How to Pack Ice Cream With Dry Ice for Traveling

Whether you want to bring a few pints of locally made ice cream to an out-of-town friend or want to serve ice cream during an outdoor camping trip, dry ice will keep it frozen for extended periods without an electric freezer. You can even bring a small amount of dry ice on a plane -- check with your airline for its rules on the maximum amount of dry ice allowed. Dry ice can be purchased by the pound at many big-box retailers, at supermarkets and from ice merchants.

Things You'll Need

• 40-quart cooler
• Newspaper
• Heavy gloves

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Pack the bottom of a 40-quart cooler with tightly crumpled newspaper.

   • 2

     Put on gloves, and arrange dry ice blocks (roughly 20 lb. total) in the cooler on top of the newspaper.

   • 3

     Place the ice cream on top of the dry ice blocks.

   • 4

     Crumple additional newspaper, and pack it in any open spaces around the ice cream container, including on top. Close the cooler tightly.