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Banana Ice Cream Cone Minions

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Ice Cream Cone Minions

Kids will go bananas over these Ice Cream Cone Minions. 
The bright yellow banana ice cream is the perfect color for these fun frozen treats
and can be made without an ice cream machine.
Kids will go bananas over these Ice Cream Cone Minions made with homemade no churn banana ice cream. Recipe at HungryHappenings.com

How cool are these Minion Ice Cream Cones?

I mean, really?

Each little scoop of bright yellow banana flavored ice cream is nestled in a blue cone, is wearing goggles and has wisps of hair sticking out it it’s head.

Kids will go bananas over these Ice Cream Cone Minions made with homemade no churn banana ice cream. Recipe at HungryHappenings.com

 

Not only are they insanely cute, but they taste like Banana Laffy Taffy. Yum!I laughed until my stomach hurt the first time I saw the Minions fighting over a banana, so I just had to use banana ice cream for my Minions.

Of course, I realize some of you would never fight over a banana. So, for those of you with an aversion to bananas, you can make your ice cream any flavor you’d like. Perhaps you’d prefer lemon, mango, or even just plain vanilla. You can even divide up your batch of ice cream and make several different flavors if you have a family who can’t agree on just one.

Just be sure your ice cream is colored yellow unless you want to get crazy and make some purple minions.

Kids will go bananas over these Ice Cream Cone Minions made with homemade no churn banana ice cream. Recipe at HungryHappenings.com

The ice cream will take less than 5 minutes to make, then once it’s in the freezer you can make all the decorations.I’m not going to lie, making these modeling chocolate decorations for the Minion Ice Cream Cones was time consuming. They look so cool this way, but I’ve created an easier alternative too.

 

The decorations on the minion ice cream cone above are made out of vanilla and chocolate taffy rolls. They don’t look quite as realistic, but will sure save some time.I’ll show you how to make both in the tutorial below.

Banana Ice Cream Cone Minions

Ingredients:

No Churn Banana Ice Cream-
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 Dram Lorann-Banana Cream Flavor

yellow food coloring
1 (14 ounce) can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Decorations- 
5 blue ice cream cones (Joy, Color Cone Cups
)
4 ounces white modeling chocolate*
10 black sugar pearls (edible candy beads)
optional, silver luster dust
black food coloring

*Find my modeling chocolate recipe on my Chocolate Making Tips Page.

Alternative Decorations-
5 vanilla taffy rolls
5 chocolate taffy rolls
10 black sugar pearls

Supplies Needed:
set of round plunger cutters
food use only paint brushes
clear piping gel
clay extruder

Instructions:

 

Combine heavy whipping cream with the banana flavoring and a few big drops of yellow food coloring in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on low speed to combine then beat on high speed until the cream is whipped to stiff peaks (when you lift the beater, the peak of whipped cream should hold it’s shape.)

Add the sweetened condensed milk and beat just to combine.Place in a freezer safe container and freeze for at least 3 hours.

 

 

To make the Minion’s goggles, roll out white modeling chocolate so that it’s about 1/2 inch thick. Cut small 1/2 inch diameter circles using a round plunger cutter.
Make a small indentation in the center of each circle and press a black sugar pearl pearl into the indentation creating a pupil.
Roll out some white modeling chocolate to about 1/16 inch thickness. Brush the top with silver luster dust. Cut a small hole using a medium round plunger cutter. Cut a larger hole around the small hole creating a silver ring that will become the opening of the goggles.
Dab a small amount of piping gel on the back of each silver ring and attach to one of the white goggles.
Brush all around the sides of the goggle pieces with silver luster dust.
Knead some black food coloring into the remaining silver modeling chocolate.

 

 

To make the band for the goggles, press black modeling chocolate through clay extruder that is fitted with a small rectangle disc to create long flat strips.
If you don’t have a clay extruder, you can roll out the modeling chocolate and hand cut the strips.
Turn a cupcake pan upside down and wrap black bands around the tops of each upside down well. Overlap the ends of the band and attach using a small amount of piping gel. Cut off any excess.
Attach one or two goggle pieces to each band, Use sponges or rolled up paper towels to hold them in place while they dry for several hours.

 

Fill the blue ice cream cones with banana ice cream. Add one scoop on top and level it off using a spatula or knife. Add a second scoop on top. Use a clean paper towel to blend the two scoops together into one nice oval shaped scoop. Place in the freezer for at least 10 minutes. Repeat making a total of 5 ice cream cones.
Roll out the remaining black modeling chocolate and cut out some small smiles using a plunger cutter or a knife then press some in the clay extruder fitted with a tiny hole disc to create wisps of hair.
Remove one ice cream cone from freezer. Set goggles over ice cream cone. If needed, adjust the strap a little by removing a bit of modeling chocolate and attaching it together again. (I only had to do this once.)
Attach one mouth. Make a small hole in the top of the ice cream and insert a few wisps of hair.

Return to freezer until ready to serve. Repeat decorating all your cones.You can store your decorated Ice Cream Cone Minions in the freezer, just be aware that after about 8 hours, the cones lose their crunch.  I’ve had a few of my Minions in the freezer for a few days and the modeling chocolate goggles are still intact, but the cones are a bit soggy.

 

 

O.K. so that was a lot of work, right? Plus you need several specialized tools. So, here’s an easier option.
Cut a Vanilla Tootsie Roll in half and flatten slightly to create the goggles. Insert a sugar pearl in the center of each.
Roll a Chocolate Tootsie Roll out into a long thin log and use it for the band. Cut off any excess and use it to make a smile and some hair. You may need to warm the candies in the microwave for a few seconds to soften them so they are easier to roll.
Decorate using the same instructions as above. I recommend adding these decorations just before serving. When I froze them, the goggles fell apart.

 

I hope you have fun making these and be sure to let me know how your kids react!

You’ll need these items to make your ice cream cone. They are available on Amazon.com. (commission earned for sales)

 


 

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Comments

  3. Anonymous

    Wow! You are so clever. I love all the various uses you have published for ice cream cups.
    You are very talented.

    Reply

  5. Trish Shamp

    Probably one of the cutest things I have ever seen!!! We will for sure be making these!! How do you keep your ice cream so frozen and perfect looking – ours always gets so melty LOL!!! Beth, you are a genius – thanks for the easier version too. 🙂

    Reply

    • beth

      The trick to keeping my ice cream looking frozen is to have the air conditioner cranked up! We keep it between 68 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the house at all times. Ever since I moved my chocolate making kitchen into my home, it's a necessity. I know that is way too cold for most people, but after so many years of living in a cold house, I'm used to it.

      Reply

  6. Sofia Kennedy

    This is probably one of the most amazing ice creams I have ever seen! You are a genius! My kids will probably love it but looks impossible for doing this in my kitchen. I am not that good there. 🙁

    Reply

    • beth

      These Minions were really fun to make, but I do realize they are not the easiest of ice cream cones to create. I do hope you give some of the easier ones a try!

      Reply

    • beth

      Oh, I remember when my nieces and nephews would visit when they were kids and we'd play around in the kitchen. They are all grown now and I miss hanging out with them. Enjoy your time with the kids!

      Reply

  11. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

    Oh my gosh Beth!! I'm gonna try not to gush..but I LOVE these little minion cones! I would fight for these banana cuties any day. I have yet to come up with a minion craft but I'm sure having fun seeing all the creative ones you and other bloggers keep dreaming up. Awesome. 🙂

    Reply

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