Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hi everyone! Today I'm going to try to recreate a mid-century holiday dessert: Flaming Snowballs. Made from vanilla ice cream, coconut, and frosting holly leaves and berries, these Snowballs were guaranteed to "elicit ooohs and ahhs" and "make a baked Alaska melt with envy."

Sources:
“Holiday Specials,” Golden State ad, Dec 22, 1948

“Ice Cream Snowballs, an Exciting Holiday Dessert,” Golden State ad, The Sacramento Bee, Dec 20, 1951

“Very Warm for Snowballs,” Golden State ad, Ice Cream Field, January 1952

Malt-A-Plenty ad, Ice Cream Review, August 1954

“Flaming Snow Balls!,” Shubert’s ad, The Chico Enterprise-Record, Dec 1, 1954

“For the Holiday Bride-Elect,” Shubert’s ad, The Chico Enterprise-Record, Dec 8, 1954

“Flaming Snowballs,” Ad, The Evening Herald, Dec 16, 1954

“Superior Flaming Snowballs,” Ad, The Akron Beacon, Dec 21, 1954

“Flaming Snowballs,” Ad, Las Vegas Daily Optic, Dec 22, 1954

“Holiday Ice Cream,” The Star Press, Dec 22, 1954

The Dairy Bar ad, Chronicle Express, Dec 23, 1954

“Flaming Snowballs,” Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, 1961

“’Treasury-Chimney’ An Ideal Holiday Treat,” The News Tribune, Dec 14, 1960

“Flaming Snowball for Dessert,” Los Angeles Times, Apr 29, 1976