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Backyard Ice Cream Bar with Wet-Nap

By Rachael | Updated on November 15, 2018

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backyard shake and make ice cream

One of my kid’s favorite things to do is go out for ice cream or frozen yogurt.  They love the places where you serve yourself, top it yourself, and pay by the ounce. I kind of hate those places because they always get gross combos, and waste half of their ice cream, so I feel like I just wasted $25 on ice cream we threw away. But they love it, so we go.

But why spend $25 on ice cream when the best ice cream can be made at home?

shake and make ice cream

We love all ice cream: Raspberry Nutella Swirl, S’mores, and more. But backyard ice cream is my kid’s favorite. It is fun to make, easy to customize, and the kids get really into it. (No machine required.) Plus it tastes great, cold, sweet, and creamy, the way ice cream should.

It is Eazy Peazy! All you need is: 1 quart sized freezer bag, and one gallon sized per person, ice, salt, cream, vanilla, and sugar

Ice cream ingredients

And toppings. How can I forget the toppings?

ice cream bar with Wet-Nap

We had a big flood in our house, and have been living in close quarters as we repair the damage in the basement, so we have had some short tempers and not so fun moments. Our family needed some fun.

So I set up an ice cream bar, complete with all the favorite toppings.  I went to Wal-Mart, because with Wal-Mart’s everyday low prices it was much more affordable than an ice cream shop, and just as fun. I picked up cones, sprinkles, candies, and of course something to help clean up all the drips down chins and tummies.

Wet Nap

I used a simple recipe to make the ice cream mixture and put it in individual portions in quart bags. Then got bigger bags (gallon) and filled them half way with ice, and added a generous scoop of rock salt. The salt helps bring the temperature down faster, helping the ice cream mixture to freeze after only a few minutes of shaking. Table salt works too. Then I put the bag with the ice cream mix in the bag of ice and salt.

Backyard Ice Cream Bar with Wet-Nap

This is the easiest way to make homemade ice cream and is a great family activity.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Homemade, Ice Cream Bar
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • Ice Half a gallon sized bag
  • 6-8 Tbs Rock salt

Ice Cream

  • 1/2 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 Tbs Sugar

Instructions

  • Put ice cream ingredients in quart sized bag and seal.
  • Fill gallon sized bag half way with ice, and add about half a cup of rock salt.
  • Place ice cream mix bag into bag with ice and salt, and seal gallon sized bag.
  • Shake until ice cream reaches desired consistency.

Notes

If it is taking a long time to freeze and thicken/harden, add more salt to the ice bag, as you may not have enough.

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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Once filled, I handed the bags to the kids, and let them shake it. We turned on some tunes and had a family dance party, shaking our bags and behinds!

Kids shaking ice cream

When the ice cream gets hard (more like soft serve), we let them head to the toppings bar to top as they saw fit.

bag ice cream

Then we sat down and enjoyed. And as kids do, they enjoyed with wreckless abandon, and got covered. Hair, hands, faces… you name it! So we kept the fun going with a fast and easy clean-up using Wet-Nap Packets/Wipes.

dripping ice cream

I found these handy packets in the napkin aisle at Wal-Mart. They are super convenient, really soft on little faces, and are strong. Plus they have a aloe moisturizer! Big win for me with little ones. And they are totally affordable.

My Wal-Mart had them for under $2, and Wet-Nap offers a coupon for $.55 off any product, which you can find here. (While Supplies Last). So with tax it was only about $1.50 for the box! You should definitely pick some up if you are making Backyard Ice Cream.

Toppings

We had a blast! Backyard Ice Cream is a summer tradition. I think adding the Wet-Nap wipes to the line up will now be part of that tradition as well.

ice cream

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  1. Maria Constanza Oller Martin says

    July 29, 2014 at 5:50 am

    We love to make bag ice cream my nephews are masters doing it but next time i really need some wet naps, the kids end so messy.
    Reply
  2. Nicole at Nicole's Lifestyle Lounge says

    July 29, 2014 at 7:53 am

    This looks fun and easy to do! I could save myself some money with this one.
    Reply
  3. Amy R. says

    July 29, 2014 at 7:57 am

    I love Wet-naps! We never go anywhere without them. My little one is super messy so they always come in handy. Can't wait to try the ice cream recipe with her too. I think she will really have fun with it :)
    Reply
  4. Becka says

    July 29, 2014 at 8:29 am

    Wow what a great idea! I bet my kids would love it! Thanks for the instructions!
    Reply
  5. Natalie (@nataliemadeit) says

    July 29, 2014 at 10:49 am

    Oh man those toppings look amazing, I always like having some wet naps handy with the kids, def have to check these out for the car.
    Reply
  6. jonathanmcmullen says

    July 29, 2014 at 11:17 am

    What a lovely recipe! Will try this one for sure.
    Reply
  7. mumwrites (@vixquips) says

    July 29, 2014 at 11:28 am

    that ice cream looks delicious. but eating ice cream can really be messy sometimes, especially when there are children involved. good thing there is a wet nap to help save the day!
    Reply
  8. ephataya says

    July 29, 2014 at 11:48 am

    I remember the days my mom would make homemade ice cream from snow. Yummm, maybe I should get the kids to give her that look this weekend! haha
    Reply
  9. Rosey says

    July 29, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    Def. a must to have wet naps when you're having ice cream with the kids. :) I like the idea of an ice cream bar.
    Reply
  10. Rayveniael says

    July 29, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Looks like it was a blast. There still a few weeks of summer left to try it.
    Reply
  11. Liz Mays says

    July 29, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    Ice cream on its own is reward enough, but then you throw in goodies like Twix? Your house is where to be!
    Reply
  12. Katherine Rose Coronel- Rivera says

    July 30, 2014 at 12:46 am

    Never heard of ice cream bag before. The wet wipes looks promising. We don't have that kind of wet wipes here. I love all the pieces you added to the ice cream. Cookies, Twix, whoa!~
    Reply
  13. Don Purdum says

    July 30, 2014 at 11:52 am

    Looks like a lot of fun and a delicious experience!!!!
    Reply
  14. Ashley Nicholas says

    August 3, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    What a fun and unique summer activity! I'm sure my cousins would love to do this!
    Reply
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