Are there ice cube trays that make thin or partially frozen ice cubes?

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I don’t think there is anything that would yield partially frozen ice cubes other than your clocking the freezing process and learning when to take them out to catch them when they’re hard on the outside and soft on the inside. Sort of like a three-minute egg timer for perfect soft-boiled eggs.

But you could try fashioning a special ice cube tray. Using identical stacking trays, you could glue something onto the bottom of each cube mold that would stick down into the cube beneath and occupy its center. Something conical or cylindrical, probably plastic, maybe something you could find at a craft store. That way the centers would be empty.

You could also try putting something into each ice cube mold that would serve as a spacer or place holder to keep water from filling the middle; something like a cherry tomato, for instance. But then of course you would have the problem of getting it out. Microwaving would probably work.

You could also just put a dish or rectangular pan into the freezer with a very shallow depth of water in it, and that would give you a thin, flat sheet of ice that you could munch away at until it collapses. You might consider inserting a grid into it, such as cut-up pieces of a green plastic fruit basket from the produce section, to help the thin sheet hold its shape.

just fill the ice cube tray half-way… and pull the ice cubes out before they are completely frozen. Have you considered putting your cups in the freezer 15 minutes before drinking.

You could also try aiming a blowtorch at the center of solidly frozen ice cubes just to see what happens.

I know exactly what you’re talking about… I used to love eating ice that wasn’t all the way frozen! I have an ice maker now, and haven’t experienced this in ages. Sadly, I can’t think of any product that would produce that exact mouth feel. I think a thin sheet of ice would be closest, but still not exactly right.

Purchase an egg timer. Experiment accordingly until you’ve found the perfect ice/water ratio time!

Eh, I suppose I’ll just keep doing things the way that I have been. It would have been pretty fantastic to find a device that would let me have my ice and eat it too, for longer than the time between when it is liquid and frozen solid.

Thanks, all.

Not exactly the same thing as what you are looking for, but this site has some interesting ice cube trays. One of the trays make a shot glass, which would give you some thin sides at least. :)

@Seaofclouds I have seen a lot of novelty ice trays before, but these are really clever. Thanks for the link.

This ice tray makes tubes not cubes. Here is a tray that makes ice sticks. This one makes mini ice cubes, which would be great partially frozen.

This one makes ice cubes in the shape of jewels.

Whoa, this is really weird. But kind of funky too.Try snack bags (plastic bags) and tie them off with rubber bands to make really small little ice cubes.

You can purchase ice cube trays that make cylinder ice cubes. See this previous question/answer

@marinelife I would love to have those mini ice cubes on hand, just for crunching on. Fun!