I think we need a video testing the slushy maker more. Does iced coffee work? Could you make Chris a frozen coke? Blue raspberry? The ideas are endless!
We have one and my son has made frozen Pepsi with good results. He said stuff with strong flavours and less water works best because otherwise it is too diluted tasting
The reason why your mango smoothie was "diluted" once it was frozen is because when things are frozen, they taste less sweet. Basically, your tastebuds can't detect sugar as well when food is served very cold or frozen. That's why if you've ever tasted melted ice cream it tastes really sweet, much sweeter than when it's frozen. They add more sugar so that you can actually taste the sweetness when it's frozen.
as a pastry chef I can tell you that if you froze the jello and the cookie after making/baking, then unmolded it, it would come out seamlessly. I know it’s not ideal and takes more time but it’s common practice at my job!
11:04 for putting sunscreen on toddlers, try a beauty blender! I’m a nanny and my boss uses that! Literally the best hack! It works so well and makes it so easy especially for the face and getting around the nose and under eyes
I feel like that shot glass mold would be good for just melted chocolate...pour it in while it's melted, harden it in the fridge. Fill with whipped cream, ice cream, mousse, alcoholic shot of some sort 🤷♀️ Also the watermelon cutter may be great to cut cakes? Possibly...I could also see that being a mess 😂
Sensory scientist here: the reason why the flavour is different in slushy form is due to how the basic senses work. For instance the optimal perception of sweetness is the highest at body temp, because this helps the infant find the sweetness of mothers milk most appealing. All flavour components, which are highly volatile, like most fruit aromas, will be far less volatile at lower temperature, so this means it will ‘taste diluted’ as you describe it.
Interesting, my son has the slushy maker and told me it works better with liquids with stronger flavours and less water because otherwise it’s too diluted tasting. He will be intrigued by the actual science behind it!
@@lojaned it is kind of random. Many of us end up working in product development - so making some of the many food items on the shelves. Some end up researching at universities, others end up running sensory panels at companies, where they have a Team that needs to be trained to objectively taste/smell items.
The Thrifty’s scoop is amazing, but there’s a trick. In between scoops, dip into a bowl of warm water. One, it removes the stuck-on bits, and two, it warms the stainless so the next scoop doesn’t stick. Thrifty’s were all over California (maybe the states) and growing up in the 70”s, a scoop was 5 cents. Baskin Robbins was 25 cents. Btw, Thrifty’s is now Rite Aid.
I grew up in California in the 80s and we would regularly go to Thrifty's for ice cream. You are exactly right, they would dip it into a pot of constantly running water to rinse it between scoops.
@@Moniseif oh my gosh yes the chocolate malted crunch is so good! My favorite is Rocky road 😍 i moved out of California so next time I visit I’m going to have to remember to go get ice cream. Thanks for the reminder lol
Thrifty's became Payless which became Rite Aid. As soon as I saw it I was taken back to my childhood of getting an ice cream with my grand parents from Thirfty's when we would go to get their prescriptions. I also grew up in California in the 80's
I work at 7 Eleven and I do in fact know that there is a MAJOR difference between a Slurpee and a Slushie (Icee) and slurpees take the dang cake every time!
Rachel, I love the molds, I’ve had them for a couple years. However, I use them for chocolate, they come out like little shot glasses. For adult parties, I fill them with crème de cocoa or coffee liqueur etc. and everyone loves them. For the kids, I fill them with m&ms or fruit or whip crème, and the love the treat. I do let them set, in the refrigerator, overnight though, just to make sure they are set. By the way, I like the cookie shaped ice cream shaped scooper better. I would like making ice cream sandwiches and keeping them in the freezer for grab and go😊
The 'melon cutter' is just a fancy rebranded cake slicer/cutter. They're typically used in cafés, bakeries ect,so every piece of cake/pie comes out the same size for the same price. If you want to package and sell individual slices you push it all the way to the bottom to cut. If you want to display the cake/pie whole and cut pieces to order you place the slicer on top after the cake is done and push it down just slightly,that way you get little indents in the crust so all your staff easily see the proper size to cut a piece of cake. Comes in different sizes,too,meaning depending on what size cake pan you used, you can mark it for 6,8,12 or 16pieces.
No it's literally just a watermelon cutter they've been around for years a Cale cutter wouldn't be cutting out a hole in the middle like that and it was decimate a cake or pie and crush it and make it look like garbage You're thinking of a wire cutter
No, I'm not,sorry. A wire cutter is supposed to cut your cake horizontally if you're layering a cake with frosting/butter cream,ganache, fruit ect. There are cake cutters that are able to mark and cut pieces to be the exact same size. If used right,and you haven't baked a rock there not squishing stuff either. You're right though in that they usually don't come with the round cutout in the middle like an apple corer. However there are a few that do. Usually for really big cakes with maaany slices, for example a wedding cake where you have structural stuff in the very centre for stacking or want to preserve the middle part of cake with its decorations as a keepsake for the couple. Source: literally using the apparatus in my professional life 🤷🏼♀️
The wires on the ice cream cutter are to cut the bottom of the ice cream when you twist it!! I think it just quarters it as a result of having to get the wire down on the bottom.
