If you've been to any Disney theme park, you've probably had Dole Whip…usually the pineapple kind, though they make it in many flavors. I know people for whom no trip to a Magic Kingdom is complete without a Dole Whip. I gave up dessert-type foods many years ago but before I did, I loved Dole Whip and I especially loved the orange variety.
Wanna make it at home? There are dozens of YouTube videos by people who tell you how to make it using various combinations of frozen pineapple, ice cream, milk, sweetened condensed milk or other ingredients. And the Dole company once released this recipe which uses frozen pineapple, a banana, powdered sugar, coconut milk and lime juice. Which one will taste just like the Dole Whip you got at Disneyland?
Answer: None of them. The pineapple Dole Whip at Disneyland is made from a mix and here's the ingredients list: Sugar, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Coconut Oil, Citric Acid, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Color (Carrot Concentrate, Blackcurrant Concentrate), Ascorbic Acid, Stabilizers (Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum), Natural Flavor, Modified Food Starch, Mono & Diglycerides, Silicon Dioxide (Anticaking).
So if you want your homemade Dole Whip to taste like the one at the theme park, you need to get all that stuff…or maybe it would be easier to buy the mix and a home ice cream maker. Apparently, back when I used to eat it, it wasn't dairy-free as it is now.