Why We Love This Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones Recipe
I can’t drive by a Dairy Queen or Tasty Freeze without having a deep guttural urge for chocolate dipped cones. Nor can I walk through the freezer aisle at the grocery store without stopping to eyeball the ice cream drumsticks. With nostalgic appeal, and a crunchy chocolate shell, ice cream dipped cones are hard to beat! Luckily, homemade Hand Dipped Chocolate Ice Cream Cones are just as fun to make as the are to eat. This easy ice cream cone recipe, with a chocolate coating that hardens quickly, is just the thing to make any summer day super memorable. You only need any ice cream you like, a few pantry staples to whip up a quick chocolate ganache, and your favorite toppings! Oh… And an egg carton! This is the secret trick of a tool that makes ice cream cone dipping at home MUCH easier.
Ingredients You Need
Chocolate chips – your choice of semi-sweet, milk chocolate, or dark chocolate Coconut oil – refined is best for melting Salt – a pinch to balance the sweetness of the ganache Ice cream – choose several of your favorite flavors like vanilla, chocolate, mint, peanut butter, rocky road, whiskey and spiced walnut, pistachio, or lavender dark chocolate chip Waffle cones – any size you like!
And toppings … LOTS of toppings, obviously.
How To Make Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones
Recipe Variations
Dairy-free – Use your favorite nondairy ice cream (AKA “nice cream”) and plant-based chocolate chips to make the ganache. Sugar-free – Use all of your preferred sugar-free chocolate chips, ice cream, and cones. Ganache – This basic chocolate chip + coconut oil ganache recipe works well with all kinds of chips… Try white chocolate, peanut butter, or any other flavored meltable chips you like. Cones – Can’t get enough chocolate dip in your life? Use chocolate-dipped WAFFLE CONES, too! You can also easily make this a gluten-free recipe by using your favorite GF-friendly cones.
Best Ice Cream Toppings for Dipped Cones
Sprinkles – AKA jimmies, any shape, and color like the festive sprinkles used here Coconut – raw or toasted Chopped nuts – peanuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, or hazelnuts Cereal – crispy rice, cinnamon crunch, lucky charms Chopped cookies – Oreos or other sandwich creme cookies, graham crackers, Dried fruit – chopped dried cherries, cranberries, apricots, strawberries Small candies – mini m&ms, Reese’s pieces, pop rocks, chocolate chips
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