Theme Park Reminiscing

 

Well, one thing floating around the internet (and Pinterest in particular) is a copycat recipe for Disneyland inspired Dole Whips. Here's one that we tried. The taste comes pretty darn close.

Disneyland Inspired Dole Whip Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 (16 oz) bag of frozen Dole Pineapple Chunks
4 cups vanilla ice cream
Splash of lime juice
Splash of lemon juice
12 ounces pineapple juice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Taste and adjust ingredients to suit your tastes (add more pineapple, ice cream, or pineapple juice, if desired). Serve and enjoy.

Source: This was inspired by Six Sisters' Stuff. It contains all the same ingredients as their recipe, but the method is slightly different. You can find that recipe here.

Notes: I was having trouble blending my pineapple, so I figured I would go the smoothie route and add all the pineapple juice instead of pouring some over the Dole Whip at the end. It tasted great (all the flavors you get at Disneyland), was a lot easier, and didn't require the freezer ripening wait time of the original recipe. The texture is different than what you get at Disneyland since it is a smoothie version, but that didn't bother me and it fulfilled my craving.

Disneyland Inspired Dole Whip "Soft Serve"

Ingredients:

1 (16 oz) bag of frozen Dole Pineapple Chunks
4 cups vanilla ice cream
Splash of lime juice
Splash of lemon juice
8-12 ounces pineapple juice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender, starting out with 8 ounces of pineapple juice and adding more, if necessary, to reach desired consistency.

Put mixture in freezer safe container and ripen in freezer 2-4 hours or until set up and scoop-able, but still soft.

Source: Again, inspired by Six Sixter's Stuff. You can find the link above.

Notes: You can let this freeze completely and then let it soften on the counter for 15 minutes or so before serving for an ice cream/sherbet version.