Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer Has anyone here ever tried to duplicate the recipe for Fantasia Ice Cream? I know that it's Burgundy Cherry, Pistachio and Banana ice creams blended with bits of candied pineapple in it. What I don't know are the proportions and the best way to blend it. If you mix it too much would lose the uniqueness of the individual flavors. I was thinking of a marble slab and paddles the way that Cold Stone does it. Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks!
Originally Posted By ABBY MMMMMM, I am not much of an ice cream maker. My previous attempts at making simple ice cream have not turned out very well. So I can't imagine something as complex as Fantasia ice cream. BUT I think your cold stone idea sounds good.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer I was sort of hoping to be able to buy each of the 3 flavors from a major ice cream manufacturer. Unfortunetely, Dreyers bought out Carnation a few years back and does not have even one of the flavors on their current list of available ice creams. Baskin Robbins and Breyers didn't either. Cold Stone Creamery has both Banana and Pistachio and also a Black Cherry. (close enough?) I might have to make a trip to Cold Stone, have them whip me up a batch of pseudo Fantasia and see how close we get. The things I won't do for science ; )
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I can make Chernabog ice cream... it's premium dark chocolate, with Oreo bits and a strawberry swirl in it, mixed in with the souls of the dead, sprinkles of hellfire and brimstone, and whipped cream and cherries on top.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer Lets be fair, if we get rid of the souls of the dead and sprinkles of hellfire and brimstone, it sounds pretty good.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs You're darn tootin' it is... and each serving of Chernabog ice cream comes with a $14 voucher, good for one free popcorn or one free turkey leg or one free novelty ice cream treat or one free Churro! Get *two* servings of ice cream and you'll get a $25 voucher, good for one free hamburger or one free basket of chicken strips.
Originally Posted By LuLu Wow, people actually like that stuff ?!?! I tried it once and thought it was disgusting. Even DrFL (a serious sugarholic) wouldn't eat it!
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer LuLu, you'd be amazed at how many of us absolutely loved Fantasia. It's hard to believe it's only been gone a couple of years. It seems like forever to me. I'm just hoping that I can find a recipe or expirement enough until to get reasonably close. The great thing about ice cream is that even a failure or near miss could still be fun.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<LuLu: Even DrFL (a serious sugarholic) wouldn't eat it!>> I guess you could say that she didn't, ahem, follow her nose to it.
Originally Posted By LuLu Why did they take it away? I didn't even know it was gone... nor did I have any idea what they flavors in it were. Who ever came up with such a thing?!? I do wish you good luck in your quest!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 LuLu, I think the reason Fantasia is no longer in existance had something to do with Carnation no longer being the sponsor for DLR. I know the ice cream in the parks is now Dreyers. As to who came up with that combination, now that's a good question I can't imagine who or why. I always got a scoop of Fantasia ice cream, just because it was the only place you could get it. No one else in our family would touch the stuff. I'm also the only one who likes Spumoni
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Given that I only like fresh cherrys (or cherry that is so totally fake it no longer resembles cherry, think Life-Savers), bananas are icky and I hate candied fruit... I'm gonna side with LuLu and Dr Fruitloop. No Fantasia ice cream for me, blech. I recently read something here on LP about the origins of Fantasia ice cream. I think there was a contest waaay back in the day to name the stuff.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<You're darn tootin' it is... and each serving of Chernabog ice cream comes with a $14 voucher, good for one free popcorn or one free turkey leg or one free novelty ice cream treat or one free Churro! Get *two* servings of ice cream and you'll get a $25 voucher, good for one free hamburger or one free basket of chicken strips>> Yeah, but if the popcorn, ice cream and churros are radioactive, and the turkey leg, hamburger and chicken strips come from two-headed critters... Nevermind... I was thinking "Chernobyl." Heh heh heh... ;-)
