This air fryer ice cream is so good you won't believe that it wasn't fried in oil! (But, just in case, we also included the oil fried ice cream dessert steps under NOTES.)
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time2 minutesmins
Additional Time5 hourshrs
Total Time5 hourshrs17 minutesmins
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 8
Calories: 226kcal
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Ingredients
1quartvanilla ice cream
1/2cupall purpose flour
3cupscorn flakes cerealcrushed
1teaspoonground cinnamon
3egg whites
Spray whipped creamoptional, for topping
Chocolate syrupoptional, for topping
Maraschino cherriesoptional, for topping
Instructions
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out 8 medium size round vanilla ice cream scoops into a muffin pan.
Immediately place in freezer and freeze for at least 1 hour or until ice cream is frozen hard into balls.
Place flour in small mixing bowl.
After 1 hour, remove ice cream balls from freezer. Working quickly, one at a time, roll the balls in flour and quickly shape them into ball shapes. (Don't hold the ice cream too long or they will melt.) Place back into muffin pan.
Repeat until ice cream balls are covered with flour and shaped.
Place back into freezer for at least 1 hour or until frozen hard.
ONCE ICE CREAM BALLS ARE FROZEN
Place cornflakes in a resealable bag and crush. (We use a wooden mallet we have for crab legs.)
Pour crushed corn flake into medium size bowl. Add cinnamon and stir. Set aside.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk egg whites until foamy. Set aside.
Remove frozen ice cream balls from freezer. Working quickly, dip in egg whites and then into the cornflake-cinnamon mixture. Roll ice cream in mixture until completely covered. Place back into muffin tin.
Repeat until all the ice cream is covered in cornflake cereal.
Place back in the freezer and freeze for at least 3 hours (or overnight) until ice cream balls are frozen hard.
When you remove the ice cream, if they need more coating, repeat steps 4-6 above and then freeze for 1 more hour.
ONCE ICE CREAM BALLS ARE FROZEN AGAIN
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.
Remove ice cream ONE AT A TIME from freezer and place in air fryer and "fry" for 2-3 minutes. (No longer!)
Remove with spoon or tongs and immediately place in serving dish. Drizzle with chocolate sauce. Spray with whipped cream and top with cherry. (optional)
Repeat with each ice cream ball and serve immediately.
Notes
TIPS:
We found that name brand ice cream freezes harder.
You can use other coatings. We've also used 1/2 cornflakes and 1/2 cinnamon toast crunch cereal.
You can also make these ahead of time and keep them in the freezer in a freezer bag before frying.
FOR DEEP FRYING INSTEAD OF AIR FRYER:
Heat a pot or deep fryer with oil to 375 degrees F.
Carefully, drop coated ice cream balls into hot oil and fry for 8-10 seconds. Carefully remove with slotted spoon, drain, add toppings (optional) and serve immediately. (Repeat until all ice cream balls are fried.)