Pineapple Soft Serve

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 50 min
  • Active: 20 min
Since it was introduced 33 years ago, this creamy nondairy pineapple soft serve has gained a cult following inside and outside Disney parks: Fans have created dozens of copycat recipes, and Disney sells stuffed toys, backpacks and clothes inspired by the treat. At the parks you can order it three ways -- plain in a cup, as a float with pineapple juice or with a bit of rum as a happy-hour treat.
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Ingredients

1 0.14-ounce package powdered unsweetened pineapple-flavored drink mix (such as Kool-Aid)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon pineapple-flavored gelatin powder (such as Jell-O Island Pineapple)

1 20-ounce can pineapple chunks in syrup

Directions

  1. Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the pineapple drink mix, sugar and gelatin powder until completely dissolved. Pour into a medium bowl set over a large bowl of ice water and let sit until cold, about 5 minutes.
  2. Puree the pineapple chunks and their syrup in a food processor or blender until smooth and frothy, about 2 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing with a rubber spatula (discard the pulp). Stir the strained liquid into the gelatin mixture.
  3. Transfer the pineapple-gelatin mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions until it is the consistency of soft-serve ice cream, 1 to 1 1/2 hours (stop the machine halfway through and scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula). Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a 1-inch star tip and pipe into cups. Alternatively, scrape into a plastic container and freeze until firm, then scoop.

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Diana W.

I would travel all the way to Disney for this!!! Ah, but now I don't have to. We eat as much as we can while it's still nice and 'soft' and then freeze what remains in ice cube containers. Perfect for smoothies!!!!! Make sure you chill the mixture thoroughly before adding to the ice cream maker. Only bad thing is finding the kool aid and jello can be challenging. When you do find it, stock up!!

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