Ice Spheres

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When I was little, my Grandma had this wonderful ice block which would create round ice cubes. I loved that thing. There is something about an ice sphere that is so pleasing to me. So when we saw some wacky sphere ice cube moulds at Kmart for $2.00 we thought we would pick them up and give them a try. It was a trip down memory lane for me, somewhat.

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To begin with they were quite successful, though, over-filling them did create an Icicle Incident in the freezer.

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However as time went on, they developed leaks where you open the spheres to let the ice out, and generally caused a mess and became a bit of an epic fail. Instead of spheres, you got half a sphere and then a space with no ice because that water had leaked out onto the plate I kept them on. I could probably have filled them a second time once they had frozen enough to seal, but it was a little too much hassle and annoyance rather than fun.

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We’ve stopped using them now because of this epic failure. I’ll keep looking for something more like this and hopefully one day I might find one that makes the mini ice balls like my Grandma used to make.

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Grandmas was more like this but it had 3 lines of ice spheres. I already have an ice cube tray which makes those large square ice cubes and for the time being I will enjoy those.

Late Breaking Ice Sphere Update

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At the end of August, during our fortnightly Aldi shop, we spotted these ice sphere moulds.

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This mould makes large ice spheres very successfully. If they have some more of these on our next visit, I intend to pick up a couple more.

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They are not wrong when they say it creates a slow melting ice sphere. I made a drink at 6pm and by 8pm there was still a sizeable sphere in the glass. I suspect these will be fantastic in summer. Now, if only I can find a triangle ice mould, things could get really mathematical! :)

Over to you

Do you like a wacky ice cube? :) Do you have any ice cube memories?

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15 thoughts on “Ice Spheres

  1. Ooh, I love the ice spheres and they do seem like they would melt much slower. The hot thing(ironic?) in ice cubery now is clear ice, which is a very expensive process. They are the rage in bar drinks but cost $1 PER CUBE. I’ll just have cloudy ice, thank you very much!

  2. I had one of those ice sphere trays for years and hardly ever used it. I sent it to Vinnies in a box of other stuff when I moved here. One year later my daughter wanted to borrow it :( now here you are wishing you had one.

    • It has been a while since I had a fridge with an ice maker – they are not very popular in Australia because they are always very expensive here, but my parents owned one when I was growing up. :)

      I think these ice spheres would be great in Hawaii because it takes a lot longer for the ice to melt. :)

    • I’m enjoying my spheres on a twice weekly basis at this time however when summer arrives, I think I will crank up my sphere usage to daily.

      One small issue I have is where to put them in the freezer, I am thinking they need a storage bucket. :)

      Thanks for dropping by my place! ;)

  3. Actually yes.. I have space invaders, the death star which is a sphere ice too, titanic which has icebergs, brains which are half spheres.. etc etc.. I can’t think of the others, I adore wacky ice cubes, :)

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