Recipes · inspired by the famous pineapple soft serve in the Tiki-themed corners of the parks
Pineapple Whip Float
A creamy, dairy-light pineapple soft serve made in a blender, then floated in pineapple juice. Three ingredients, five minutes.
- Ready in
- 5 min
- Ingredients
- 5
- Makes
- 4 small cups
- Level
- easy
The pineapple soft serve is one of the most-loved snacks at the parks, and it is surprisingly easy to make at home. The trick is fully frozen fruit: it turns creamy in the blender without needing an ice cream maker.
Make it a learning moment: ask your kids to guess what will happen to the frozen fruit in the blender, then talk about how blending breaks the ice into tiny crystals, which is why it feels smooth instead of icy.
Ingredients
Steps
Kids a child can do this step Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky
- Kids Measure the frozen pineapple, juice and ice cream (or coconut milk) into the blender.
- Grown-up Blend, stopping to scrape down the sides, until it is thick and smooth like soft serve. Add a spoonful more juice only if the blender gets stuck.
- Kids Taste it. Add sugar or a squeeze of lime if you like, and blend for a few more seconds.
- Kids Spoon or pipe it into cups. For a float, pour a little cold pineapple juice around the edge.
- Kids Eat it right away. If it gets too soft, freeze it for 20 minutes.
