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Mix the ingredients together until evenly combined. This fake ice cream is smooth like clay, but it crumbles just like real ice cream when scooped. Best of all, you can keep it for months in a plastic bag and it will still look good. But how will it taste?
Crisco and corn syrup
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Ice Cream
Ice Cream

Ads selling ice cream must use pictures of the real thing. But if they're selling hot fudge or whipping cream, it's okay to fake it. Fake ice cream is a food stylist's best friend. It looks just like the real thing, but it never melts.

RECIPE
  • Shortening or margarine
  • Powdered sugar
  • Corn syrup
  • Vanilla beans, strawberry jam, cocoa or other coloring and flavorings
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