These Edible Ice Cream Bowls are a fun and delicious way to serve your favorite frozen treats. Made with buttery, chewy Rice Krispies treats, these edible dessert bowls are filled with creamy ice cream, drizzled with chocolate syrup, topped with whipped cream, and finished with colorful sprinkles for an unforgettable dessert everyone will love.
Easy Edible Ice Cream Bowls Recipe Essentials
- 🍽️ Course: Dessert, Frozen Dessert
- ⏱️ Cooking Time: 20 minutes (plus freezing time)
- 🍴 Servings: 6 edible ice cream bowls
- 🧄 Flavor Profile: Sweet, creamy, chocolatey, buttery, chewy, and crunchy.
- 🍨 Best Served With: Ice cream, brownies, cookies, coffee, milk, fresh fruit, or your favorite frozen desserts.
- 🧊 Make Ahead?: Yes! Make the edible dessert bowls ahead of time and keep them frozen until you're ready to fill and decorate.
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One of my favorite things about these edible ice cream bowls is that everyone can customize their own dessert. Fill each bowl with your favorite ice cream, then finish it with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, sprinkles, candy, fruit, or any toppings you love to create the ultimate homemade sundae.
If you love easy frozen desserts, you'll also enjoy my butter pecan ice cream sandwiches and cookie ice cream sandwich recipe. These edible dessert bowls are perfect for birthdays, summer parties, holidays, family movie nights, and any occasion that calls for a fun, unforgettable treat.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Fun edible dessert bowls: Chewy Rice Krispies bowls filled with creamy ice cream and your favorite toppings make every serving extra special.
- Easy to customize: Create your own edible ice cream bowls with different ice cream flavors, sauces, candies, fresh fruit, and sprinkles.
- Perfect make-ahead dessert: Prepare the edible dessert bowls in advance, then fill and decorate just before serving for parties, birthdays, and holidays.
Ingredients
You only need a handful of simple ingredients to make these fun edible ice cream bowls.
- Edible bowls: Butter, mini marshmallows, and Rice Krispies cereal combine to create sturdy, chewy edible dessert bowls that hold ice cream beautifully.
- Ice cream: Vanilla, chocolate, cookies and cream, strawberry, mint chocolate chip, cookie dough, birthday cake, and countless other flavors all work wonderfully.
- Toppings: Chocolate syrup, whipped topping, and rainbow sprinkles create a classic ice cream sundae, while your favorite candies, cookies, nuts, or fresh fruit make each bowl unique.
Find the complete ingredient list, exact measurements, and easy step-by-step instructions in the printable recipe card below.
Variations
- Choose your ice cream: Vanilla, chocolate crunch ice cream, cookies and cream, strawberry, mint chocolate chip, Reese's peanut butter cup ice cream, cookie dough, monster cookie ice cream, birthday cake, coffee, butter pecan, rocky road, or your favorite flavor all make delicious edible ice cream bowls.
- Mix up the toppings: Finish your edible dessert bowls with chocolate syrup, caramel sauce, hot fudge, peanut butter sauce, strawberry sauce, marshmallow topping, or white chocolate for endless flavor combinations.
- Add candy and cookies: Top with crushed Oreos, mini M&M's, Reese's Pieces, chopped peanut butter cups, Heath bits, Butterfinger pieces, mini marshmallows, crushed waffle cones, chopped nuts, or pretzels for extra crunch.
- Fresh fruit favorites: Add sliced strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, bananas, cherries, peaches, or pineapple for a refreshing twist that balances the sweetness.
- Make them festive: Decorate with holiday sprinkles, colored sugars, candy eyeballs, crushed candy canes, pastel candies, patriotic sprinkles, or themed chocolates for birthdays and every holiday celebration.
How to Make Easy Edible Ice Cream Bowls
These Edible Ice Cream Bowls come together in just 4 easy steps.
Step 1: Make the Edible Dessert Bowls. Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the mini marshmallows and stir continuously until completely melted and smooth. Remove the skillet from the heat and gently fold in the Rice Krispies cereal until evenly coated.
Step 2: Shape the Bowls. Lightly grease a 6-cup muffin pan with butter or cooking spray. Divide the mixture evenly among the muffin cups and use the back of a greased tablespoon or round spoon to firmly press it into the bottom and up the sides, creating edible bowls. Freeze for 1 hour, then carefully loosen the edges with a butter knife and remove the bowls from the pan.
Step 3: Fill with Ice Cream. Let the ice cream soften at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes until it's easy to scoop. Fill each edible bowl with a generous scoop of ice cream and gently smooth the tops if needed. Return the bowls to the freezer until the ice cream is firm.
Step 4: Decorate and Serve. Drizzle each frozen edible ice cream bowl with chocolate syrup, then top with whipped topping and rainbow sprinkles. Freeze for 30 to 60 minutes, or until the toppings are set and the ice cream is firm. Let the bowls sit at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes before serving, then enjoy!
Recipe Tips
- Shape sturdy bowls: Press the Rice Krispies mixture firmly into the muffin cups using the back of a lightly greased spoon or measuring cup to create strong edible dessert bowls that hold their shape.
- Freeze between layers: Freeze the bowls before adding the ice cream, then freeze the filled bowls again before decorating so the ice cream stays firm and the toppings don't slide off.
- Work with softened ice cream: Let the ice cream sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before scooping so it's easy to spread without cracking the Rice Krispies bowls.
