Recipe & Review: Dole Whip

If you are a fruit lover like me, there is nothing quite as satisfying as indulging in a cold, creamy Dole Whip while visiting Adventureland on either coast!  The "Float" is always a classic; however, my personal favorite is the Dole Whip Pineapple-Vanilla swirl.  My favorite Dole Whip memory was eating it in front of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland watching the pre-show with my new husband...  We had a magical day on our first and only trip to Disneyland, on our way back from Hawaii!

Recently I discovered a recipe online for a homemade Dole Whip.  I couldn't wait to try it!  It is important to note that this recipe does contain dairy, unlike the theme park counterpart.

    You will need:

• 2- 20 oz cans Dole crushed pineapple with juice 
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice 
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 and 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped

   Directions:

1. Drain pineapple; reserve 2 tablespoons juice. Set aside.
2. Place pineapple, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar and reserved pineapple juice in blender or food processor container; cover and blend until smooth.
3. Pour into two 1-quart freezer zipped bags and store bags flat in freezer. Freeze 1-1/2 hours or until slushy.
4. Stir pineapple slush gently into whipped cream until slightly blended, in large bowl. Return to freezer until completely frozen, about 1 hour and serve.

  Yields: 4 servings

  Review:

We tried this on Wednesday night.  The preparation is very simple.  After 1 hour of freezing the finished product, it was still not at all frozen and tasted like Ambrosia.  Unfortunately, it was a little late at that time, so we left it until yesterday.  Well...it was frozen!  (I recommend checking at an hour and then each half hour after that.) We were able to let it sit on the counter for a bit to soften it and then dished it into a bowl with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  It tasted good, but was very icy, as expected due to the fruit juice.  It was not the exact same taste and nowhere near the texture of a Dole Whip, but we enjoyed it anyway.  We still have a lot left, so I will probably try a float today with pineapple juice and see how that compares.  

It is important to note that if you have an ice cream maker, soft-serve machine, or are fairly ambitious, you can get the actual mix shipped in from Hawaii. 

Precision Foods: Dole Pineapple Soft Serve Mix     Makes 74 servings, $21.31