessert at Ben & Mildred’s Chicken House Restaurant in Middleboro, Mass. It’s an easy simply delicious recipe, so I will share. Bake a chocolate cake, let cool, crumble. Scoop vanilla ice cream balls, then roll ice cream ball in the chocolate cake crumbs, making sure to press the cake into the ice cream, so it won’t fall off. Place cake covered ice cream balls in individual dishes. Pour Hersey’s chocolate syrup over then cake encrusted ice cream balls, top with whipped cream, (my family always used homemade, though when I grew up, I made them with canned whipped cream) and then splash on top of whipped cream with a bit more chocolate syrup. I swear that last splash of syrup is very necessary, don’t know why but it enhances the flavor. This dessert is out of this world delicious! Anyone who tries it, I say Ejoy!
I meant to write ENJOY!