How to Make Sea Salt Ice Cream from Kingdom Hearts

Co-authored by Amber Crain

Last Updated: May 28, 2021 Tested

If you’re a Kingdom Hearts 2 player, you're probably curious about the sea salt ice cream that Axel, Roxas, and Xion eat in the game. If you want to know what it tastes like, you can easily recreate the recipe at home and enjoy sea salt ice with your friends in just a few hours! The recipe works best if you use an ice cream maker, but if you don’t have one, don’t worry⁠—you can still make sea salt ice cream without it.

Ingredients

2 eggs, separated
2 cups (470 ml) of milk
1/3 cup (67 g) of white granulated sugar
1 teaspoon (4.9 ml) of vanilla
1 cup (240 ml) of heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon (4.2 g) of sea salt
12 drops of blue food coloring
3 drops of green food coloring

Makes 3-5 servings

Part 1

Part 1 of 4:

Mixing the Ingredients

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Separate the eggs into 2 separate bowls. Crack each egg, 1 at a time, and separate the whites from the yolks. Put the yolks in 1 bowl, and the whites in another bowl.^{[1]
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Beat the egg whites until they’re stiff. Use an electric mixer or stand mixer set on a low speed for the best results. Keep beating the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, which usually takes about 5 minutes.^{[2]
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- You can use a whisk to beat the egg whites manually if you don’t have a mixer, but it will take a little more effort and elbow grease!^{[3]
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- Once the egg whites are stiff, set the bowl aside.
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Mix 1/3 cup (67 g) of sugar with the egg yolks. Measure out the white granulated sugar and dump it into the bowl with the egg yolks. Stir the ingredients together until they’re fully incorporated.^{[4]
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Part 2

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Heating the Ingredients

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Heat 2 cups (470 ml) of milk in a pot or saucepan until it simmers. Measure out the milk and pour it into a small pot or saucepan. Place the pot or saucepan on your stovetop and heat the milk over medium heat.^{[5]
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- Stir the mixture occasionally as you bring it to a simmer.
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Pour the heated milk into the yolk and sugar mixture. Remove the milk from the heat once it starts to simmer. Use a pot holder to carefully transfer the hot milk to the bowl with the yolks and white sugar. Stir the ingredients until they’re fully combined.^{[6]
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Return the milk mixture to the pot and heat it until it thickens. Pour the milk mixture back into your pot or saucepan. Turn the heat to medium and let the mixture cook until it takes on a thick, custard-like texture. This should only take a few minutes.^{[7]
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- Don't let the mixture come to a boil or the eggs will scramble!

Part 3

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Chilling the Mixture

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Stir the thickened mixture into the bowl of egg whites. Use a pot holder to lift the pot or saucepan off the stove and carefully pour the hot, thick mixture into the bowl of stiff egg whites. Stir the mixture well with a wooden spoon to incorporate the ingredients.^{[8]
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Stir about 1 teaspoon (4.2 g) of sea salt into the mixture. You can adjust the amount of sea salt according to your personal tastes, but 1 teaspoon (4.2 g) will give you a nice balance of sweet and salty flavors. Be careful not to over-salt the mixture.^{[9]
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- Use sea salt for this recipe. Regular table salt won’t give you the results you want.
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Cover and chill the mixture in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Stretch plastic wrap over the mouth of the bowl to cover the mixture. Place the covered bowl in your refrigerator for about half an hour to chill the mixture.^{[10]
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Stir the heavy whipping cream and vanilla into the chilled mixture. Take out the bowl and uncover it. Measure out 1 cup (240 ml) of heavy whipping cream and 1 teaspoon (4.9 ml) of vanilla and dump them into the cooled mixture. Stir the mixture thoroughly with a spatula.^{[11]
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Part 4

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Adding Color and Freezing the Ice Cream

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Add the blue and green food coloring. To give the sea salt ice cream its signature color, add 12 drops of blue and 3 drops of green food coloring to the mixture. Fold the food coloring into the mixture and stir the ingredients until the texture and color are consistent.^{[12]
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- You can adjust the number of drops for each color to customize the hue.
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Pour the mixture into your ice cream maker and freeze it. Transfer the mixture to your ice cream maker and place it in the freezer. Follow your ice cream maker's instructions for freezing. Let the mixture freeze completely.^{[13]
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- If you don't have an ice cream maker, pour the mixture into metal cake pans and put them in the freezer. When the edges get firm, remove the mixture and stir it. Repeat this several times until the mixture is uniformly frozen.
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Transfer the mixture to molds and freeze the popsicles for 2 hours. You don’t have to do this, but if you want to recreate the look from the game, use ice pop molds. Place popsicle sticks into the molds and fill them with the mixture. Freeze the ice pops for 2-3 hours and enjoy!^{[14]
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- If you can wait, it's best to freeze the ice cream overnight before eating it.

Community Q&A

Question

How much salt would you recommend?

Community Answer

Try a little more than 1/4 teaspoon. You could use 3/8 teaspoon just for a savory/ sweet taste. 1/4+1/8.
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Is it edible? Because it is warning us not to eat it!

Community Answer

It is. It just says that you should not eat it on a tower like they do in the game.
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How much salt is enough?

Community Answer

Just add some slowly and keep tasting it, adding more salt until it tastes not too sweet or salty. It's a personal preference really.