snow cream

Winter milk dessert

Snow cream is a simple frozen dessert made by mixing fresh, clean snow with milk or cream, sugar, and vanilla.

A traditional treat in regions with reliable snowfall, it's typically made by children during winter storms: The kids ran outside to gather snow for snow cream.

The result resembles soft ice cream but melts quickly.

dessert

vanilla

Orchid pod extract

  • sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
  • homemadePrepared at one's residence
  • frozenSolidified by extreme cold

treat · bowl · spoon · scoop · chilled · whipped · condensed milk · wintertime · simple · cold

nostalgia

childhood

Life's earliest phase

family · winter · excitement · anticipation · homemade · simple · innocent · bygone · reminiscence · generational

Opposites
formality/commercialization

snow creamgelato

Italian frozen dessert

semifreddo · Häagen-Dazs · baked Alaska · spumoni · soft serve

temperature of dessert

snow creamhot fudge

Warm, thick chocolate topping

hot cocoa · bread pudding · molten lava cake · baked custard · hot toddy

seasonal availability

snow creamsoft serve

Aerated frozen dairy dessert

popsicle · shaved ice · snow cone · frozen yogurt · ice cream sandwich

Family

snow, cream, snows, snowed, snowing, snowy, snowier, snowiest, snowfall

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G