Everyone loves ice cream. Here at Firebox, the whole office lets out a collective 'Woo-hoo' the second the ice cream truck pulls up outside playing its song. But wouldn't it be great if you could make delicious homemade ice cream quickly, easily and without an electricity socket in sight? And wouldn't it be even better if you could play ball while doing it? Well guess what, strange as it sounds, now you can!

The ingenious Ice Cream Ball is the fun and easy way to make yummy homemade ice cream. Why? Because the ice cream is formed by rolling the ball around. Simply throw your ice cream ingredients in one end, cram ice and rock salt in the other, and then play with the ball.

After about 20 minutes you'll have a pint of delicious homemade ice cream. No truck required! (Having said that, you're welcome to hum the Ice cream truck jingle as you shake, pass and roll the durable polycarbonate Ice Cream Ball around). Your ice cream's consistency will vary based on the ingredients, ice/salt mix, outside temperature and shaking frequency. If it's not quite right, simply put the lid back on and roll the ball around for a few more minutes.

How to make perfect ice cream!:

Open the outer chamber and fill with as much ice as you can.		Add 8 tablespoons of rock salt and close the lid securely.		Open the inner chamber and pour in the mixed ingredients. Close the lid securely.

Shake, rattle and roll! As the salt melts the ice, the ingredients will freeze.		After 10 minutes, scrape the sides of the cylinder to mix up the ice cream. Shake for a further 5-10 minutes.		Enjoy your delicious homemade ice cream!

If you're thinking "Yuck, rock salt in my ice cream?!", don't worry - the salt itself never actually comes into contact with your ice cream - but it's vital to the thermodynamic reaction that super-cools the ingredients (see "How does it Work?" below).

We'd love to say you can boot the Ice Cream Ball around Beckham-style, but you can't. Besides, who needs a busted metatarsal covered in ice cream? What you can do is roll it, pass it, shake it or even set up a slalom course using a few (ice cream?) cones. Then you can mix as you dribble. How cool is that!

Your ice cream mix can be as simple as good old vanilla, but you can experiment with any flavor you want. Just add your fave flave before loading the mix into the Ice Cream Ball's metal mixing chamber. Perfect at picnics, parties and camping trips, the Ice Cream Ball allows you to slurp on lip-smackingly good ice cream without electricity, batteries or long waits by the ice cream truck. So get ordering - you'll have a ball! Altogether now, ‘Pop! Goes the weasel...'