DIY Magic Shell Ice Cream Sauce

Remember Magic Shell, that thin chocolate sauce that you pour over ice cream? It "magically" hardens in a matter of seconds into a waxy layer of hard chocolate. It's junk food, and we love it. We don't love the trans-fats and mysterious ingredients, though, so it's a good thing you can easily make it yourself...

Jocelyn at Brownie Points explains how just melted chocolate and coconut oil together make Magic Shell, DIY-version. She also gives tips for adjusting the texture and flavor.

Go read! And make your own batch for all that homemade ice cream you know you want to make.

• Make Your Own Junk Food: Homemade Magic Shell

More homemade ice cream sauce
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(Images: Jocelyn McAuley; Amazon)

Comments (8)

Oh my gosh. My prayers have been answered. This is one of those reallllly bad things that I let myself buy biannually. Now I won't have to.

posted by brittanykate on April 14th 2008 at 7:34am
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Fantastic!!! Thank you!

posted by emily! on April 14th 2008 at 7:54am
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when i was growing up we weren't allowed to eat the magic shell - it was only for my dad. when i first moved out on my own i would use more shell then ice cream:) now i have it maybe once a year but i always feel like i will be in big trouble if my daddy catches me (how sillly is that!).

posted by luv2cook on April 14th 2008 at 12:55pm
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hi there, i discovered this a couple weeks ago trying to mimic nata de coco, my favorite topping at sno:la--used coconut milk over hibiscus ice cream...white magic shell. really, really good!

posted by lagirl358 on April 14th 2008 at 7:07pm
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I remember once being so desperate for some magic shell that I put it on an ice cube because we didn't have any ice cream. It must be that coconut oil that makes it sooooo tasty!

posted by ah-ha on April 15th 2008 at 6:09am
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are you kidding me? my sister and i used to just freeze spoons, pour it on and scrape it off with our teeth!

posted by saltyc on May 16th 2008 at 3:41pm
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"i always feel like i will be in big trouble if my daddy catches me" (how creepy is that?)

posted by Djluckyonline on June 7th 2008 at 7:20am
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"Mysterious ingredients" in Magic Shell: Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil, Chocolate, Whole Milk Solids, Cocoa Processed With Alkali.

Coconut oil is a transfat but sunflower oil is not, so the DIY recipe contains a greater proportion of transfats than the packaged version.

posted by Iron Chef Convenience Store on July 24th 2008 at 8:18pm
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