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Hokey pokey ice cream
Also known as: Hokey Pokey
New Zealand sweet-cream ice cream folded with crisp golden-syrup honeycomb pieces.
About Hokey pokey ice cream
Hokey pokey ice cream is a New Zealand classic built around small pieces of aerated honeycomb toffee. This profile follows Chelsea Sugar's from-scratch sweet-cream and golden-syrup version.
The cream base is rich, cold and gently eggy, with clean sugar sweetness. Honeycomb pieces add toasted caramel flavour and a brittle crunch that gradually softens where they meet the ice cream.
The ice cream is pale ivory with irregular amber-gold honeycomb pieces scattered throughout. Freshly broken pieces have tiny air holes and crisp edges, creating a speckled, crunchy interior.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Hokey pokey ice cream
New Zealand Homemade Hokey Pokey Ice Cream.
- White sugarHoneycomb caramel
- Golden syrupHoneycomb caramel flavour
- Baking sodaAerates the honeycomb
- Egg yolksRich ice-cream base
- Caster sugarSweetens the ice-cream base
- Heavy creamWhipped frozen base
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- White sugar:
- Golden syrup: . The recipe fixes Chelsea Golden Syrup, but the page does not expose its full product formula; confirm the label
- Baking soda:
- Egg yolks:
- Caster sugar:
- Heavy cream:
Origins & food traditions
Tourism New Zealand identifies hokey pokey as a favourite local ice-cream flavour of creamy ice cream and crunchy honeycomb. Chelsea Sugar supplies the complete New Zealand recipe fixed here, including homemade golden-syrup honeycomb and a whipped-cream-and-egg-yolk base.
Countries
- New Zealand
- New ZealandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- New Zealand Cuisine
- New Zealand cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.