I really love these ice molds. Using the standard freezing method, you'll end up with some fun ice spheres that are cloudy and will probably have some surface cracks. They still look pretty cool, and they will keep your drink cold for a long while. Some tips for better results:
-don't fill the molds all the way, 80-90% works well and gives the ice/water room to expand
-it's better to under fill than over fill. the mold has the death star upside down, so if you underfill and end up w/ a flat spot on your sphere, it will be on the bottom of your glass when you pop it out
-distilled water can give you slightly clearer ice (or cooled down boiled water)
You can also put some more effort in and get perfectly clear death stars with no cracks. To do this, you need to freeze the ice directionally and more slowly. You can find videos on youtube on how to make clear ice, and there's even one guy who shows you how to do it w/ these same Death Star molds. I use a tall cylindrical cooler filled with water, fill up my sphere all the way, submerge the whole mold under water and then flip it upside down so the filler hole is on the bottom. I then rest the mold on a pedestal (that I've already placed in the center of the cooler), and then I use a straw to extract enough water in the cooler so only about 3/4 inch of the mold is still in the water. Then I throw the whole contraption in the freezer. This suspends the mold partially submerged in a deep water bath that's insulated, so it hopefully freezes slowly from the top of the cooler first. It takes about 20 hours for the ice to freeze using this method (compared to 6 hours using the conventional method), so it's a lot more work, but the results speak for themselves.
Other tips:
-keep frozen death stars in the mold for storage. Even if you pull them out and seal them in a ziploc bag in the freezer, they'll lose surface detail. If you need more ready Death Stars on reserve, buy more molds and make them ahead of time.
-these spheres look best when they're not served with a lot of liquid. I like to have them 3/4 covered. Seems like 2-3oz of booze in a rocks glass is about right.
-to preserve surface detail, pour your drink first and then place the sphere into the glass carefully using a spoon
-alcohol melts the ice quickly, so if you want a cold cocktail, stir with regular ice in a mixing glass first, then strain into the final glass and place the death star in the glass last
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Makes amazing Death Star ice spheres with a little extra effort
I really love these ice molds. Using the standard freezing method, you'll end up with some fun ice spheres that are cloudy and will probably have some surface cracks. They still look pretty cool, and they will keep your drink cold for a long while. Some tips for better results:-don't fill the molds all the way, 80-90% works well and gives the ice/water room to expand-it's better to under fill than over fill. the mold has the death star upside down, so if you underfill and end up w/ a flat spot on your sphere, it will be on the bottom of your glass when you pop it out-distilled water can give you slightly clearer ice (or cooled down boiled water)You can also put some more effort in and get perfectly clear death stars with no cracks. To do this, you need to freeze the ice directionally and more slowly. You can find videos on youtube on how to make clear ice, and there's even one guy who shows you how to do it w/ these same Death Star molds. I use a tall cylindrical cooler filled with water, fill up my sphere all the way, submerge the whole mold under water and then flip it upside down so the filler hole is on the bottom. I then rest the mold on a pedestal (that I've already placed in the center of the cooler), and then I use a straw to extract enough water in the cooler so only about 3/4 inch of the mold is still in the water. Then I throw the whole contraption in the freezer. This suspends the mold partially submerged in a deep water bath that's insulated, so it hopefully freezes slowly from the top of the cooler first. It takes about 20 hours for the ice to freeze using this method (compared to 6 hours using the conventional method), so it's a lot more work, but the results speak for themselves.Other tips:-keep frozen death stars in the mold for storage. Even if you pull them out and seal them in a ziploc bag in the freezer, they'll lose surface detail. If you need more ready Death Stars on reserve, buy more molds and make them ahead of time.-these spheres look best when they're not served with a lot of liquid. I like to have them 3/4 covered. Seems like 2-3oz of booze in a rocks glass is about right.-to preserve surface detail, pour your drink first and then place the sphere into the glass carefully using a spoon-alcohol melts the ice quickly, so if you want a cold cocktail, stir with regular ice in a mixing glass first, then strain into the final glass and place the death star in the glass last
