How to Make Ice Scramble or Iskrambol – Philippine Street Smoothie

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Chocolate Ice Scramble or Iskrambol
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Believe me, nothing beats slurping a cup of ice scramble or iskrambol in the Filipino language during searing Philippine afternoons.

Iskrambol does the work!

It is so chilly it can easily refresh your heavily sweating body.

It is syrupy.

It perks up your dull spirits when you feel too hot to do anything.

Not to mention, it is absolutely light on the pocket.

Neither pricey creams nor swanky chocolate bars needed!

With a concoction of shaved ice, sugar, milk, and chocolate syrup then you are good to go.

Of course, you can choose to be a little fancy by adding in vanilla or banana extracts, marshmallows, or fruits to your iskrambol.

But you have to know that all these are optional.

Filipinos love eating their iskrambol plain and perfect!

No chance to get to the Philippines?

That’s not a problem at all.

You can easily make the Philippine iskrambol in your kitchen with these two easy-to-follow recipes.

Chill!

Recipe for Making the Traditional Filipino Ice Scramble or Iskrambol

Ingredients Needed for the Traditional Filipino Ice Scramble or Iskrambol

milk – evaporated; 1 medium-sized can
extracts – banana or vanilla; ½ teaspoon; amount can be adjusted according to personal preference
artificial liquid color – preferably pink or a few drops of red
ice – shaved; 3 cups
milk – powdered; 3 tablespoons
chocolate syrup
marshmallows – optional
sugar – white; 1/3 cup

Steps in Making the Traditional Filipino Ice Scramble or Iskrambol

In a bowl, add in evaporated milk, extracts, and sugar.
Mix thoroughly.
Add in shaved ice.
Mix thoroughly again. You may choose to use a blender for this step.
Pour mixture into small-sized disposable plastic cups.
Top the mixture with chocolate syrup, powdered milk and/or marshmallows.
Place straws or disposable plastic teaspoons in cups.
Serve immediately.

Recipe for Making the Chocolaty Filipino Ice Scramble or Iskrambol

Ingredients Needed for the Chocolaty Filipino Ice Scramble or Iskrambol

banana – 1 piece; fresh; peeled
chocolate – powdered; sweetened; ½ cup
chocolate syrup
ice – 3 cups; shaved
marshmallows – optional
milk – evaporated; 1 medium-sized can
milk – powdered; 3 tablespoons
sugar – 1/4 cup
water – 1 cup

Steps in Making the Chocolaty Filipino Ice Scramble or Iskrambol

In a blender, pour in water and evaporated milk.
Add in powdered chocolate and sugar.
Place shaved ice.
Blend.
Add in banana.
Blend until banana has broken into small tidbits.
Pour mixture into disposable plastic cups.
Top the mixture with powdered milk.
Swirl it with chocolate syrup.
Deck with marshmallows.

Lovely! Now you have your homemade Philippine iskrambol or ice scramble. Happy slurping!

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Comments

shinlin on March 19, 2013:

nice ang yummy ice scramble

trinageverola on April 11, 2012:

nice..i will make this for my small buss enterprenuership

leann2800 on February 10, 2012:

This sounds so simple. It looks great. Thanks for sharing.

I.W. McFarlane from Philadelphia on February 10, 2012:

Kerlynb,you have left me salivating with this inviting recipe.This is something worthwhile sharing. Thanks for sharing "Philipine iskrambol or ice scramble" recipe. Voted up interesting!

MadWhiteWaitress on February 10, 2012:

This sounds delicious! Personally I'd stick w/ vanilla extra, something about chocolate and bananas together I can't handle! lol =) But I deffinately want to try to make this sometime... I have an ice crusher but not a shaver, I don't think the ice would be small enough to drink though it makes quite big pieces of crushed ice... maybe if I ran it through several times... I'll play around with it and see what I can do =) Thanks again!