In the 80s my parents got a cheese guillotine as a wedding present. It was basically a marble slab with a metal string and you pull down the string to cut the cheese. Kinda like those egg cutters, just with less strings. And then there's all those cheese knives you get nowadays, anyway, I reckon the melon cutters are a thing because a watermelon is just very awkward to cut.
It's a Norwegian invention, not Swedish😉 We've had it in almost 100 years now, it's called an "ostehøvel" i Norway, they also have it in Sweden and they try to take the credit for it sometimes. So we in Norway have to correct that🙈
The staple gun ice cream scoop is from Thriftys - an old grocery store I grew up getting ice cream from in California. Their scoops were always dense and iconic for the shape - and their ice cream was the best. Good memories :)
I was just watching a Dermatologist here on TH-cam, Dr Dray. She said that using the pimple patches over a mosquito bite works wonderfully in stopping the itch and making the swelling go down. I haven't tried it, but she has, and says it works better than anything she has used!
I’ve never thought to do that, but it sounds like it would work really well! They do such a good job of drawing out redness and helping acne heal faster, so I’m sure the same would apply to a mosquito bite too!
Just saw your comment after commenting the same thing. That is exactly what it is. For real, a fancy rebranded cake slicer/cutter with stupid handles. A cake cutter is a thing that exists and it looks pretty similar.
The stainless steel ice cream scoop from Thrifty's is a childhood memory for me! Here in California, going to Thrifty's drug store, now really push Rite aid was a weekend event! That was the scoops that they used to do your ice cream cones! Not all rite aids still have the ice cream booth but they still sell the ice cream and it is my favorite ever!
@@TheDezzOne it was literally just cream soda and smuckers butterscotch syrup (the squeeze bottle one, not the jar). I used about 2 tablespoons but you could adjust to your preference. You can also make the topping by mixing heavy cream and the syrup until you get soft to medium peaks
I’m having a bit of a hard day and when Christopher said he was going on a hot girl walk I legit laughed out loud. I love you both and all your videos! Thanks for the smile! 💜
Why couldn’t you have told me 13 yrs ago to tell the kiddo’s that they’re invisible when putting on sunscreen??? It would’ve worked so well with my nephew! I think my niece would’ve liked it as well! I’m totally going to do that for my baby second cousins. One of them will go absolutely nuts and I can’t wait!!! Everyone needs a Rachel and Chris in their lives!!!
It's the ultimate distraction while gooey sunscreen is being applied to be like "WAIT where did he go?!? I just... *Pats arm with sunscreen* I swear this FEELS like his arm, but I can't... see him anywhere?!?" They all loved it ❤️
for bug bites I use Bug Bite Thing. it's a little sucker that get the venom out of the bites so they heal faster. the sooner you use it on bites, the better it works
For the sunscreen, use a large foundation brush. When im watching my niece, i ask her if she wants "a little bit of makeup on" because she's constantly getting into mine and her mums makeup brushes. It's so easy to buff in on body and face, and then when my nephew sees how much fun it is, he says he wants to do that too. Easiest way to get the littles in my life to put sunscreen on. I bought a buffer brush exclusively for this purpose, and store it with my sunscreens. The kids at this point know where it is and to go and get it as we're going to the park or outside for something
RACH you need to try “the bug bite thing”!! I also welt up when I get bit and that thing is magic. It gets my bites gone within two days and it stops itching right after I use it. I was so skeptical at first but it really works!
The cell phone holder for your cup is a great idea so going to get myself one. The mold to make cups i have used and worked great I make jelly ones all the time jello giggles the ones u can cut into squares you pour in a long baking pan or i have molds for different holidays i use that way to make the cups they come or firm and hold there shape. i have never added extra gelatin.On the brand Jello . they have the both ways to make it
I am from California where Thrifty’s ice cream was a must stop all year for ice cream. I moved away in 2004 and just went home to visit last week and it was on my list of must have “food” stops. Rite Aid bought them and not many left so it is super exciting that you can have their unique scoop at home. They always dipped the scoop in warm water before they got the scoop and I think their ice cream was a bit firmer than yours. But ya it is a great childhood memory. :)
For the cookie cups, try freezing them and then taking them out. The jello cups are cool but are such a pain in the ass. Like that review said you've gotta add so much gelatin for them to work that they taste bad and are like rubber. Also, the first ice cream scoop you used, they make a square one, and it's so cool!
My dad used to run a sharp knife under warm water, then he sliced his portion of ice cream off of the brick (he didn’t believe in buying pints of ice cream). SO much easier than a scoop and more efficient than a spoon.
Definitely going to try the bite patches. My hubby bought me a bite gadget (from Amazon) that works great…but the ‘warm’ sensation during treatment is like someone is holding your skin over the fire. A less painful treatment would be nice. I’m the girl who goes hiking above the snow line and some poor half frozen mosquito is following me up the slope!
