Homemade "Drumstick" Cones

**nuisance26** · 05-22-2007, 02:04 PM

After the shock of seeing the store brand selling for .50 per cone on sale I decided I could make them myself.
-Sugar Cones 12 count, 1.00
-1/4 gallon vanilla ice cream 1.00
-1/8 jar dry roasted peanuts, chopped .25
-Homemade "Magic Shell" sauce:
(1 cup semisweet chocolate chips .50
4 TB butter .25 )
TOTAL: $3.00 for 12 cones/ $.25 each
And it took me less than 10 minutes to make them. Next I want to try "Klondike" bars!

**Katybird** · 05-22-2007, 02:36 PM

That sounds yummy!

**Sara Noel** · 05-22-2007, 03:11 PM

How did you wrap them or did you make enough to eat today?

**Missy** · 05-22-2007, 04:28 PM

hmmmmmmm, those sound real good.

**nuisance26** · 05-22-2007, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Sara Noel

How did you wrap them or did you make enough to eat today?

~I let them freeze good and hard and then I stored them in margerine tubs. I had one today and it was crisp and yummy!~

**Emerald_Mommy** · 05-22-2007, 05:51 PM

How does the homemade Magic Shell work? I love magic shell but it's so expensive!

**YankeeMom** · 05-22-2007, 05:52 PM

That would be good if I couldn't stock up on Price Chopper's BOGO sales (24 for $3.39).

WTG for being creative

**nuisance26** · 05-22-2007, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Emerald_Mommy

How does the homemade Magic Shell work? I love magic shell but it's so expensive!

~I just went to Allrecipes and found this recipe. I melted mine together in the microwave. I kept thinking how extra yummy it would be with Dove Promises instead of chocolate chips!~

**Mamaw** · 05-22-2007, 06:07 PM

How did you do it. Just fill the cones with the ice cream, put chocolate and nuts on top and freeze on a cookie tray? Just wondering...how did you store them....

**nuisance26** · 05-22-2007, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by YankeeMom

That would be good if I couldn't stock up on Price Chopper's BOGO sales (24 for $3.39).

~What a great deal! Of course homemade also has other perks, like you can use any flavor of ice cream you want, even low-fat. You can use specialty nuts or crushed cookies or candy on top. The cone and the magic shell will hold it all together. I guess it never occurred to me to make things like this before because they WERE so cheap. But it's like the homemade flour tortillas I learned to make last year. It's so liberating to make things like this at home. I mean, I can't say I'm saving $100 a year by making my own cones and tortillas but ice cream treats are the pasts version of our modern quick mac and lunchables. I get the feeling that I must have been brainwashed before or something. I mean, did we forget how to make our own ice cream cones?

~

**nuisance26** · 05-22-2007, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Mamaw

How did you do it. Just fill the cones with the ice cream, put chocolate and nuts on top and freeze on a cookie tray? Just wondering...how did you store them....

~I guess I didn't actually give directions, huh? Well, I made the magic shell in the microwave and coated the inside of the sugar cones. I did it fast and imperfect. I have a popsicle mold from the dollar store and I used that to place each cone upright. Then I popped them in the freezer to harden the chocolate. Then I filled with vanilla ice cream and returned to the freezer. I reheated my chocolate and chopped my nuts. Then I drizzled the cones with chocolate and dipped them into the nuts. After they hardened in the freezer(hour) I stored the cones on their sides in an old margerine tub, the biggest kind. :-) ~