{"id":18799,"date":"2016-07-12T15:24:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T22:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/?p=18799"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:32:34","slug":"homemade-phish-food-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/homemade-phish-food-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Phish Food Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now you can enjoy your favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor at home! This Homemade Phish Food Ice Cream tastes just like the store-bought version: rich chocolate ice cream is swirled with caramel sauce, marshmallow cream, and a bunch of chocolate fish!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Move over, Ben. Hit the road, Jerry. We don’t need you no mo’. We’re making our OWN Phish Food Ice Cream today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, I haven’t tasted EVERY Ben & Jerry’s flavor, so I guess I can’t say with certainty that Phish Food is the best one they offer. But it’s gotta<\/em> be in the Top 5, right?! Look at what’s included: rich chocolate ice cream, chewy caramel swirls, sweet marshmallow cream, and crunchy chocolate fish! It’s all my favorite parts of an ice cream sundae, swirled together and topped with some adorable wordplay. (Plus, my former teenage self who used to be a jam band addict is tickled by the Phish reference.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made homemade marshmallow cream for this recipe, because I wanted to see if it would be noticeably better. Homemade marshmallow cream is similar to making regular marshmallows, but easier, because you don’t have to add any gelatin. It’s basically whipped egg white and hot sugar syrup, beaten together until light and fluffy, like a big vanilla-scented cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found it helpful to use a candy thermometer<\/a> when making the homemade marshmallow cream. If you are new to using a thermometer, check out my guides for how to use a thermometer<\/a> and how to test and calibrate a thermometer<\/a> correctly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verdict: homemade marshmallow cream is REALLY good on its own—it has a noticeable vanilla flavor and the perfect soft, plush texture. It’s a clear winner when doing a spoon-to-spoon taste test versus the store bought stuff. However, in the context of this ice cream, there is so much else going on, flavor- and texture-wise, that I think you could easily swap in store bought marshmallow cream and no one would be the wiser. I’ve included the recipe for the homemade version below, but if you’re low on time, there’s no shame in substituting Marshmallow Crème or Fluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I really feel like the chocolate fishies are mandatory, though. Even though the ice cream would technically TASTE the same if you just used chocolate chunks, could you really make Phish Food and in good conscience NOT include chocolate fish?! I mean really now…don’t be a monster. It takes a few minutes to pipe out the fish, but when you see the reaction you get, serving big scoops of this ice cream with chocolate fish poking out willy-nilly, I promise it is worth it. The fish made people laugh in delight. LAUGH IN DELIGHT, I tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s your favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor? What should I recreate next? Ice cream obsessed minds want to know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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