Another way to make cookie cups is to turn a muffin tin upside down and then shape a small layer of cookie dough over every other mound. Since the dough is thin, they don’t need to cook for very long. Make sure you spray the mounds and cool the tin before trying to remove the cookie.
Diet Coke Slurpee’s are a rare and magical find. Yum! … and I totally remember those ice cream scoops at Thrifty Drug Store when I was a kid. If you dip it in hot water, which seems to be a thread in this video, ice cream scoops will come out perfectly.
Please remember that sunscreen is packed the way it is to preserve it. If repackage it into something else and leave it there you can really compromise it. Lab Muffin Beauty Science has a video about it.
I bought my daughter the slushie cup before the summer holidays started here and we all use it.. i make coffee slushies frappe kinda thing (yum!).. I'm non dairy and low sugar diet thanks to 3/4 of my stomach being removed 12 years ago.. I can enjoy icey treats again thanks to this cup! I need to buy at least 2 more of those cups!
If you dip the mold into hot water for like 15 seconds to just barely melt the outsides the shot glasses will come out way easier!! Or you can use a hair dryer to do the same thing. ❤
For the shot glass mold, turn it inside out and mold the cookie dough around it that way and bake it inside out like that. Maybe it will work better for cookie glasses
Or shape it to the outside of the pan. I use mini muffin tins for tiny bowls. Another fun way is to use a roll-out cookie dough; cut into large flower shapes and gently press into muffin pans. When cooled, fill with cream, Nutella, fruit, whatever you like. It's like Willy Wonka--you can even eat the dishes! 😀
Oh, my sister and I LOVED to go to Thrifty discount store and get the cylindrical ice cream scoops - it looked so much easier for them to serve than the conventional round scoops
The thrifty's ice cream is so nostalgic for me. It changed name in 96 to Rite-aid. It never occured to me they didn't have Rite-Aid in Canada. I used to think getting ice cream from them was so cool. My apologies if this shows up twice. I wrote one comment and it vanished.
Omg Rachel!!! The cylinder ice cream scoop is so nostalgic if you lived in the US there was a drug store called Thrifty’s that sold THE BEST ICE cream and that was their scooper, you could get a perfect 2 or 3 scoop ice cream cone that was as big as year head for $1.50 and it never fell. It’s such an American childhood pastime lol
I grew up in California. We had a drug store named Thrifty. It was a chain that is now long gone. They had an ice cream counter. They used the round stackable scoop that you tried. The difference was their’s was much smaller than the one you tested. I think that is why it might work better. The scooper is still sold at Right Aid today. Back in the day a single scoop cone was 50 cents. Then you could stack up to two additional scoops that were 25 cents each. This video took me way back! 😊
My friend has the 1st ice cream scoop you tried. I’d never seen one so volunteered to be the ice cream scooper at her daughter’s birthday party. Sooo much faster and easier, and didn’t have to wait for the ice cream to soften to start serving
I also wonder if you can make "dirty" slushies, i.e. you slush the non-alcoholic ingredients and then add a cold shot or two.😊 For the cookie cups you need a harder cookie dough with more flour, e.g. a Christmas cookie dough. Yours was too toffee-like, or it wasn't cold enough. I would use the Wilton mold for chocolate or frozen cups. I even wonder if the jello or cookie dough works if you freeze it first.
I think the mold reviewer is probably right. It would probably work much better if you can get it to a soft gummy bear consistency. For baking, maybe try a dense, chewy, fudgy brownie batter, and use a nonstick baking spray.
I would also try setting the whole mold in a pan with hot water, the heat will slightly “melt” the outer surfaces, and they should slide out a bit better. A hack I learned from my Grandma when she made jello molds back in the 1980s & 90s. Hers were aluminum so she only set it in hot water for about 30 seconds but thicker silicone mold may take a bit longer.
I never tried the itch relief patches but I have tried the bug bite thing (Amazon carries it AND it's a shark tank product 🤯) and same situation...if you do it before you scratch, it's great. This one also helps with splinters and bee stings. The buggies love me too and I get welts from bites.
For the mold, of you want to try jello again. I haven't tried this, but I think it might work. Use unflavored gelatin, probably at least 6 packages according "Amy", and some of those unsweetened Kool Aid packets. Those come with a good pop of flavor and citric acid, which will help the flavor carry over to the jelled form. Again, just a theory, but it seems like it would work.
