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A person holds a clear plastic bag with a Hefty logo, its contents resembling ingredients for how to make ice cream at home, ready to transform into a delightful dessert.
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How to Make Ice Cream in a Bag

How to make ice cream in a bag at home using ziplocs, heavy cream and rock salt is an easy edible activity to do with your kids with a few ingredients. No churn without an ice cream maker.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, homemade, ice cream, no churn, vanilla
Servings: 4
Author: Justine

Equipment

  • 1 freezer bag gallon
  • 1 freezer bag pint size

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Add your ice cream salt into a gallon freezer bag.
  • In a pint size freezer bag fill it with half and half, vanilla, sugar, and any other small toppings.
  • Zip pint size bag making sure there is NO air inside.
  • Fill gallon freezer bag half way full with ice, add your ice cream salt, and put this filled pint size bag in the middle of all that ice and salt.
  • Remove air from the gallon bag and zip closed well.
  • Cover the gallon bag with a towel, grab, and shake for 5-10 minutes.
  • Check your ice cream and keep shaking until it is a thick consistency you want.

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Nutrition

Serving: 4oz | Calories: 444kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 56687mg | Potassium: 314mg | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 855IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 289mg | Iron: 0.5mg