This smore ice cream recipe is done in steps. While the air fryer ice cream only takes a couple of minutes to cook, you will have to freeze the ice cream in between steps. Be sure to read the entire recipe before starting!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time2 minutesmins
Additional Time3 hourshrs
Total Time3 hourshrs22 minutesmins
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 487kcal
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Ingredients
8mini scoops vanilla ice cream
2egg whiteswhisked
1/4cupwhite flour
4sheets Honey graham crackerscrushed, reserve 1 Tablespoon for topping
1/4cupplain corn flakes cerealcrushed
1/2cupmini marshmallowsindividually toasted, reserve 8 on individual toothpicks for garnish (for topping)
Chocolate syrupfor topping
Marshmallow creamfluff (for topping)
Mini chocolate chipsfor topping
8graham cracker squaresfor serving
Instructions
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out 8 small size round vanilla ice cream scoops. Place each scoop into a mini muffin pan.
Immediately place into freezer and freeze until ice cream scoops are hard, around 1 hour.
Place flour in small mixing bowl. Roll ice cream in flour to get a light coating. Quickly shape into a ball (if needed) and shake off any excess. Place ice cream balls in mini muffin tin again and freeze until solid. Around 1 hour.
FOR THE COATING
Place graham cracker sheets in resealable bag and crush until the crackers are a fine consistency. Remove 1 Tablespoon of crushed graham crackers and place in another sealable bag for toppings. Add corn flake cereal and continue to crush until graham crackers and cereal are finely crushed.
Whisk egg whites in a bowl until foamy. Place crushed graham cracker/cornflakes in another bowl.
Remove frozen ice cream balls from freezer. Working quickly, dip in egg whites and then into the graham cracker/cereal mixture. Roll ice cream in mixture until completely covered. Place back into muffin tin. Repeat until all ice cream balls are coated and placed back in muffin tin. Place back in freezer and freeze until coated ice cream is frozen hard, around 3 hours to overnight.
TO TOAST MARSHMALLOWS FOR TOPPING
When ready to serve ice cream and BEFORE frying ice cream, toast mini marshmallows (ADULTS ONLY, clearly). For garnish, place 8 mini marshmallows on toothpicks and roast with a kitchen torch or match to desired doneness. (Think about how you like your marshmallows roasted over the campfire.) Set the 8 roasted marshmallows on toothpicks aside for garnish.
Continue individually roasting the mini marshmallows for topping. Set aside.
TO FRY ICE CREAM & SERVE
Fold a piece of aluminum foil to fit the bottom of your air fryer. Fold up the edges of the foil all way around to form a lip/ make a tray. Place in bottom of air fryer.
Preheat air fryer for 2 minutes at 400 degrees.
Prepare ice cream dishes by placing a square of graham cracker in the bottom of each dish.
Remove ice cream balls ONE AT A TIME (or however many will fit in your air fryer at one time) from freezer and place in air fryer. "Fry" for 2-3 minutes. (No longer!)
Remove ice cream balls with spoon or tongs and immediately place in serving dish on top of graham cracker square. Drizzle with chocolate sauce and top with marshmallow cream, crushed graham crackers, mini chocolate chips and mini toasted marshmallows.
Repeat with each ice cream ball. Add one of the toasted marshmallows on a toothpick to each dish for garnish. Serve immediately.
TIP: If you want a little extra roasted taste like when you make s'mores on the fire, also roast the tops of your fried ice balls with the kitchen torch for a few seconds. We did this with my daughter's serving and she really like it!
Notes
FOR THIS RECIPE YOU'LL ALSO NEED:
Air fryer
Mini muffin tin
Aluminum foil
Toothpicks
Matches or kitchen torch
TIPS:
We found that name brand ice cream freezes harder.
If you have a hard time removing your frozen ice cream balls from the muffin tin, just use a spoon to scoop them out and quickly reshape the ice cream back into a ball.
You can also make these ahead of time and keep them in the freezer in a freezer bag before air frying. Then, just air fry what you need whenever you want smores icecream!