OMG it’s the THRIFTY’S ice cream scoop!!! I was just talking about that ice cream scooper! They are the only ones I’ve ever seen with that particular scoop. oh man it’s so freakin nostalgic. Reminds me of long summer beach days followed by a trip to Thrify’s for a Double scoop of mint chip and Rocky road pls. Pro tip: if you go to thrifty for ice cream they rinse the scooper thing in water before they take that first plunge into the ice cream. It helps with the cutting. And they aren’t afraid to really “pack” that scooper thing full of ice cream so you get a really dense cylinder. 😄
The wires cut the bottom of the ice cream puck when you twist it so it comes out cleanly. Would have been useful on the other one so it was actually stackable… for all these times when you want to stack ice cream…
My life changing sunscreen hack for my kid was using a makeup brush (foundation brush) 🤙🏻 I saw it online and I will never not use it now. It gets in his ears and all over his face so easily and I can rub it in with it, too.
the make a squishy thing was big in 2015-ish. all the neighbourhood kids got them for xmas & then us adults had to squish them as the kids didnt want to squish for as long as we had to do it
your videos never fail to make me so happy! i was having a terrible day and I just sat down to eat, then I see that you posted a video 1min ago and my mood instantly changed
i wonder if the mold would work better for cookies if you pushed it inside out, wrapped the dough around the center, pushed it in, and then made the circle for the top?? still seems like they could have made it better though. if you use it again, pls give us an update!! also, love the phone pouch for hot girl walks HAHA
I just use a large dense make up brush to apply mine and my toddler's body suncream/sunscreen. I use one of those fake Artis brushes for her face. Really quick and easy!
LMAO at Christopher going to take a "Hot Girl Walk." Thanks, Rach, I always love your videos. I don't remember how I found your channel(s), but I'm so glad I did.
You can use flavors for the jello cups, most grocery stores have it in the baking aisle! Same area as vanilla n such usually but you can get watermelon, cherry, and strawberry. Add it to the jello and unflavored jello mixture and it’ll account for the missing flavor!
To demould gelatin, soak the outside of the mould in hot water for a bit, just long enough to soften the surface of the jelly but not enough to melt it.Then flip onto a flat surface. Should slide right out.
I think we need a video testing the slushy maker more. Does iced coffee work? Could you make Chris a frozen coke? Blue raspberry? The ideas are endless!
Could Christ make a slushie margherita? 👀 People want to know
We have one and my son has made frozen Pepsi with good results. He said stuff with strong flavours and less water works best because otherwise it is too diluted tasting
A can you slush it video. Slushy marg.... yup without watering it down
@@silverhairedqueen😅 uojj0l
@hermiona1147 I don't know about Christ, he has other things going on, but I am sure Chris could. Lol.
Sorry. I had to.
The reason why your mango smoothie was "diluted" once it was frozen is because when things are frozen, they taste less sweet. Basically, your tastebuds can't detect sugar as well when food is served very cold or frozen. That's why if you've ever tasted melted ice cream it tastes really sweet, much sweeter than when it's frozen. They add more sugar so that you can actually taste the sweetness when it's frozen.
as a pastry chef I can tell you that if you froze the jello and the cookie after making/baking, then unmolded it, it would come out seamlessly. I know it’s not ideal and takes more time but it’s common practice at my job!
Came here to say the same thing!
I thought the same thing ! 🙌🏻
Christopher taking a hot girl walk is probably my favorite concept. 😂❤ Also, Rach: you can absolutely have a hot girl mom walk lol. You are a 10/10 😊
11:04 for putting sunscreen on toddlers, try a beauty blender! I’m a nanny and my boss uses that! Literally the best hack! It works so well and makes it so easy especially for the face and getting around the nose and under eyes
Great idea! I’m also a fan of the flat foundation brush to apply sunscreen to a toddler!
@@stellanovamontessori yes that sounds like it’d work great too!
I feel like that shot glass mold would be good for just melted chocolate...pour it in while it's melted, harden it in the fridge. Fill with whipped cream, ice cream, mousse, alcoholic shot of some sort 🤷♀️
Also the watermelon cutter may be great to cut cakes? Possibly...I could also see that being a mess 😂
Sensory scientist here: the reason why the flavour is different in slushy form is due to how the basic senses work. For instance the optimal perception of sweetness is the highest at body temp, because this helps the infant find the sweetness of mothers milk most appealing.
All flavour components, which are highly volatile, like most fruit aromas, will be far less volatile at lower temperature, so this means it will ‘taste diluted’ as you describe it.
So cool!
Interesting, my son has the slushy maker and told me it works better with liquids with stronger flavours and less water because otherwise it’s too diluted tasting. He will be intrigued by the actual science behind it!
I love hearing about random jobs that I’ve never heard of. I love the idea of being a sensory scientist, that sounds awesome!
@@lojaned it is kind of random. Many of us end up working in product development - so making some of the many food items on the shelves. Some end up researching at universities, others end up running sensory panels at companies, where they have a Team that needs to be trained to objectively taste/smell items.
The Thrifty’s scoop is amazing, but there’s a trick. In between scoops, dip into a bowl of warm water. One, it removes the stuck-on bits, and two, it warms the stainless so the next scoop doesn’t stick. Thrifty’s were all over California (maybe the states) and growing up in the 70”s, a scoop was 5 cents. Baskin Robbins was 25 cents. Btw, Thrifty’s is now Rite Aid.
I grew up in California in the 80s and we would regularly go to Thrifty's for ice cream. You are exactly right, they would dip it into a pot of constantly running water to rinse it between scoops.
