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Drinks · shaved ice Easy ⏱ Cook time 20 min October 7, 2026

Powdered Milk Shaved Ice Base

A milk ice base for snowflake bingsu made with just whole milk powder and whipped topping mix — no fresh milk, cream, or milk snow powder needed

#Verified #shaved ice #served cold

Equipment

blender
whisk

Instructions

  1. Dissolve 16g whole milk powder (about 2½ tablespoons) in 109ml water to make 125ml of milk.
  2. For the cream, dissolve 2g whole milk powder in 15ml water and chill it in the fridge until very cold.
  3. Add 8g whipped topping mix to the chilled milk from step 2 and whip for 3–5 minutes to make 25–30ml of cream.
  4. Put the milk from step 1, the condensed milk, 25g whole milk powder (about 4 tablespoons), the ice, and 25ml of the cream from step 3 in a blender and blend until smooth.
  5. Pour into a wide, shallow container and freeze completely.
  6. Right before eating, scrape along the surface with a fork to make snowflake ice. If it’s too hard, let it soften in the fridge for 20–30 minutes first.

Tips

  • This is the Milk Bingsu Ice scaled down to ¼, with fresh milk, cream, and milk snow powder swapped for powdered dairy for places where those are hard to find. Tested with Anchor whole milk powder and Fleischmann Chantilly en Polvo whipped topping mix.
  • In place of milk snow powder, just use 25g of whole milk powder.
  • If there’s too little cream to whip properly, make a double batch of steps 2–3, use half, and refrigerate the rest.