- Decorate like a sundae: Finish with chocolate syrup, whipped topping, sprinkles, and your favorite candies, cookies, nuts, or fresh fruit for a fun, customizable dessert.
- Serve at the perfect texture: Let the edible ice cream bowls sit at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes before serving so the ice cream softens slightly while the Rice Krispies bowl stays chewy.
- Store for later: Freeze the unfilled bowls for up to 3 months.
- Customize every bowl: Fill with your favorite ice cream and toppings just before serving.
If you love recipes like this, you may also enjoy our funfetti ice cream cake and easy ice cream sandwich cake.
Storage Directions
These Edible Ice Cream Bowls are perfect for making ahead because the Rice Krispies bowls freeze beautifully until you're ready to fill and serve.
Refrigerator: Refrigerating isn't recommended because the ice cream will melt and the Rice Krispies bowls will soften and lose their chewy texture.
Freezer: Store the unfilled Rice Krispies bowls in an airtight freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. If the bowls are already filled with ice cream, store them tightly covered for up to 1 week for the best texture. Let the bowls stand at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes before serving for the best texture.
Make Ahead: Prepare the edible dessert bowls well in advance and freeze them. Fill with ice cream and decorate with chocolate syrup, whipped topping, and sprinkles just before serving for the freshest presentation.
Serving Suggestions
- Add fresh fruit: Serve with baked strawberries, raspberries, chocolate covered blueberries, air fryer bananas for a refreshing addition to the sweet, creamy dessert.
- Create the ultimate sundae: Fill each edible ice cream bowl with your favorite ice cream and finish with chocolate syrup, caramel sauce, whipped topping, sprinkles, chopped nuts, or cherries.
- Build a topping bar: Set out crushed Oreos, mini M&M's, Reese's Pieces, chopped peanut butter cups, cookie crumbles, butter toffee peanuts, Butterfinger pieces, mini marshmallows, crushed waffle cones, chopped nuts, butter toffee pretzels, muddy buddy pretzels so everyone can build their own perfect edible dessert bowl.
- Perfect for celebrations: These edible dessert bowls are ideal for birthdays, summer barbecues, holidays, school parties, family movie nights, and special occasions. Change the sprinkles to match the season or celebration.
- Pair with favorite treats: Serve alongside brownies and blondies, chocolate chip cookies, strawberry chocolate cupcakes, Rice Krispies Treats, or white chocolate covered strawberries, for birthdays and parties.
Edible Ice Cream Bowls Recipe FAQs
Press the Rice Krispies mixture firmly into the muffin cups and freeze until completely firm before removing them. A tightly packed bowl will hold together much better once filled.
Definitely! Kids can help press the cereal mixture into the muffin cups, choose their favorite ice cream, and decorate the bowls with syrup, sprinkles, candy, and fruit. Adult supervision is recommended when melting the marshmallows.
Let the filled bowls sit at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes before serving so the ice cream softens slightly while the Rice Krispies bowls stay chewy and easy to eat.
Yes! Try Cocoa Krispies, Fruity Pebbles, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or even Lucky Charms for a fun twist. Keep the butter and marshmallow amounts the same for the best results.
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Edible Ice Cream Bowls
Equipment
Ingredients
Edible Ice Cream Bowls
- ¼ cup salted butter
- 5 cups mini marshmallows
- 3 ½ cups Rice Krispies cereal
Filling
- 4 cups favorite ice cream
- 1 cup chocolate syrup
- whipped topping
- 3 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the mini marshmallows and stir continuously until completely melted and smooth. Remove the skillet from the heat and gently fold in the Rice Krispies cereal until evenly coated.
- Lightly grease a 6-cup muffin pan with butter or cooking spray. Divide the Rice Krispies mixture evenly among the muffin cups. Using the back of a greased tablespoon or a round spoon, firmly press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of each cup to create a well for the ice cream. Freeze for 1 hour, or until firm. Carefully remove the cups from the muffin pan, loosening the edges with a butter knife if necessary.
- Allow the ice cream to soften slightly for 5 to 10 minutes. Scoop the ice cream into each Rice Krispies cup and gently smooth the tops if needed. Return the cups to the freezer until the ice cream is firm.
- Drizzle the chocolate syrup evenly over each frozen ice cream cup. For a neater presentation, you can use a spoon or transfer the syrup to a piping bag or squeeze bottle.
- Top each cup with whipped topping and finish with rainbow sprinkles. Add extra chocolate syrup if desired for an extra-special dessert.
- Freeze the decorated cups for 30 to 60 minutes, or until the toppings are set and the ice cream is firm. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
- Shape sturdy bowls: Press the Rice Krispies mixture firmly into the muffin cups using the back of a lightly greased spoon or measuring cup to create strong edible dessert bowls that hold their shape.
- Freeze between layers: Freeze the bowls before adding the ice cream, then freeze the filled bowls again before decorating so the ice cream stays firm and the toppings don't slide off.
- Work with softened ice cream: Let the ice cream sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before scooping so it's easy to spread without cracking the Rice Krispies bowls.
- Decorate like a sundae: Finish with chocolate syrup, whipped topping, sprinkles, and your favorite candies, cookies, nuts, or fresh fruit for a fun, customizable dessert.
- Serve at the perfect texture: Let the edible ice cream bowls sit at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes before serving so the ice cream softens slightly while the Rice Krispies bowl stays chewy.
- Store for later: Freeze the unfilled bowls for up to 3 months.
- Customize every bowl: Fill with your favorite ice cream and toppings just before serving.
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