Ice Capades: 28 Creative Ice Cube Recipes (2024)

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How do you make unique ice cubes? ›

You can use fresh herbs, fruit, and edible flowers. Make sure the flowers and herbs are small enough to add to the ice cube tray. Thyme, Rosemary, and Mint are some of my favorite. Oranges, blueberries, and slices of strawberries are great for infusing flavors.

Try freezing ice cubes of Diet co*ke instead of freezing water to make ice cubes. Diet co*ke can freeze at the same temperature as water, but regular soda freezes at a slightly lower temperature, according to NBC 6. Making these ice cubes can ensure that your drink stays cool.

Line the bottom (but not up the sides) of the empty glass bowl with fruit and/or flowers of your choice. Take a tablespoon or so of water from the shallow container and pour this water over the fruit/flower layer, then put the glass bowl in the freezer, leaving it there until the fruit/flower layer is anchored in ice.

Fruit, Citrus, and Green Juices

Freeze leftover fruit juices you can't finish before you go away, leftover citrus juice that was more than you needed for a recipe, and even freeze ice cube trays of leftover cold-pressed green juice for a no-waste use another day.

In one video the London-based NHS worker began by pouring Fairy antibacterial dishwashing liquid into ice cube trays and left the detergent to freeze for a few hours. The tough food stains can be seen sliding off the oven racks with ease by using the frozen cubes.

Yup, it's that easy. Supposedly, this method gives you clearer ice, too. Freezing hot water may seem counterintuitive since common sense would have it that it would take longer for hot water to reach freezing temperature than cold water (and most physicists would agree with this). Still, it's worth a shot.

Why not jazz up your plain ice cubes by making fruit ice cubes? This is an excellent way to use up leftover fruit, sweeten your water naturally and add a little fun and color to plain water. The process of making these is as easy as dropping fruit into an ice cube tray, adding water and freezing.

To make Black Ice, pour 2 cups black currant nectar into an ice cube tray. Transfer to freezer; freeze until solid, at least 3 hours.

Fill your ice tray with water and add food coloring to each cube- you'll need a few cubes of each color. Freeze. Once frozen, decide which colors you'd like to experiment with.

Soft ice, also known as nugget ice, has a cult following thanks to its chewy, soft texture. To make it at home, freeze club soda or carbonated water in an ice tray. Then, crush the cubes using your method of choice, like in a blender or with a muddler. Drink up!

Can you freeze Sprite into ice cubes? ›

Freeze soda in an ice cube tray to avoid a frozen disaster

Freezing your preferred carbonated beverage in an ice cube tray will not only help you avoid a messy disaster, it will also help you more easily control the flavor and intensity of your end result.

How to turn your juice into showstopping ice cubes. Can you freeze orange juice? In short, yes.

Soft ice, also known as nugget ice, has a cult following thanks to its chewy, soft texture. To make it at home, freeze club soda or carbonated water in an ice tray. Then, crush the cubes using your method of choice, like in a blender or with a muddler. Drink up!