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Drumsticks

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drumstick recipe
COOK TIME
TOTAL TIME
15 min + chill time
SERVINGS
6 cones
drumstick recipe
drumstick recipe

Drumsticks are so simple but a major taste payoff. A crunchy sugar cone, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate. Lots of chocolate!

That hard outer chocolate shell mixed with the cold and creamy vanilla ice cream is a summertime childhood memory I will have forever!

 

I am all about nostalgia when it comes to ice cream and other summer treats. Every year when I celebrate Ice Cream Week here on the blog, I always try to create recipes that bring me (and hopefully my readers!) back to the summers of childhood. Over the years I’ve created everything from chocolate covered cookie ice cream to ice cream bon bons and brownie ice cream cake. YUM.

 

This year, I knew I needed to come up with even more great ice cream flavors and ice cream-related treats. And these Drumsticks are the perfect summer treat.

Ingredients for Drumsticks

This simple recipe requires just four ingredients – most of which you might already have in the house!

Sugar Cones

A classic sugar cone is perfect for the Drumstick. Sweet, crunchy, and hearty enough to be filled with vanilla ice cream and covered in chocolate. You could try these with other types of cones, but I feel like the sugar cone is a classic for a reason.

Hiland Dairy Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla ice cream is essential for the Drumstick. And any time I want a seriously creamy summer treat, I know I need to reach for Hiland Dairy Vanilla. Hiland products are made from milk that comes from local farmers, so it’s fresh when it’s turned into ice cream. It also includes no artificial growth hormones and is rigorously tested for antibiotics, so you know you’re getting the best quality dairy. (P.S. If you’re buying Hiland Dairy products, make sure to check out their coupons!)

Chocolate Chips

You’ll use chocolate chips for the bottom of the cone plus more for melting and coating the ice cream. The chocolate chips at the bottom of the cone help with ice cream leaking through the cone and getting soggy. Plus, it’s a nice little treat at the end.

Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil works perfectly to mix with the melted chocolate for the topping. It helps the chocolate to harden quickly around the vanilla ice cream.

Nuts

Chopped nuts are my favorite to use for topping these Drumsticks. Perfect salty to the sweet of the rest of the treat. They sell specific ice cream nut toppings that I love to use, but you can chop up your own nuts in any variety you like.

How to Make Drumsticks

Step One: Fill the Cone with Chocolate Chips and Hiland Vanilla Ice Cream

Place a few chocolate chips in the bottom of each cone. This helps the ice cream not to leak out or the cone to get soggy. Scoop the ice cream and fill the cone up. Then scoop more ice cream and place a rounded scoop on the top. Place on the cookie sheet and freeze for an hour.

Step Two: Cover the Ice Cream in Melted Chocolate

In a microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips and coconut oil and heat 30 seconds at a time until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove the cones from the freezer and spoon the chocolate over the ice cream. Sprinkle the nuts on the chocolate right away. Set back on the cookie sheet then into the freezer again.

Step Three: Serve!

After a bit of time in the freezer to set, remove and serve! Bite through the outer chocolate layer to get a taste of the chocolate, nuts, ice cream and cone. Perfect!

Alternatives for Drumsticks

There are so many ways to make this Drumstick recipe your own! Let your creativity (and your taste buds) run wild and try some of these fun twists.

Change Up The Shell

Chocolate is the classic Drumstick coating, but why not change it up. Try white chocolate, butterscotch, or peanut butter. Any will work! Still add the coconut oil to create that hardened outer shell over the ice cream.

Try Other Toppings

Want something other than nuts? No problem, tons of other options like sprinkles, cookie crumbles, candy crumbles, pretzels. Use your imagination!

Any Ice Cream Flavor Will Work

Drumsticks are classically made with vanilla ice cream, but any flavor of ice cream will work. Chocolate, strawberry, cookies n cream, mint chocolate, rocky road. Try them all!

Explore All My Favorite Summer Treats!

There’s a reason I celebrate ice cream week every year – I seriously love the stuff! And that’s good news for you because it means I have a ton of ice cream, milkshake and summer treat recipes to explore on the site. 

 

Here are a few of my favorites:


And if you’re interested in creating more deliciousness with Hiland Dairy products, be sure to check out Hiland Dairy’s recipes too (including some created by yours truly!).

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drumstick recipe

Drumsticks

Drumsticks are so simple but a major taste payoff. A crunchy sugar cone, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate. Lots of chocolate! That hard outer chocolate shell mixed with the cold and creamy vanilla ice cream is a summertime childhood memory I will have forever!

 

drumstick recipe

Prep time: 15 min + chill time  |  Cook time:   |  Total: 15 min + chill time

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Ingredients

6 ice cream sugar cones

Hiland Dairy Vanilla ice cream (or any flavor)

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil

½ cup chopped peanuts optional

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Notes

To store, place the cones in a ziploc or airtight container and in the freezer.

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