When it comes to ice cream, most of us avoid freezer burn the easy way: by eating it before the problem arises. There’s another method, however, and it has the added benefit of ensuring that your mint chocolate chip scoops so easily that bent spoons are a problem of the past.
What Causes Freezer Burn?
Freezer burn occurs when improperly sealed food is exposed to air, which can negatively affect both appearance and taste — though it won’t actually make the food in question unsafe to eat. When moisture evaporates, ice crystals form in its place. As the cardboard that most ice cream is stored in isn’t the most solid of materials, rocky road and its ilk are especially susceptible to freezer burn.
Seal Out Freezer Burn for Good
All you have to do is place the ice cream — whether a family-size tub or Ben & Jerry’s mini cup — inside a resealable plastic bag. “Surely it’s not that simple, House Outlook,” you might find yourself saying right now. And yet it is, dear reader.
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Placing your ice cream within the confines of a Ziploc really will make dessert time that much more efficient, provided the lid is closed tightly and you remove as much air as possible from the bag itself. Doing so will insulate your next midnight snack and prevent ice crystals from forming — a bonus you won’t get from simply placing the tub on the kitchen counter and (im)patiently waiting for it to ever so slightly thaw. The only risk this secretive process runs is that your highly scoopable ice cream may not make it to a second session.
