This month the Ahlahasa staff decided to try and find the best way to make a copycat blizzard. As we no longer have a Dairy Queen in town and the popular ice cream shop, Eat’n Ice Cream, is closed for the winter. Which leaves one of the only ice cream choices in town, the simple vanilla cone at McDonald’s.
The TikTok trend of homemade Blizzards could solve the ice cream problem. The trend is to freeze your KitchenAid bowl first. Then just like you can do at any ice cream place, add whatever you would like into your Blizzard of choice. The HASA staff decided to add Oreos to ours. We also decided to try the hack at three different price points because a KitchenAid mixer, at a starting price of $250, is not in everyone’s budget. We used a KitchenAid mixer, a $15 hand mixer, and a wooden spoon with good old elbow grease for free.
The original way of making the Blizzards was with a KitchenAid mixer. The staff agrees that this way was definitely the easiest way. All we had to do was put the ice cream in, and after about a minute, when the ice cream was the right texture, put the Oreos in. After this, the ice cream was done. Although, KitchenAid mixers are expensive, the benefit is time and energy.
The second way the staff tested was with a hand mixer. Even though this way may be cheaper than the KitchenAid, we suggest not using this method. It was dangerous. When mixing the Oreos with the ice cream, the hand mixer started smoking. It did not make the task that much easier either. Although the hand mixer used was only $15, it was not worth it.
The final way we tried making the Blizzards was by hand, using only wooden spoons. This way took the most work, but was arguably the best way. The ice cream melted a bit more than the other versions, as it took a bit longer to mix everything together. However, nothing started smoking and it was not expensive. But it did take three people to accomplish the goal. Two to hold the bowl and one to mix it.
In the end, they tasted almost the exact same. The only difference we saw was the amount of work getting to the end result. We suggest using a KitchenAid if it is available to you. However, if you do not own one of these, just using some spoons to crush and mix everything together works just as well, plus its bonuses as a little workout.