50/50 mini bombes

June 25th, 2008 by justJENN

I love the flavor combo of orange and vanilla. It takes me back to childhood, when they were called 50/50 bars, now they’re just called Creamsicles. Since I am the Queen of making bombes, I wanted to make small individual versions. These fit in the palm of your hand, and are so simple and SO refeshing on a hot day.

ingredients:
Orange sherbet
vanilla ice cream

plastic wrap
small ramekins

Line the ramekins with plastic wrap. Make sure you leave enough to hand over the edge. This will make the ice cream easily removable. I like to use small Creme Brulee sized ramekins.

Take small spoonfulls of the orange sherbet and line the walls and bottom of the ramekin, leaving a ‘hole’ or indentation in the middle. Your vanilla will fill it obviously.

If your sherbet is soft, put these puppies back in the freezer to chillax for a few minutes to solid up. Then take them out, and fill that hole with spoonfulls of vanilla til you almost reach the top. Then cover with a little more orange sherbet. Covering it just completes the bombe so you don’t see the surprise vanilla middle.

Pull the overhanging plastic wrap over the top to cover. Put them back in the freezer. When you are ready to serve, use the plastic wrap to pull them out of the cup. Turn it over on a plate and serve.

As you can see, when you cut into it there is a nice vanilla surprise. These are great for dinner parties, but you have to work quickly. Sherbet is melts insanely fast.