Chef John's Drumstick Sundae Jars Recipe

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In this video, Chef John puts a playful twist on a classic ice cream treat with his Drumstick Sundae Jars! Inspired by the nostalgic chocolate-dipped ice cream cones, these layered dessert jars feature crunchy waffle cone pieces, rich chocolate, creamy vanilla ice cream, and a sprinkle of peanuts.

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00:00hello this is chef john from foodwishes.com with drumstick sundae jars that's right we're doing my

00:09favorite ice cream truck treat in jar form and my favorite part of a drumstick was always the

00:15chopped peanuts stuck to that crispy chocolate shell which was always gone after the first two

00:20bites well with these we're going to be able to get everything with every bite and to get started

00:26we will take some sugar cones and some type of thin serrated knife and we're going to create an

00:32optional garnish by gently sawing around the cone about a couple inches from the tip

00:37and once we've scored that as shown we can go ahead and snap that off and then we'll use that

00:42to make a pointy and very provocative garnish for the top so you're going to have to decide whether

00:48this couple extra minutes is worth the effort i mean you are after all the jason born of whether

00:54your sundae jar has a horn but it is a proven scientific fact that people love pointy food

01:00so i'm really hoping you do this step but anyway once those are done we'll transfer the rest of the

01:06cones into a bag and we will give those a little bit of a smashing just to break them up into some

01:11nice smaller pieces oh and by the way we only need the four cones we cut the bottoms off for this

01:17okay when i did this step i was still trying to decide how big i wanted to make these so i tossed

01:21in a couple extra cones just to be safe but upon further review just those four cones would have

01:27been perfect but anyway once those are set we'll transfer them into a bowl and we will set those

01:33aside and then we'll grab the jars we're going to use to build these in and a pencil and we'll place

01:38that down on some parchment and we will trace a circle around the bottom and if we're making four

01:44of these we're going to have to do this 12 times and once we're done tracing we'll flip that over

01:49so that our chocolate does not come in contact with the pencil lead oh yeah safety first and

01:55that's it once our templates done and our cones are crushed we can move on to the melting of the

02:00chocolate which involves transferring a half a cup of dark chocolate chips into a bowl

02:05but before we melt this we're going to remove two tablespoons and we will set that aside and i'll

02:11explain why in a few moments and then what we'll do is zap that in the microwave until that chocolate's

02:17nice and hot and will be completely fluid when stirred and then what we'll do is add our unmelted

02:23reserved chocolate chips in and we will start stirring and we will keep stirring until those

02:29chocolate chips are also melted in and what i'm showing you here basically is a quick method to

02:34temper the chocolate which is normally done in a multi-step process with very precise temperatures and

02:39times but this simplified method works great and once we've shaped the chocolate and it cools down and

02:45firms up it'll be nice and crispy and have that signature snap and that's it once our chocolate's

02:51set we can head to our template and we'll transfer on a nice rounded teaspoon into the center of each

02:56circle and we'll go ahead and spread that out nice and evenly ideally going right up to but not over the

03:03line and we do want these sort of thin so as to mimic the original drumstick but if they're too thin

03:10they're probably going to crack apart when you take them off the paper so make sure you're spreading

03:14over enough and then what we'll do once our 12 circles have been formed is take our four cone

03:20horns and we'll dip the bottom into our chocolate and we'll place that in the center of four of these

03:26which again is totally optional but i'm not going to lie i'm going to be very disappointed if you don't

03:31do this but anyway once four of those have been cone horned we're going to take some chopped peanuts

03:37and we're going to generously apply those to all the exposed chocolate and how small you chop these

03:43and exactly how much you sprinkle over is going to be up to you but as i mentioned this is my favorite

03:49part of the drumstick so i'm going to put on a good amount oh and please be sure you're using roasted

03:54and salted peanuts all right if they're not roasted or even worse not salted this will not taste good

04:00and that's it once those have been nutted and we've done a little fine tuning and had a couple

04:06little chef snacks i went ahead and placed down some ramekins in the corners to keep the paper nice and

04:11flat and then what we'll do is let that sit there until that chocolate hardens up and if everything

04:17goes according to plan we should be able to carefully peel that off revealing a very crispy very thin

04:23chocolate wafer embedded with our roasted salted peanuts which is what's going to give us the mouth

04:29feel of a real actual drumstick cone and then the other thing we'll do while our chocolate's still

04:35soft and melty is add a couple big spoons to our crushed up cones and we will give that a quick

04:40stir to partially coat all right we don't need total coverage but the more pieces we get coated the

04:46better and by the way if that chocolate hardened up you can always pop it in the microwave for a few

04:51seconds until it's fluid enough to use again and that's it once thoroughly mixed we will transfer

04:57that onto a piece of parchment and we will spread it out into a nice thin layer and we will let that

05:02sit and harden up at which point it's going to be ready to crumble up and layer in our jars and that's

05:09it once all our elements are prepped we can go ahead and start building our sundae jar by first

05:14transferring in some vanilla ice cream into the bottom and yes i definitely kept these jars in the

05:18freezer until i was ready to use them right the colder everything is the better and once we have our

05:24ice cream in we'll top that with some of our chocolate covered crush cone and we should

05:28probably grab a spoon and make sure that's nice and firmly packed out and then once we top that with

05:34a little more ice cream we will place over one of our crispy chocolate peanut wafers and we'll go ahead

05:39and press that in and then we'll top that with another layer of ice cream plus some more of the crush

05:45cone mixture and then one more chocolate peanut wafer oh and do not worry about the chocolate peanut

05:52way for breaking up as you're working with it all right once these are assembled no one will ever

05:56know and the only one you really want to be careful of is the one that has the cone horn that we're

06:02going to place on top since that really is the only thing we're going to be able to see speaking of

06:07which after we've completed those two layers we will pretty much fill this all the way to the top with

06:12vanilla ice cream and once we have that smoothed out a little bit we will grab one of the pieces with

06:17the cone and place that on top and we will quickly place that in the freezer while we build the rest

06:25and that's it once those are all done we will leave those in the freezer until we're ready to serve

06:30at which point we'll set those out on some sort of attractive enticing platter or if you want

06:35something like this and once people stop chuckling i think they will all very quickly realize what

06:41they're about to enjoy which is that drumstick sundae cone from your childhood only like 10 times

06:48better okay not only did we use better quality ingredients we were able to use more of them

06:54and construct this in a way where we get that goodness in every bite and while it might be

06:58tempting to do a shortcut version of this and just throw the peanuts and chocolate chips right into the

07:03ice cream i think that little bit of time we invest in making the crispy wafers is more than worthwhile

07:09since that's going to give us virtually the same identical texture that makes the drumstick such

07:14a popular frozen treat okay it might not seem like a big difference but it is all right it's a

07:20huge difference and any real true fan of the drumstick will completely understand that and of course you

07:28can do variations on this since they do drumsticks with caramel and peanut butter but whether you make

07:35a different version or do the original classics shown here you'll be experiencing peak drumstick which

07:42is why i really do hope you give these a try soon so please follow the links below for the ingredient

07:48amounts a printable written recipe and much more info as usual and as always enjoy

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