Tips for Building Ice Cream Sundaes

Every time you build a homemade ice cream sundae, your expectations are high. In your head, you picture two perfect scoops heaped with beautiful toppings, a truly picture perfect creation. In reality, your anticipated work of art is a leaning pile of half melted ice cream, and all of your toppings are swimming in ice cream sludge at the bottom of your bowl. If you’re tired of making aesthetically disturbing ice cream sundaes, check out these awesome sundae building tips.

Hard Ice Cream – First of all, never use soft serve ice cream to build your sundae. Soft serve isn’t firm enough to support your toppings and will melt much faster than hard ice cream. Instead, take a carton of hard ice cream out of the freezer and let it sit out for a few minutes before you start scooping. Letting it sit will allow the temperature to rise, making it easier for you to get that perfect scoop. Once you’ve scooped your ice cream, you’ll be ready to add toppings.

Whipped Cream – Before you add any toppings, make sure you apply a generous amount of whipped cream first. The whipped cream will help keep your toppings from slipping to the bottom of your bowl. Real whipped cream works best, but you can also use Ready Whip, Cool Whip, or any other whipped cream you find in your cabinet.

Choosing Your Toppings – As much as your love raspberries, try not to use raspberry sauce over raspberry ice cream. An overload of any one flavor will not enhance your sundae experience. The same goes with chocolate, as chocolate sauce is not best used over chocolate ice cream.  Choose toppings that are going to complement each other, not overwhelm your palette.