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2015
-don't fill the molds all the way, 80-90% works well and gives the ice/water room to expand
-it's better to under fill than over fill. the mold has the death star upside down, so if you underfill and end up w/ a flat spot on your sphere, it will be on the bottom of your glass when you pop it out
-distilled water can give you slightly clearer ice (or cooled down boiled water)
You can also put some more effort in and get perfectly clear death stars with no cracks. To do this, you need to freeze the ice directionally and more slowly. You can find videos on youtube on how to make clear ice, and there's even one guy who shows you how to do it w/ these same Death Star molds. I use a tall cylindrical cooler filled with water, fill up my sphere all the way, submerge the whole mold under water and then flip it upside down so the filler hole is on the bottom. I then rest the mold on a pedestal (that I've already placed in the center of the cooler), and then I use a straw to extract enough water in the cooler so only about 3/4 inch of the mold is still in the water. Then I throw the whole contraption in the freezer. This suspends the mold partially submerged in a deep water bath that's insulated, so it hopefully freezes slowly from the top of the cooler first. It takes about 20 hours for the ice to freeze using this method (compared to 6 hours using the conventional method), so it's a lot more work, but the results speak for themselves.
Other tips:
-keep frozen death stars in the mold for storage. Even if you pull them out and seal them in a ziploc bag in the freezer, they'll lose surface detail. If you need more ready Death Stars on reserve, buy more molds and make them ahead of time.
-these spheres look best when they're not served with a lot of liquid. I like to have them 3/4 covered. Seems like 2-3oz of booze in a rocks glass is about right.
-to preserve surface detail, pour your drink first and then place the sphere into the glass carefully using a spoon
-alcohol melts the ice quickly, so if you want a cold cocktail, stir with regular ice in a mixing glass first, then strain into the final glass and place the death star in the glass last
Makes amazing Death Star ice spheres with a little extra effort
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2015
I really love these ice molds. Using the standard freezing method, you'll end up with some fun ice spheres that are cloudy and will probably have some surface cracks. They still look pretty cool, and they will keep your drink cold for a long while. Some tips for better results:Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2015
-don't fill the molds all the way, 80-90% works well and gives the ice/water room to expand
-it's better to under fill than over fill. the mold has the death star upside down, so if you underfill and end up w/ a flat spot on your sphere, it will be on the bottom of your glass when you pop it out
-distilled water can give you slightly clearer ice (or cooled down boiled water)
You can also put some more effort in and get perfectly clear death stars with no cracks. To do this, you need to freeze the ice directionally and more slowly. You can find videos on youtube on how to make clear ice, and there's even one guy who shows you how to do it w/ these same Death Star molds. I use a tall cylindrical cooler filled with water, fill up my sphere all the way, submerge the whole mold under water and then flip it upside down so the filler hole is on the bottom. I then rest the mold on a pedestal (that I've already placed in the center of the cooler), and then I use a straw to extract enough water in the cooler so only about 3/4 inch of the mold is still in the water. Then I throw the whole contraption in the freezer. This suspends the mold partially submerged in a deep water bath that's insulated, so it hopefully freezes slowly from the top of the cooler first. It takes about 20 hours for the ice to freeze using this method (compared to 6 hours using the conventional method), so it's a lot more work, but the results speak for themselves.
Other tips:
-keep frozen death stars in the mold for storage. Even if you pull them out and seal them in a ziploc bag in the freezer, they'll lose surface detail. If you need more ready Death Stars on reserve, buy more molds and make them ahead of time.
-these spheres look best when they're not served with a lot of liquid. I like to have them 3/4 covered. Seems like 2-3oz of booze in a rocks glass is about right.
-to preserve surface detail, pour your drink first and then place the sphere into the glass carefully using a spoon
-alcohol melts the ice quickly, so if you want a cold cocktail, stir with regular ice in a mixing glass first, then strain into the final glass and place the death star in the glass last
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Great novelty item, worth the purchase :)
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2015