I loved when my dad would take me to thriftys, their ice cream is unparalleled for me
I still go to Rite Aid and buy the Thrifty brand ice cream. Favorites are their mint chip and chocolate malted krunch
@@Moniseif oh my gosh yes the chocolate malted crunch is so good! My favorite is Rocky road 😍 i moved out of California so next time I visit I’m going to have to remember to go get ice cream. Thanks for the reminder lol
Thrifty's became Payless which became Rite Aid. As soon as I saw it I was taken back to my childhood of getting an ice cream with my grand parents from Thirfty's when we would go to get their prescriptions. I also grew up in California in the 80's
I work at 7 Eleven and I do in fact know that there is a MAJOR difference between a Slurpee and a Slushie (Icee) and slurpees take the dang cake every time!
I agree! Slushies/Icees have too large an ice chunk for my preference.😊
@@jaimejohnesee exactly!
I’m from Winnipeg, so I hard agree!! #slurpeecapitaloftheworld
Rachel, I love the molds, I’ve had them for a couple years. However, I use them for chocolate, they come out like little shot glasses. For adult parties, I fill them with crème de cocoa or coffee liqueur etc. and everyone loves them. For the kids, I fill them with m&ms or fruit or whip crème, and the love the treat. I do let them set, in the refrigerator, overnight though, just to make sure they are set. By the way, I like the cookie shaped ice cream shaped scooper better. I would like making ice cream sandwiches and keeping them in the freezer for grab and go😊
The 'melon cutter' is just a fancy rebranded cake slicer/cutter.
They're typically used in cafés, bakeries ect,so every piece of cake/pie comes out the same size for the same price.
If you want to package and sell individual slices you push it all the way to the bottom to cut. If you want to display the cake/pie whole and cut pieces to order you place the slicer on top after the cake is done and push it down just slightly,that way you get little indents in the crust so all your staff easily see the proper size to cut a piece of cake.
Comes in different sizes,too,meaning depending on what size cake pan you used, you can mark it for 6,8,12 or 16pieces.
No it's literally just a watermelon cutter they've been around for years a Cale cutter wouldn't be cutting out a hole in the middle like that and it was decimate a cake or pie and crush it and make it look like garbage
You're thinking of a wire cutter
No, I'm not,sorry.
A wire cutter is supposed to cut your cake horizontally if you're layering a cake with frosting/butter cream,ganache, fruit ect.
There are cake cutters that are able to mark and cut pieces to be the exact same size. If used right,and you haven't baked a rock there not squishing stuff either.
You're right though in that they usually don't come with the round cutout in the middle like an apple corer. However there are a few that do. Usually for really big cakes with maaany slices, for example a wedding cake where you have structural stuff in the very centre for stacking or want to preserve the middle part of cake with its decorations as a keepsake for the couple.
Source: literally using the apparatus in my professional life 🤷🏼♀️
The wires on the ice cream cutter are to cut the bottom of the ice cream when you twist it!! I think it just quarters it as a result of having to get the wire down on the bottom.
Chris is always so supportive of you and never lets you say you failed in any way. I love it so much.
It just blows my mind that people love to create more devices to cut watermelon than they do devices that allow one to cut cheese.
In the 80s my parents got a cheese guillotine as a wedding present. It was basically a marble slab with a metal string and you pull down the string to cut the cheese. Kinda like those egg cutters, just with less strings.
And then there's all those cheese knives you get nowadays, anyway, I reckon the melon cutters are a thing because a watermelon is just very awkward to cut.
The Swedish "osthyvel" is the perfect tool to cut cheese with, nothing else needs to be invented 😉
It's a Norwegian invention, not Swedish😉 We've had it in almost 100 years now, it's called an "ostehøvel" i Norway, they also have it in Sweden and they try to take the credit for it sometimes. So we in Norway have to correct that🙈
@@saranilsson7597it's actually Norwegian. But yeah it's the best tool to get thin slices of cheese to have on bread.
Oh yes, you're absolutely right. Norwegian, but still as awesome 😄
The staple gun ice cream scoop is from Thriftys - an old grocery store I grew up getting ice cream from in California. Their scoops were always dense and iconic for the shape - and their ice cream was the best. Good memories :)
Yup! I remember going there as a kid for delicious cylinder shaped ice cream cones! Good times!
It was super cheap icecream too
Rachel, have you tried running the mold under hot water for a few seconds to get them to release easier? :)
Was now about to suggest this same thing
I was just watching a Dermatologist here on TH-cam, Dr Dray. She said that using the pimple patches over a mosquito bite works wonderfully in stopping the itch and making the swelling go down. I haven't tried it, but she has, and says it works better than anything she has used!
I’ve never thought to do that, but it sounds like it would work really well! They do such a good job of drawing out redness and helping acne heal faster, so I’m sure the same would apply to a mosquito bite too!
Lol I just wrote the same comment 😂
@@heidimargaret306 😂😂 Great minds!
I wonder if that melon cutter would be good to cut a pie or circular cake into equal slices??😮
hmmm!!!! good idea.
