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Scarecrow Ice Cream Cones

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 50 min
  • Servings 12
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Looking for a scarecrow shaped dessert for Halloween? Enjoy this recipe made using Honey Nut Chex® cereal, ice cream and decorated with Betty Crocker® white decorator icing and candies.
Updated Sep 24, 2015
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 quarts (6 cups) vanilla ice cream
  • 4 cups Honey Nut Chex™ cereal
  • 1 tube (4.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ white decorator icing
  • 12 pieces candy corn
  • 24 brown, green and blue candy-coated chocolate candies
  • 1 cup thin pretzel sticks (2 1/4 inch), broken in half
  • 12 sugar-style ice cream cones

Steps

  • 1
    Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Using ice cream scoop or 1/2-cup measuring cup, scoop 12 mounds of ice cream onto cookie sheet. Quickly shape into balls. Freeze 30 minutes or until firm.
  • 2
    Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and coarsely crush with rolling pin or flat side of meat mallet. Remove ice cream balls from freezer; roll in crushed cereal until well coated. Return to cookie sheet. Freeze 1 hour or until firm.
  • 3
    Just before serving and using icing to secure candies, decorate each ice cream ball with 1 piece candy corn for nose, 2 chocolate candies for eyes and 8 to 10 pretzel pieces for hair. Top each ice cream ball with ice cream cone hat.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    These ice cream cones can be made with any combination of ice cream and cereal. To make a grown-up version, use coffee-flavored ice cream and cover in chopped chocolate-covered coffee beans.

Nutrition

312 Calories, 12g Total Fat, 5g Protein, 46g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
312
Total Fat
12g
0%
Saturated Fat
6g
0%
Sodium
205mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
46g
0%
Dietary Fiber
1/2g
0%
Protein
5g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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