Copycat Dairy Queen Crunch Cone

June 22, 2021 by Sandra 61 Comments

Copycat Dairy Queen Crunch Cone aka “Crunch Coat” recipe is the best ice cream topping you will ever have! Time to move over hot fudge.

One of my favorite childhood memories is going up to Dairy Queen on a hot summer night after helping dad mow the lawn and getting an ice cream cone coated in Crunch Cone. Then all the DQ’s in the area got rid of the Crunch Cone topping a few years ago.

So I decided to try to recreate it – a rush of memories came back to me. I love to serve this topping alongside my Best Ever Hot Fudge Sauce and it’s pretty much just amazing! Now, this is my favorite combo, but my Waffle Cone Sundae Ice Cream Cake, Cookies & Cream Nutella Ice Cream and Chocolate Orea Ice Cream Cake don’t fall far behind.

This is literally my favorite ice-cream topping ever. I actually remember the last time I ate it at Dairy Queen; sadly they no longer serve this famous topping here in Fort Collins, CO or even nearby cities or states {lol}. For years I have mourned this loss.

I can even vividly remember the last time I ate Crunch “Coat”. It was at my Aunt Ditta’s house, she had a 5-gallon container of it. I can even remember what the cardboard box looked like. I was relieved to know she had it and anxiously awaited until my next visit. When I returned, I found it was gone… and literally, I silently cried.

You know the saying, “you scream, I scream, we all scream for ice-cream”? I screamed louder when my favorite ice cream topping was no longer available.

To try and recreate it in college I would sometimes stir Rice Krispies cereal with sprinkles to my ice-cream as it was the closest I could get. I would eventually stir in chocolate too after realizing it just wasn’t the same. Chocolate makes everything better right?! Thankfully I have the recipe now, but I would always have hot fudge sauce available for friends to top their ice cream with so that you can save as much as this amazing ice cream topping for yourself as you can.

I was recently told by a reader that the original Crunch Cone recipe has crushed up cone in it, which makes why it is called Crunch Cone. While I didn’t grow up with it that way, I can’t wait to make this addition and share yet another amazing ice cream topping recipe.

So here it is the long awaited, well at least for me, Copycat Dairy Queen Crunch Cone recipe. I can’t wait to overindulge this summer on this.

Enjoy friends, XOXO San

How do you make Copycat Dairy Queen Crunch Cone?

In a food processor pulse praline peanuts a few times, until it resembles coarse crumbles, do not over process.
Pour peanuts into a bowl and add sprinkles, you can add more or less based upon your taste, we like more. Mix the peanuts and sprinkles together and serve. Top on top of ice-cream in a bowl or roll your ice-cream cone in the mix, I tend to press it in, making sure to get the most Crunch Cone per bite.

Looking for some other ice cream toppings to impress the ice cream lovers in your life try these: Best Ever Hot Fudge Sauce, Easy Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream Topping, Salted Caramel Sauce, Homemade Pineapple Ice Cream Topping, and Peanut Butter Ice Cream Topping.

Don’t forget to pin this recipe for COPYCAT DAIRY QUEEN CRUNCH CONE to your favorite Pinterest board for later.

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