So for a surprise anniversary party for a friend, the friend’s husband asked me to recreate Dole Whip as found at Disneyland, WDW, the Disney Resorts… etc.

A quick search online provided a lot of recipes of Dole Whip as others have attempted to recreate the feat, not a simple task. Searching some more revealed that the Disney companies actually use a pre-made mix for their Dole Whip that worked reasonably well.

The original recipe:
– 1-1/3 cup of Dole Whip Pre-Made Mix
– 2-2/3 cup of cold water
Mix well then pour the mixture into the ice cream machine and let it churn.

Fairly straightforward, but it wasn’t enough for me… so what did I do? I swapped the water for milk and cream, so my recipe ended up being:
– 1-1/3 cup of Dole Whip Pre-Made Mix
– 2 cup of whole milk
– 2/3 cup of heavy cream
Mix well then pour the mixture into the ice cream machine and let it churn.

The result of my interpretation was a more ice cream feel and creamier… and definitely something that I preferred…

But this was a pre-made mix, aka not healthy, at all. So how to change it?

Well then this is how things change… using freshly pureed pineapple instead of the Dole Whip Pre-Made Mix, yields something less pineapple-y if that is even possible. So you would have to include additional pineapple juice to emphasize the flavor.

However the recipe I came up with was something of the following:
– 1-1/2 to 2 cups of puree fresh pineapple
– 2 cup heavy cream
– 1 cup of milk
– 1-1/2 cup pineapple juice
– 1 cup of sugar
– dash of salt
Again mix together, pour into ice cream machine and let it churn.

What is really nice about this recipe is that by adding a mere two additional ingredients (coconut cream and rum) you could turn the Dole Whip into Pine Colada… but that’s a different post for a different day.