I so want to see a sponge cake be cut with it now 😂
I am vibing with your way of thinking hahaha
Just saw your comment after commenting the same thing.
That is exactly what it is. For real, a fancy rebranded cake slicer/cutter with stupid handles. A cake cutter is a thing that exists and it looks pretty similar.
Or for ice cream cake!!!
The stainless steel ice cream scoop from Thrifty's is a childhood memory for me! Here in California, going to Thrifty's drug store, now really push Rite aid was a weekend event! That was the scoops that they used to do your ice cream cones! Not all rite aids still have the ice cream booth but they still sell the ice cream and it is my favorite ever!
Fellow Californian here and I was so confused why this was such a big deal 😂
Likewise!
I was thinking about Thrifty ice cream!
Same here! Cheap and good! Those scoops were made for the hugeice cream tubs not the small containers purchased for home.
Thrifty’s ice cream is a childhood memory of mine also.
I bought the slushee cup a few months ago, just to recreate the “butter beer” from universal. It worked very well
Oooh! What recipe did you use?
@@TheDezzOne it was literally just cream soda and smuckers butterscotch syrup (the squeeze bottle one, not the jar). I used about 2 tablespoons but you could adjust to your preference. You can also make the topping by mixing heavy cream and the syrup until you get soft to medium peaks
I’m having a bit of a hard day and when Christopher said he was going on a hot girl walk I legit laughed out loud. I love you both and all your videos! Thanks for the smile! 💜
Why couldn’t you have told me 13 yrs ago to tell the kiddo’s that they’re invisible when putting on sunscreen??? It would’ve worked so well with my nephew! I think my niece would’ve liked it as well! I’m totally going to do that for my baby second cousins. One of them will go absolutely nuts and I can’t wait!!! Everyone needs a Rachel and Chris in their lives!!!
It's the ultimate distraction while gooey sunscreen is being applied to be like "WAIT where did he go?!? I just... *Pats arm with sunscreen* I swear this FEELS like his arm, but I can't... see him anywhere?!?" They all loved it ❤️
for bug bites I use Bug Bite Thing. it's a little sucker that get the venom out of the bites so they heal faster. the sooner you use it on bites, the better it works
For the sunscreen, use a large foundation brush. When im watching my niece, i ask her if she wants "a little bit of makeup on" because she's constantly getting into mine and her mums makeup brushes. It's so easy to buff in on body and face, and then when my nephew sees how much fun it is, he says he wants to do that too. Easiest way to get the littles in my life to put sunscreen on. I bought a buffer brush exclusively for this purpose, and store it with my sunscreens. The kids at this point know where it is and to go and get it as we're going to the park or outside for something
RACH you need to try “the bug bite thing”!! I also welt up when I get bit and that thing is magic. It gets my bites gone within two days and it stops itching right after I use it. I was so skeptical at first but it really works!
The cell phone holder for your cup is a great idea so going to get myself one. The mold to make cups i have used and worked great I make jelly ones all the time jello giggles the ones u can cut into squares you pour in a long baking pan or i have molds for different holidays i use that way to make the cups they come or firm and hold there shape. i have never added extra gelatin.On the brand Jello . they have the both ways to make it
I am from California where Thrifty’s ice cream was a must stop all year for ice cream. I moved away in 2004 and just went home to visit last week and it was on my list of must have “food” stops. Rite Aid bought them and not many left so it is super exciting that you can have their unique scoop at home. They always dipped the scoop in warm water before they got the scoop and I think their ice cream was a bit firmer than yours. But ya it is a great childhood memory. :)
Europeans already make fun of us N. Americans for carrying around our “emotional support water bottle” and now we get excited to attach a phone. 😂😂😂
My husband was sitting next to me watching this and swears your husband looks like jake gyllenhaal lol now i can’t unsee it 😅
For the cookie cups, try freezing them and then taking them out. The jello cups are cool but are such a pain in the ass. Like that review said you've gotta add so much gelatin for them to work that they taste bad and are like rubber. Also, the first ice cream scoop you used, they make a square one, and it's so cool!
My dad used to run a sharp knife under warm water, then he sliced his portion of ice cream off of the brick (he didn’t believe in buying pints of ice cream). SO much easier than a scoop and more efficient than a spoon.
For the cookies in the Wilton mold, push it out and cover with cookie and then push it in.
Hi Dr, Dray just mentioned putting a colloidal face patch like mighty patches on a mosquito bite, it stops the itch and helps with swelling
Ngl I’m here for you and your husband’s commentary at the end. Y’all are soulmates!
As always, I just love you two. It doesn't matter if I want to try the things out or not or if the things are a flop. I just love watching y'all 😊❤
Definitely going to try the bite patches. My hubby bought me a bite gadget (from Amazon) that works great…but the ‘warm’ sensation during treatment is like someone is holding your skin over the fire. A less painful treatment would be nice. I’m the girl who goes hiking above the snow line and some poor half frozen mosquito is following me up the slope!
