Cereal-milk soft serve goes south: Make this Mexican-inspired dessert

The thought for cereal-milk brushed service crystal pick was conceived by American Christina Tosi, a James Beard award-winning pastry cook who was intrigued by the beverage that infused her cereal. The milk’s incomparable sweetness (you indispensable admit that thing comes close!) brought backmost “sweet” memories of her puerility and the cereal and beverage that went on with it.  

She utilized it arsenic an constituent successful panna cotta and different desserts, and past she got the conception that it would marque a fabulous brushed service crystal cream. She opened Milk Bar successful New York City with cereal-milk brushed serve, which became 1 of its signature items. The crystal pick became a hit, an innovative dessert that appealed to the nostalgia successful her patrons, who were besides impressed by her usage of varied cereal flavors. 

If you emotion this delicious cereal-milk crystal cream, it’s Christina Tosi you request to thank. (Christina Tosi)

The archetypal look progressive soaking toasted cornflakes successful milk, straining them, and utilizing the saccharine beverage arsenic the basal for the luxuriously affluent crystal cream. To apical it off, determination were besides crushed, caramelized cornflakes to spell with it. 

Tosi past expanded her repertoire, offering packaged pints of crystal pick and processing cereal-milk lattes and milkshakes. Even Ben & Jerry’s and Burger King copied her concept. What Tosi did was instrumentality a elemental thought and crook it into a cult favourite and a modern culinary inclination — beauteous impressive! 

Although cereal-milk brushed service isn’t a staple of Mexican desserts, La Michoacana’s crystal pick shops (located passim Mexico) diagnostic cereal-inspired flavors similar Cinnamon Toast Crunch and yogurts inspired by cereal flavors. If you hunt TikTok videos from Mexico, you’ll find originators making cereal-based crystal creams utilizing fashionable brands similar Fruity Pebbles. 

So, however bash we marque our ain cereal-milk brushed serve? It’s easy, and the look I’m including present is for a no-churn variety. I besides took the liberty of making it Mexican, by adding Mexican products and spices, etc., which I deliberation is acold much tantalizing than the plain sweetness of simple, milk-infused cornflakes. Disfruta!

No-Churn Mexican cereal beverage brushed service crystal cream

This look makes astir 4 cups of crystal cream. (Canva)

For the cereal milk:

• 2 cups (480 ml) full milk 
• 2 cups (60 g) Frosted Flakes, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Choco Krispis, Fruity Pebbles, etc. 
• 1 tsp. (2.6 g) crushed cinnamon 
• 1 tsp. (4.9 ml) vanilla extract* 
  • * Mexican brands noted for aggravated flavor: Villa Vainilla; Vainilla Totonac’s; Molina Vainilla 
• Pinch (0.36 g) cayenne capsicum oregon chile en polvo

For the crystal pick base:

• 2 cups (480 ml) dense pick (most often recovered successful Mexico arsenic crema para batir)
• 1 tin (14 oz.) (397 g) sweetened condensed beverage (leche condensada oregon lechera)
• Pinch (0.36 g) salt 

For the toppings:

• Dulce de leche, caramel oregon butterscotch sauce, chromatic oregon maple syrup
• Crushed Maria (Galletas Marias) cookies oregon different saccharine cookies 
• Toasted coconut flakes 
• Lime zest 
• Fresh fruits similar strawberries oregon mangos

Instructions:

Prepare the cereal milk:

• In a bowl, harvester cereal, milk, cinnamon, vanilla and cayenne oregon chili powder.
• Let soak for astir 30 minutes truthful that the beverage absorbs each the spices and cereal flavors. 
• Strain done a good sieve. Press retired arsenic overmuch liquid arsenic possible. 
• Discard the soggy cereal.

Whip the cream:

• In a ample mixing bowl, utilizing a hand-held oregon basal mixer, whip the pick until brushed peaks form.
• Gently fold the sweetened condensed beverage and brackish into the whipped cream.
• Gradually adhd beverage and premix until afloat incorporated.
• Pour the substance into a freezer-safe container.
• Cover with integrative wrapper oregon parchment insubstantial to forestall crystal crystals.
• Freeze 4 hours for brushed service and 6 hours for steadfast crystal cream. 

Serve:

• Drizzle sauces/syrups implicit crystal cream.
• Sprinkle crushed Maria cookies, cookware dulce, fruits, toasted coconut flakes oregon lime zest connected top. 

Deborah McCoy is the one-time writer of mainstream bridal-reference books who has turned her attraction to food, peculiarly sweets, desserts and fruits. She is the laminitis of CakeChatter™ connected FaceBook and X (Twitter), and the writer of 4 baking books for “Dough Punchers” via CakeChatter (available @amazon.com). She is besides the president of The American Academy of Wedding Professionals™ (aa-wp.com).