Making Ice Blocks At Home

These home made ice blocks are perfect for hot summer days especially when enjoyed outside by the pool or in between slips on the slip n slide.

Making ice blocks at home.

Luckily making large blocks of ice at home is not hard. Make them with water yoghurt or coconut milk depending on your taste. Kiwi and pineapple ice blocks from the slow roasted italian. All it requires is a freezer a few basic supplies and some patience.

Coconut raspberry ice blocks from chelsea s messy apron. Fresh fruit ice blocks from the nerd s wife. Place a container the size of the block of ice you want to create in the freezer so that the bottom of the container rests on a flat solid surface. An ice block will not melt as quickly as ice cubes because of its density.

And making your own has two advantages. But this simple 4 ingredient recipe changes all that. You can buy blocks of ice of course but when that isn t practical making blocks of ice in your home freezer is a workable solution. Freezing an ice block for ice blocking.

Commercial ice blocks tend to be packed with sugar and many that claim to be fruit flavoured contain only 5 20 actual fruit. You can purchase block ice at businesses such as grocery or convenience stores or a fishing supply shop but it is much more cost effective to make your own ice blocks at home. If you use a cooler for food storage block ice will last far longer than ice cubes. Luckily it is of a shape that allows for easy removal of the ice block.

This igloo cooler is a totally workable vessel for making clear ice blocks in my home freezer. Method 1 of 2. Summer apricot yoghurt ice blocks from strudel and cream. It costs less and you can make the size blocks that work best for you.

We ve got three delicious options right here piña colada icies tropical fruity icies and strawberry and yogurt icies. Sometimes too it can be hard to find block ice and so you have to make your own that s our problem.