Another way to make cookie cups is to turn a muffin tin upside down and then shape a small layer of cookie dough over every other mound. Since the dough is thin, they don’t need to cook for very long. Make sure you spray the mounds and cool the tin before trying to remove the cookie.
Diet Coke Slurpee’s are a rare and magical find. Yum! … and I totally remember those ice cream scoops at Thrifty Drug Store when I was a kid. If you dip it in hot water, which seems to be a thread in this video, ice cream scoops will come out perfectly.
Please remember that sunscreen is packed the way it is to preserve it. If repackage it into something else and leave it there you can really compromise it. Lab Muffin Beauty Science has a video about it.
I bought my daughter the slushie cup before the summer holidays started here and we all use it.. i make coffee slushies frappe kinda thing (yum!).. I'm non dairy and low sugar diet thanks to 3/4 of my stomach being removed 12 years ago.. I can enjoy icey treats again thanks to this cup! I need to buy at least 2 more of those cups!
The Thrifty ice cream scoop takes me back to my childhood. The Thrifty Drug Store ice cream counter was The Best!
The all metal ice cream scooper reminds me of the speculas they use for ob appointments. I don't think I would be able to use it seriously. Lol
If you dip the mold into hot water for like 15 seconds to just barely melt the outsides the shot glasses will come out way easier!! Or you can use a hair dryer to do the same thing. ❤
Hearing Winnipeg come up in a video for anything other than our canadian handshanke is a win for us all lol
For the shot glass mold, turn it inside out and mold the cookie dough around it that way and bake it inside out like that. Maybe it will work better for cookie glasses
Or shape it to the outside of the pan. I use mini muffin tins for tiny bowls. Another fun way is to use a roll-out cookie dough; cut into large flower shapes and gently press into muffin pans. When cooled, fill with cream, Nutella, fruit, whatever you like. It's like Willy Wonka--you can even eat the dishes! 😀
Just make jigglers for the molds. Should be a recipe on the box of jello. If not, 2 boxes of jello with half the water. Won’t dilute the flavor either
That metal ice cream scoop looked like a speculum from hell!
Lol at Christopher "I'm going to go take a hot girl walk" with the ice cream sandwich 😅
The Jello molds might be better with 2 Jello packets to 1amountof water???
For the molds for the jello cups, gently pull from the sides to release. I make these jello cups all the time.
I love how excited she initially was with the ice scoop when that's all they use here from where I come from in California. ♡
Oh, my sister and I LOVED to go to Thrifty discount store and get the cylindrical ice cream scoops - it looked so much easier for them to serve than the conventional round scoops
The thrifty's ice cream is so nostalgic for me. It changed name in 96 to Rite-aid. It never occured to me they didn't have Rite-Aid in Canada.
I used to think getting ice cream from them was so cool.
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Omg Rachel!!! The cylinder ice cream scoop is so nostalgic if you lived in the US there was a drug store called Thrifty’s that sold THE BEST ICE cream and that was their scooper, you could get a perfect 2 or 3 scoop ice cream cone that was as big as year head for $1.50 and it never fell. It’s such an American childhood pastime lol
I grew up in California. We had a drug store named Thrifty. It was a chain that is now long gone. They had an ice cream counter. They used the round stackable scoop that you tried. The difference was their’s was much smaller than the one you tested. I think that is why it might work better. The scooper is still sold at Right Aid today. Back in the day a single scoop cone was 50 cents. Then you could stack up to two additional scoops that were 25 cents each. This video took me way back! 😊
The ice cream counter was in the Rite Aid when I went to California this past December. Maybe not all have it but the one in Ventura did
Love the Winnipeg shout out! We love slurpees all times of the year!
My friend has the 1st ice cream scoop you tried. I’d never seen one so volunteered to be the ice cream scooper at her daughter’s birthday party. Sooo much faster and easier, and didn’t have to wait for the ice cream to soften to start serving
thrifty ice cream scoops are the best, takes me back to my childhood
The way you say, "square" is very interesting. Makes perfect sense and now I can't think of any other way to say it
Lol! 😂 Chris saying “I’m taking a hot girl walk” is hilarious 🤣
I also wonder if you can make "dirty" slushies, i.e. you slush the non-alcoholic ingredients and then add a cold shot or two.😊
For the cookie cups you need a harder cookie dough with more flour, e.g. a Christmas cookie dough. Yours was too toffee-like, or it wasn't cold enough. I would use the Wilton mold for chocolate or frozen cups. I even wonder if the jello or cookie dough works if you freeze it first.
Freezing the jello to try to get it out doesn’t work. It makes it gross. Just fyi. Ask me how I know. Lol
Now it's time for Christopher's "Hot girl walk" lol.
I think the mold reviewer is probably right. It would probably work much better if you can get it to a soft gummy bear consistency. For baking, maybe try a dense, chewy, fudgy brownie batter, and use a nonstick baking spray.
I would also try setting the whole mold in a pan with hot water, the heat will slightly “melt” the outer surfaces, and they should slide out a bit better.
