Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2012

Okay, this is cute. I decided to try it out of curiosity. I didn't have a cocoa packet but I had a sugar free packet of Carnation instand breakfast in chocolate and 1/2 fat creamy vanilla ice cream. I thought it kind of resembled a baked potato. Obviously, a potato doesn't have a powdery substance on the outside though. I asked someone else what it was and they had no idea. I won't say what there one and only guess was. Either way, ice cream rolled in chocolate malted powder with whipped cream on top tastes pretty good.

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Baker Bee

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2012

I made this for my kids for an April Fools Day Dinner Fake Out. I scooped the ice cream onto plastic wrap. Rolled the plastic up to fit the ice cream and squished it to form the potato. I put a valley in the middle of the potato and froze it until hard. Unwrapped the plastic and rolled ice cream in a bowl of Hershey's cocoa and some cinnamon sugar. Melted a couple tablespoons of marshmallow fluff and a few drops yellow food coloring in the microwave and stirred it all together for the "butter". Filled in the potato valley with canned whipped cream and topped it with the melty marshmallow fluff. Kids loved it!

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Char

Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2011

Yummy! I also added a yellow starbust as a "pat o' butter"

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Adrienne O!

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dover, Delaware, USA

Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2010

Huge Hit! My son was genuinely fooled! Now he asks for this above anything else for dessert :) Thanks!

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nica36

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2009

I did this for my kids for April Fool's Day. I told them, "This is your dinner, you need to eat it or you can't leave the table!" (Mom mean voice). They loved it!!

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coffeybunny

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2009

When I make this treat,I use cinnamon with a bit of sugar instead of the cocoa drink mix,and I make a slit and put green sprinkles for chives,a lemon drop for butter,with a couple of dollops of whipped cream as well as shaved chocolate bar for bacon bits. A friend freezes caramel candies and shreds them to use as the cheese.

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Vicki

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Living In: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2008

What a clever idea. My kids loved it. Super easy and tastey. I will certainly make these again. My kids thought that it was so funny to eat 'baked potato' for dessert. A kid pleasing recipe.

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sararyan37

Reviewed: May 15, 2008

A yellow Starburst also makes a nice pat of butter. Daughter loved this. I served on April Fools Day along with a rice cereal meatloaf.

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babbarrett

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2007

good recipe, i had it at a restaurant once and they put caramel on top as well, for butter.

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Amanda

Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2006

You can also use cocoa powder instead of hot chocolate mix. I too used green sprinkles for chives and cut a slit in the top of the "potato" to expose the inside. On Martha Stewart, they used butter to make butter pats as well, and served with chocolate sauce.

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