Frozen desserts - Springformed | Naturally Gluten Free Baking

Coconut Snowballs

This frozen treat is easy to make and will please any coconut–lover or those nostalgic for a 1950s dessert classic. This recipe is inspired by a 1950s holiday dessert called the “flaming ice cream snowballs”, which was made by Foremost Dairy Foods in the United States. It consisted of a scoop of ice cream covered in icing and coconut and topped with red and green frosting in the shape of a holly. A red candle was placed in each snowball. I’m fascinated by 1950s desserts. Many of them used packaged, ready-made ingredients. At the time, processed foods were considered expensive, luxury items and using them to make a dessert was something of a status symbol. Food product companies published marketing materials and cooking booklets to promote their products or made specialty items to market a modern, aspirational lifestyle. Recipe below.