These Ice Cream Bon Bons are homemade chocolate covered ice cream bites, just like the pricey ones in the freezer aisle, but better! Customize them with your favorite flavors!
Have you ever bought those chocolate covered ice cream ‘miniatures’? They’re the perfect way to have a little dessert while maintaining the illusion that you haven’t really indulged. They’re ingenious. The problem is they come in teeny tiny boxes, and they are so expensive! But guess what? With homemade chocolate coating you can easily make them yourself. Another score for the DIY team. And I love the built in portion control because, if it’s hot enough out, I can easily lose myself in a carton of mint chip. These two-bite Ice Cream Bon Bons are delicious little problem solvers…they’re going to be my best friends this summer.
I only had vanilla ice cream in the freezer when I decided to make these, but if you like the idea you can go crazy with variations. Coffee ice cream is on my list, maybe with a milk chocolate coating, topped with toasted almonds. I have a few different ‘Magic Shell’ recipes on the blog for you to try, one using NUTELLA, and another with WHITE CHOCOLATE. and still another with VANILLA BEAN. The concept is that you melt chocolate with a little bit of coconut oil, and the coconut oil makes the liquid mixture harden on contact with the cold ice cream It’s a lot of fun, and very easy.
I made these using a small scoop to form the little balls of ice cream. After a quick dip in the chocolate coating they go back in the freezer until you want to devour them. Because they are coated with a chocolate shell they are easy to store and easy to serve. The Coating will keep in a jar at room temperature if you want to make extra.
How could you not love these?
Each one of these little Bon Bons is two-bites of pure ice cream bliss!
Ingredients
- ice cream, any flavor you like
- 8 oz semi sweet chocolate (chips or squares)
- 8 Tbsp coconut oil
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Put a baking sheet in the freezer to get it cold. Then use a small 1 1/2 inch ice cream scoop to scoop out 12 scoops of ice cream and place them on the cold tray. Work quickly and then put the tray back in the freezer.
- To make the chocolate coating, put the chocolate in a smallish, deep bowl or measuring cup. If you are using bar chocolate, cut it up in small pieces first. Add the coconut oil and microwave it for one minute. Stir well. If the chocolate is not completely melted, put it back in the microwave for 15 seconds. Stir again until the chocolate is completely smooth. Set aside to allow it to cool to room temperature.
- Remove the ice cream from the freezer. Dip each scoop into the chocolate using a fork to hold the ice cream, and a spoon to help cover it completely. Tap off any excess and lay the bon bon back on the tray. Immediately add the sprinkles, before the chocolate hardens. Continue with the rest of the scoops. You may have to work in shifts so that the ice cream doesn't melt. You can freeze a another plate and transfer a few scoops at a time to the plate if you like.
- Store the bon bons in the freezer in a plastic or glass food storage container, or in freezer baggies, until ready to eat.
Make these bon bons your own ~
- Use ready made Magic Shell for an every quicker treat!
- Chopped nuts, coconut, or mini chocolate chips can be used instead of sprinkles.
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20 Comments
vanillasugarblog
July 9, 2014 at 3:33 pmOK that’s it, I’m making ice cream bonbons this weekend.
I completely forgot about the new, fabulous magic shell, so I this will be much easier.
Yours came out great!
Claudia
July 7, 2014 at 4:53 pmOh! Easy! Never would have thought. Coconut oil! That must be the secret to the magic shell. Summer goodness!
Tricia @ Saving room for dessert
July 7, 2014 at 8:40 amA lovely idea and so simple. I could hurt myself popping these in my mouth. I’m afraid to start making this magic shell. I won’t be able to stop :)
val
July 7, 2014 at 6:13 amIce Cream Bob Bons – nothing could be better.
Angie@Angie's Recipes
July 7, 2014 at 2:17 amHave to make this too…might be with white chocolate as my husband loves it!
Dawn @ Words Of Deliciousness
July 6, 2014 at 7:30 pmI love this idea so simple, but brilliant. A super yummy treat for the summer months.
Nazima
July 6, 2014 at 4:49 pmwhat a lovely idea – a summer version of a little chocolate truffle but I can imagine all kinds of flavour variants here. Pinning this to try out with my sprinkle-loving little girl!!
Sue
July 6, 2014 at 5:06 pmSo glad you found them, if your daughter is anything like mine, she will flip over these!
Mary
July 6, 2014 at 4:35 pmthey look wonderful – I could do with about 10 of these right now!
Mary
Carol at Wild Goose Tea
July 6, 2014 at 1:25 pmThis is it for making bon bons????? I love them, but you are so right—they are expensive. Gosh I can choose what flavors I want for the ice cream. Oh my life has taken an upward turn. Yes!
Julia @Vikalinka
July 6, 2014 at 1:11 pmMy goodness, these are absolutely brilliant! It wouldn’t even occur to me to make them at home. My kids would go crazy for them!
Amy
July 6, 2014 at 9:24 amThese are so small and beautiful that I feel sure they don’t have any calories!
Jennifer
July 5, 2014 at 5:16 pmThese are so beautiful! i think I want to try to make some using coffee ice-cream.
Sue
July 5, 2014 at 6:00 pmCoffee ice cream bon bons are totally happening here asap Jennifer!
Erin
July 5, 2014 at 3:36 pmOh my these look so good! Perfect for summer and so simple.
Also, thanks for the reminder about magic shell…I love it so much and I keep meaning to try it at home!
Linda
July 5, 2014 at 10:25 amCute and cold bites. My granddaughter will love these!
Susan
July 5, 2014 at 9:56 amPerfect for the grandchildren and adults alike! I been seeing a lot of thing with the Magic Shell coating and look forward to trying it. The possibilities are ending with these! Great idea.
Sue
July 5, 2014 at 12:47 pmThese would be crowd pleasers for sure, Susan!
Monique
July 5, 2014 at 8:55 amI promise I’ll make these too:)