Ice Cream Bonbons are tasty balls of ice cream dipped into chocolate and refrozen so you can lay back on your couch and enjoy them.
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What are bonbons anyway?
Bonbons are small sweets that are often dipped in chocolate. Typically these delicate treats are not frozen and filled with ice cream. Historically they were small sweets for everyone to enjoy. Modern-day treats like Peanut Butter Balls, are examples of bonbons. Yes, you can make ice cream ones at home.
Bonbons got their fun name from the French language. Bon means good in French, so “bonbons” must mean these treats are “good-good.”
Making Ice Cream Bonbons
With patience, these can be made, but the best thing is you can make the ice cream bonbons into any flavor that your heart desires. My personal favorite is to make the bonbons with Neapolitan ice cream, this way you can make chocolate ice cream balls, vanilla ice cream balls, and strawberries ones too!
So why not enjoy the life of luxury we all envision we can. Make some of these ice cream snacks in the summer, and kick back and enjoy a good nibble or two on one of the best ways to serve ice cream.
Ice Cream Bonbons
Ingredients
- 12 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 1 quart ice cream
- Optional: sprinkles, finely chopped nuts,
Instructions
- Start by placing a cookie sheet in the freezer to chill, once the try is chilled, you can begin to scoop the ice cream. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop out the ice cream balls. Work very quickly, stop and place the scooped balls into the freezer if they begin to melt. Pop the ice cream balls into the freezer for six to eight hours.
- The ice cream must be frozen solid before placing warm chocolate on top, or the chocolate will slide right off. Heat chocolate and shortening over a double boiler, you want to gently heat the chocolate stirring until smooth. Then remove the bowl of chocolate off the double boiler, and allow to cool for 5 to 7 minutes. If the chocolate is too hot, it will melt the ice cream immediately and the ice cream will slide off.
- Working very quickly pick up the ice cream ball with resting on a fork, hold over chocolate, and spoon melted cooled chocolate over the ice cream, let the excess drip off, then quickly put the ball down on the cookie sheet, and work with the next ice cream ball.
- Time is of the essence, work quickly. If you want to add nuts, sprinkles, or any other toppings do so while the chocolate is "wet" an not fully yet. Before eating pop the bonbons back into the freezer for approximately 2 hours before serving.
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Love bonbons? Try these other examples of these much-loved sweets.
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Jen Perrin
Earth balance shortening is vegan and I could do this with coconut bliss! Yum!
Casamanning
Could you use a substitute for shortening for the bonbon recipe?
crystal
could you use that magic shell to put on top?
Stephanie
I don’t see why not!
dena
Hiding this recipe … hubby can eat an entire box of ice cream bonbons in one sitting, and I don’t want him to know they can be made at home! 😉
Midge
I have a secret desire to make some of these, and watch some soaps, but wait they are cancelling all of them! What to do? Even Oprah is going off the air, my fantasy is getting messed up now, but at least I can eat some bonbons!
Podiatrist in Charlevoix
These are like cake balls but better. Perfect to bring to a party. Thanks for the post!
Psychiatrist in Sacramento
I’ve always wondered how to make these, so I don’t empty my bank account buying them all the time. Thanks for sharing!
Krista {Budget Gourmet Mom}
I may need to fulfill every cliche about stay-at-home moms and spend one afternoon on a lazy chair will a bucket of these.