Blogger Honestly Yum recently transformed the popular Kellogg's cereal Apple Jacks into a homemade ice cream sandwich with brandy caramel swirl and homemade ginger cookies. The epic frozen dessert treat plays off of the cinnamon flavors that the cult cereal is known for.
The ice cream sandwich is made firstly from homemade ice cream made from the Apple Jacks cereal using whole milk, cream, sugar and egg yolks. A rich caramel swirl is added to the ice cream fashioned from Laird's Applejack Apple Brandy, sugar and heavy cream. Once the ice cream has hardened it is scooped and sandwiched between two homemade ginger cookies that perfectly balance out the cinnamon flavors of the ice cream. The sandwich is then rolled in crushed Apple Jacks cereal for added decoration.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Cereal-based Desserts
- Innovative desserts that incorporate cereal are gaining popularity in the food industry, providing opportunities for brands to create new cereal-inspired treats.
- Homemade Ice Cream
- The trend of making homemade ice cream is on the rise, creating opportunities for brands to offer homemade ice cream mixes or create new ice cream flavors for consumers to try at home.
- Unconventional Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Innovative ice cream sandwich combinations like the Apple Jacks and Ginger Cookies combo are gaining popularity, providing an opening for brands to experiment with unconventional flavors and combinations.
Where This Applies
- Cereal Industry
- Cereal companies can capitalize on the trend of cereal-based desserts by creating new cereal flavors that lend themselves well to desserts, like cinnamon and apple-flavored cereals.
- Ice Cream Industry
- The popularity of making homemade ice cream creates a market for ice cream makers to create new, innovative homemade ice cream mixes, or start selling their own ice cream creations.
- Bakery Industry
- Bakeries can create unique ice cream sandwich combinations like the Apple Jacks and Ginger Cookies version, featuring unconventional flavors and ingredients to attract customers looking for new and exciting treats.
