There are lots of fancy schmancy (also: expensive) machines out there that you can use at home to make your own ice cream. The only thing fancy about this ice cream making ball from L.L. Bean is the cool crystal colors on the exterior.
Since it's from L.L. Bean, it's meant to be taken camping so you can make ice cream out in the woods (which I'm sure every camper is dying to do), but it's just as good to use at home with the kids. You simply add ice and rock salt to the cooling chamber, add the ice cream ingredients inside the ball, close it up, then roll, toss, and shake. After 20 minutes of playing, you'll have ice cream!
The ice cream ball is available at L.L. Bean for $29, in multiple colors, and comes with recipes.

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5-23-2006 @1:09PM grimfandango said... LL Bean?
wow.. high class....
i got mine from REI years ago... i've only used it a handful of times.. usually when camping
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5-23-2006 @1:57PM Sarah said... I bought one of these. What a hassle. 20 minutes of playing - more like 20 minutes of upper arm workout. Teh kids got bored with it pretty fast. And the ice cream result was just not that good. Seems like a fun idea but it is really a bit gimmicky.
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5-23-2006 @2:43PM tr said... on an episode of "Ham on the Street", the guy gave this to a bunch of soccer players to make ice cream. he said the ice cream turned out pretty good. #2, perhaps the kids should've been kicking the ball around, instead of tossing it?
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5-24-2006 @7:44AM panasianbiz said... Making your own ice cream is rather labor intensive for the results that you get, so putting it in the form of a ball that you can "play" with does have some appeal. But, really, wouldn't it just be so much easier to run out to the store for a pint of Ben & Jerry's?
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