There are countless recipes for snow cream out there and I honestly am pretty surprised that I have the ability to bring you even one! Living in Alabama, snow is not something we normally see (We’re usually lucky if we get a dusting a decade) but we woke up to a full ten inches this morning and folks started asking about snow cream on Facebook so here we go!
My recipe is simple because…well you have probably caught onto the fact that I’m not one to complicate things. Simple is good and why mess with a good thing, right?
Oh, usual disclaimers apply. If you live near a nuclear meltdown zone, you are probably better off eating plain old ice cream. If you raise dogs who have already tromped through your yard this morning, you are probably better off eating plain old ice cream as well. I put my dishpans out last night so I have a big old pile of fresh clean snow to begin with.
Okay, now lets get crackin!
You’ll need: a Dishpan of snow, a can of sweetened condensed milk, two kids.
*Don’t fret over the amount of the snow. Just eyeball it and you’ll be fine.
*If you only have one kid, that will work, too! If you have ten+ kids, you’re gonna need more snow…
Pour sweetened condensed milk over snow.
Stir well.
Really well.
As in, I really stirred it myself and then let Karo pose for this picture…
Like so.
Eat up!
I put the remaining snow cream on the back porch so we can go back for seconds later!
- Dishpan of fresh, clean snow (or shaved ice)
- 1 can Sweetened condensed milk
- 1-10 kids
- Combine snow and sweetened condensed milk.
- Stir well.
- Hand over to kids.
- Discourage snow cream fights because they are sticky to clean up.
Born and raised in Georgia, whenever we were lucky enough to get snow, we made this with milk , sugar and vanilla. Then I made it with my kids and still do if we get snow. For those of you doubting if it’s good, give it a try and I think you’ll be hooked !!
If we are lucky enough here in Huntsville to get snow in the eggnog season,try that together and when we know a snow is comming,and we always do,I set my snow bowl out to catch clean snow and keep a mix of evaporated milk,it holds up to the snow melt,sugar,what seems like alot but won’t be,and vanilla in the fridge and when the mood hits it’s ready.
I just wanted to tell everyone out there to go outside your house in Kansas City where we just got a foot of snow today, and make this for yourself! My 15 year old son is making it–we add a tough of sugar and vanilla, too! 2-21-13
Yum! We make ours with evaporated milk, sugar and vanilla. Yum! We will try this way the next time it snows. 🙂
Oh my! I am 60 and have lived in the Florida since I was 10 so the last time I had snow cream was when I was 9. It’s been many years since I’ve even thought about it. I was born in Delaware and my grandmother used to make this for us. She used canned milk, vanilla and sugar as I recall. It was such a special treat. Thank you Christy for a chance to recall a very happy childhood memory!
Perfect timing!! I was just telling my mother about this recipe!! I will be sure to share it with her!! We just got 18.8 inches of snow yesterday, and 9.3 inches last week!! We can have a neighborhood Snow Cream Party!!! lol Thanks for sharing!!! Have a great day!! 🙂
WOW Judy, I think you have enough snow to have a snow cream party or most of the nation!
Like you, I put a large pan out on the hood of my car and caught a bunch of clean snow. Have always used regular condensed milk, but this time I just happened to have a can of the Dulce de Leche…it was a lot thicker but stirred some in with the condensed milk. Yummy change of pace.
It is snowing tonite. yummy stuff. remember to save a pint of snow from the first snow in Jan, Feb and March (you can add them together) for storing in the fridge to treat mild burns in the kitchen. Something My grandmother taught me.
I had never heard that one Barbara, thanks for sharing!!
We used regular milk and flavored it with green creme de menthe when we were kids (50+ years ago). An ounce of creme de menthe split between 4 kids but we thought we were hot stuff! Still make it occasionally just for fun.
And sugar, forgot we also added sugar. Which is not required if you use sweetened condensed milk.
Snow Cream is fun isn’t it!?