People are Making Blue Bell Ice Cream French Toast

LOUISIANA (KMDL-FM) - Here in South Louisiana, we love us some Blue Bell ice cream. Every time a new flavor is announced, we all routinely make a dash to the store to gobble it up.

Are you aware people have recently begun making French toast with Blue Bell ice cream, and it looks like it could be pretty amazing.

Blue Bell Ice Cream French Toast

There’s a fun, and honestly genius, food trend going around right now where people are making French toast using Blue Bell ice cream instead of traditional ingredients, and it’s blowing up because it’s ridiculously easy.

Instead of the usual mix of milk, sugar, and flavoring, people are melting Blue Bell ice cream and using it as the base for the batter.

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Why Does This Work?

The ice cream already contains cream, sugar, and vanilla, so when it melts, it basically becomes a ready-made French toast mixture. Blue Bell ice cream is delicious. French toast is delicious. Put the two together and apparently...you've got gold.

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How People Are Making It

Here’s the basic method and recipe that’s trending, and has even been posted by Blue Bell.

1. Melt a cup of vanilla Blue Bell ice cream
2. Whisk it with a couple of eggs and a little cinnamon
3. Dip thick slices of bread (brioche or Texas toast works best)
4. Cook on a griddle until golden brown
5. Top with syrup…or more ice cream

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Blue Bell even promotes a version of this recipe, suggesting melted ice cream as a substitute for milk in the batter and finishing it with a scoop on top.