Bacon Corn Dog Ice Cream Is the Greatest
Ice cream made with bacon fat and mixed with chopped bacon sounds pretty awesome, but you know how it could be even better? By adding mini corn dogs!
Bacon corn dog ice cream is the brainchild of James Boo of The Eaten Path. With the help of two friends, this flavor—"the greatest ice cream I have ever tasted," according to James—became a reality. After reading his description, I'd have to agree with him:
... [W]hile the taste of bacon emerged as a subtle undercurrent, the richness of the mixture was downright devilry. Sensations of maple, meat, and brown sugar streamed from the spoon in deceptively smooth ribbons of flavor, each more consummate than the last. The fresh bacon bits completed the picture perfectly, providing a savory punch and a scatter shot of focus for the bacon fat in the ice cream.
And that's just the bacon. He compares the texture of the homemade corn dogs to the fried shell of tempura ice cream. That's a good thing.
One of James's friends got sick from eating the ice cream, but it sounds like it's worth the pain. If only I could eat it to find out.
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Discussion Questions:
When is it just too much?
Is there such a thing as jumping the bacon shark?
Kerosena at 11:51AM on 10/16/08
Bacon AND mini-corndogs? My arteries hardened just reading that. Ice cream is the new bacon frontier.
Kerosena, if someone made an entire shark out of bacon, the internet would make an altar for it.
ChrisRachael at 1:04PM on 10/16/08
that is gross
ryan86 at 2:03PM on 10/16/08
OMG - where do I get some? That sounds absolutely decadent!
annaraven at 2:20PM on 10/16/08
*puke*
I think ice cream might be ruined for me... forever.
spartana07 at 6:13PM on 10/16/08
i am one of said friends. to be fair, i didn't get sick - i just felt sick. although, i don't have a huge desire to eat any more of it :)
megancake at 10:03PM on 10/16/08
I LOVE corn dogs and I LOVE ice cream, but together? I guess I'd try it, but this makes me think that the ingenuity/creativity curve where bacon and ice cream flavors are concerned seem to be on the decline. Thank goodness.
OneWallKitchen at 11:42AM on 10/17/08