A hack I learned from my Grandma when she made jello molds back in the 1980s & 90s. Hers were aluminum so she only set it in hot water for about 30 seconds but thicker silicone mold may take a bit longer.
@@krissyDMB Good idea
I never tried the itch relief patches but I have tried the bug bite thing (Amazon carries it AND it's a shark tank product 🤯) and same situation...if you do it before you scratch, it's great. This one also helps with splinters and bee stings. The buggies love me too and I get welts from bites.
For the mold, of you want to try jello again. I haven't tried this, but I think it might work. Use unflavored gelatin, probably at least 6 packages according "Amy", and some of those unsweetened Kool Aid packets. Those come with a good pop of flavor and citric acid, which will help the flavor carry over to the jelled form. Again, just a theory, but it seems like it would work.
Chris is my fav with the Winnipeg shoutout!!! ❤
Christopher is from Winnipeg?! Yessss!!! That’s where I live! Slurpee capital of Canada for 22 years in a row baybeeeee! 🎉
That ice cream staple thing can be used to make ice cream sandwiches
My 20 months old sits still pretty well while I do her hair or put lotion/sunscreen on and for that I'm truly blessed
At time 7:26. That little clip could be a earring commercial. THAT EAR POPPED WITH SO MUCH PIZZAZZ!!!
"this helps a fraction of 1%" has me CRYING 😂😂😂
I’m so here for the Christopher reviews! “Going to go take a hot girl walk” while eating a half melted ice cream sandwich killed me 😂
OMG it’s the THRIFTY’S ice cream scoop!!! I was just talking about that ice cream scooper! They are the only ones I’ve ever seen with that particular scoop. oh man it’s so freakin nostalgic. Reminds me of long summer beach days followed by a trip to Thrify’s for a Double scoop of mint chip and Rocky road pls.
Pro tip: if you go to thrifty for ice cream they rinse the scooper thing in water before they take that first plunge into the ice cream. It helps with the cutting. And they aren’t afraid to really “pack” that scooper thing full of ice cream so you get a really dense cylinder. 😄
I think those molds would work great for candy and you could use them for Christmas or NYE. ❤
Yes for sure!
I had the slushy maker in the 90s and it worked well. Mine looked like a coke icee
The wires cut the bottom of the ice cream puck when you twist it so it comes out cleanly. Would have been useful on the other one so it was actually stackable… for all these times when you want to stack ice cream…
My life changing sunscreen hack for my kid was using a makeup brush (foundation brush) 🤙🏻 I saw it online and I will never not use it now. It gets in his ears and all over his face so easily and I can rub it in with it, too.
the make a squishy thing was big in 2015-ish. all the neighbourhood kids got them for xmas & then us adults had to squish them as the kids didnt want to squish for as long as we had to do it
your videos never fail to make me so happy! i was having a terrible day and I just sat down to eat, then I see that you posted a video 1min ago and my mood instantly changed
💗 happy you're here!
i wonder if the mold would work better for cookies if you pushed it inside out, wrapped the dough around the center, pushed it in, and then made the circle for the top?? still seems like they could have made it better though. if you use it again, pls give us an update!! also, love the phone pouch for hot girl walks HAHA
I love the thrifty one cream scoop!!!
That mold would be good for ice. Make little ice cups for shots
Thrifty ice cream scoop. It’s what they used in our local shops
As an ice cream fanatic, I will be buying one of the scoopers :)
I just use a large dense make up brush to apply mine and my toddler's body suncream/sunscreen. I use one of those fake Artis brushes for her face.
Really quick and easy!
When I was a kid thrifty’s drug used those cylindrical shaped ice cream scoops. I loved their ice cream
i hope you know my night routine is popping melatonin gummies and watching your vids. truly the best🤪
LMAO at Christopher going to take a "Hot Girl Walk." Thanks, Rach, I always love your videos. I don't remember how I found your channel(s), but I'm so glad I did.
For the cup molds, I’ve always froze mine to help the setting and it pops right out
I wonder if the mold would work with something like brownie batter? Just a thought 💜💜💜
Christopher’s eyes lit up at the word slurpee 😂
Always able to make my day better when I see you upload! Thank you ❤
greetings from Denmark, I'm watching with my 5-year old girl, who loves your videos as well
Dane here as well 🎉
Ooh looking at the cup thingy, I wonder how that would be with chocolate 🤤🤔 Maybe a chocolate cup with mousse and cream?
Just what I needed❤😊 Thanks for the Saturday post as always!
Maybe brownie or cake mix for the molds. Grease and dust with flour before filling.
Oooh I want that slushy maker for my ice coffee!
I love the Winnipeg shout out!!! We’re the Slurpee capital of the world!
You can use flavors for the jello cups, most grocery stores have it in the baking aisle! Same area as vanilla n such usually but you can get watermelon, cherry, and strawberry. Add it to the jello and unflavored jello mixture and it’ll account for the missing flavor!
To demould gelatin, soak the outside of the mould in hot water for a bit, just long enough to soften the surface of the jelly but not enough to melt it.Then flip onto a flat surface. Should slide right out.