College life is expensive.
From books to coffee to kegs and pizza, most students find their wallets empty well before pay day.
But that doesn't mean your stomach has to be, too.
Ice cream can be fairly cheap and easy to make at home, with the right ingredients and a bit of patience.
For instance, a simple vanilla recipe requires little more than milk or cream, egg, sugar and vanilla. Or, according to a Better Home and Garden's reccomended recipe, you can make chocolate with the addition of cocca powder.
From there, flavor options are limitless. Whatever candy, syrups or Ramen you have on hand (just kidding about the noodles) can be added in for variation.
However, to save yourself a lot of mixing, the easiest way to make ice cream involves an ice cream maker.
According to Diana Rattray, About.com's southern cuisine expert, ice cream makers can come in all shapes, sizes and prices. From hand cranking machines to expensive compressor models, there really is one for everybody.
The machine I thought to be most intersting (and most corny) is the Play and Freeze. Shaped like a ball, the idea is to put all the required ingriedients in one end and rock salt in the other, and then play with it like a normal ball.
As you throw, toss and roll, the ice cream is created, and ready to eat in just 10 minutes.
And if you've had enough to drink, it might even be fun.
The price starts at $20, and rises based on size.
If you're like me, you're calcualting just how many Chipotle burritos you could purchase for that same amount.
The answer is between three and four.
Better call mom and dad.
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If you really need a ice cream fix and have no scratch there is always the sample option. Most shops offer free samples of their flavors. In old town you can make the rounds to all the shops and get your fill of tiny little spoons of ice cream.
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