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Beach Bum Creami

CrumblCreamiCut Week 2, Flavor 2 — blue protein Creami with graham cracker Respun through the pint, honey drizzle, and a Teddy Graham standing inside a peach ring like a beach bum on a float. ~340 cal / 42g protein whole pint.

YIELD1 serving
TOTAL TIME10 min active + 24 hr freeze + 5 min counter rest + 3 min spin + 2 min Respin
COOK METHODSee method
EST. / SERVING~340 cal | ~42g protein
KEY TO SUCCESS: Standard base is series infrastructure — Fairlife 2%, not fat-free. Series-wide rule carries.

Ingredients

CREAMI BASE (series standard)

  • 1 cup Fairlife 2% ultra-filtered milk
  • 2 tbsp monk fruit / erythritol sweetener
  • 1 serving unflavored whey isolate (~28g protein — adjust by brand)
  • 1/8 tsp guar gum (level measure)
  • 1 pinch salt

COLOR (blended in BEFORE freezing)

  • A few drops blue food coloring

RESPIN MIX-IN (broken in AFTER first spin)

  • 1 graham cracker (~65 cal, roughly 1 full sheet Honey Maid or equivalent)

FINISH (post-scoop garnishes — the Beach Bum float)

  • 1 tsp honey (~30 cal)
  • 1 peach gummy ring
  • 1 Teddy Graham (the beach bum on the float)

You want a protein dessert with a garnish gag — the Teddy-Graham-in-a-peach-ring float is what makes this recipe photograph. Ep. 5 of CrumblCreamiCut and Week 2's second flavor. Technique-wise, this is the FIRST flavor in Week 2 to use a machine mix-in — graham cracker goes in via Respin after the first spin, distributing crumb throughout the pint (Pineapple Whip / W2F1 had no mix-in cycle). Blue food coloring goes in BEFORE freezing like W2F1's yellow.

Method

  1. 1.POUR MILK. Add 1 cup Fairlife 2% ultra-filtered milk to a Creami pint (or blending vessel).
  2. 2.ADD SWEETENER. 2 tbsp monk fruit / erythritol sweetener. Series-standard sweetener.
  3. 3.ADD WHEY ISOLATE. 1 serving unflavored whey isolate. Aim for ~28g protein — brands vary, read the scoop.
  4. 4.ADD GUAR GUM. 1/8 tsp guar gum, LEVEL measure. Heaped = gummy texture. The single measurement in the base you have to get right.
  5. 5.ADD SALT. 1 pinch salt. Series-standard base ingredients now all in the vessel.
  6. 6.ADD BLUE FOOD COLOR. A few drops of blue food coloring, added BEFORE the blend so it distributes evenly through the base pre-freeze. Start with 3-4 drops — you can always add more, harder to walk back neon blue.
  7. 7.BLEND SMOOTH. Immersion blender until completely smooth and evenly blue. Zero lumps, zero visible whey, uniform color.
  8. 8.FREEZE (24 HR) + REST 5 MIN + FIRST SPIN. Freeze the pint upright and level for a full 24 hours. Rest at ROOM TEMPERATURE for 5 minutes — NO hot-water bath. Process on Regular Ice Cream, NOT Lite. The first spin may look powdery; that's expected because the Respin (with graham) finishes the texture.
  9. 9.ADD GRAHAM CRACKER. Break one full graham cracker sheet into small pieces over the first-spin pint. Poke pieces into the surface — Respin distributes them through the whole pint.
  10. 10.RESPIN. Run one Respin cycle. This is the technique differentiator vs W2F1 (Pineapple Whip had no mix-in). Respin distributes the graham crumb throughout the pint AND finishes the powdery texture from the first spin.
  11. 11.SCOOP. Scoop the finished pint into a bowl. Blue Creami with visible graham crumb pulled through.
  12. 12.HONEY DRIZZLE. Drizzle 1 tsp honey over the scoops. Threads through the blue and picks up the floral note that connects to the peach-gummy garnish.
  13. 13.PEACH RING FLOAT. Place one peach gummy ring on top of the scoops. This is the inner-tube shape for the Teddy.
  14. 14.TEDDY GRAHAM GARNISH. Stand one Teddy Graham upright inside the peach ring — beach bum on the float. Serve immediately, before the Teddy softens.

SPLIT PLATE SERVING

Adult: Serve the adult portion as described above.

Kid: Serve the kid portion as described above.

Keys to success

  • Level 1/8 tsp guar gum. Heaped = gummy.
  • BLUE COLOR GOES IN BEFORE THE BLEND — pre-freeze. Same technique family as W2F1's yellow color add.

If something fails

Powdery after Regular Ice Cream (first spin): That's expected on this flavor. Add the graham cracker + run Respin — Respin does double duty here, distributing the graham AND finishing the texture. Don't skip the Respin because 'the texture looks fine.'

Blue color turned out neon / too intense: Reduce next time. 3-4 drops is the target. If the finished pint reads day-glo blue, you added too much — this is a Beach Bum recreation, not a Blue Raspberry Slush. The color is a visual cue only.

Graham pieces stayed in clumps after Respin: Break the graham into smaller pieces before adding (dime-sized or smaller). Poke pieces into the surface of the first-spin pint before running Respin — pieces sitting on top don't get pulled through as evenly.

Icy/hard texture: Verify Fairlife 2% (not fat-free), verify LEVEL 1/8 tsp guar gum, verify the full 24-hour freeze happened upright and level. All three factors compound.

Gummy texture: Guar gum was heaped. Use a proper LEVEL 1/8 tsp measure. Also check the whey isolate brand — some are grittier than others.

Teddy Graham fell over on the ring: Wedge the Teddy's feet slightly INTO the Creami through the ring hole rather than balancing on the ring surface. The Creami holds the Teddy vertical.

Peach ring bled color into the Creami: Add the peach ring at the very last moment before serving. Some peach gummies leach dye onto cold cream if they sit too long — 30 seconds is fine, 5 minutes starts to show.

Storage and reheating

Store: Store the frozen pint upright and level in the freezer for up to 1 week pre-spin. Once spun + Respun + topped with honey + peach ring + Teddy, eat immediately — the Teddy softens fast on cold ice cream and the peach ring can bleed dye if it sits.

Reheat: N/A — serve immediately after Respin + honey + peach ring + Teddy. If leftovers must refreeze, skip the garnish on the second pass, level the surface first, and reprocess only when the frozen top is flat.

Lasts: Frozen pint (pre-spin) keeps 1 week. Spun + Respun Creami keeps its texture for a few minutes; assemble the float garnish LAST and eat within 2-3 minutes of scooping.

Estimated nutrition

~340 cal | ~42g protein.

~340 cal / 42g protein per whole finished pint (single serving). Component breakdown: 1 cup Fairlife 2% (~120 cal / 13g protein) + 1 serving unflavored whey isolate (~110 cal / 25g protein — varies by brand) + 1 Honey Maid graham cracker sheet (~65 cal / 1g protein) + 1 tsp honey (~30 cal / 0g protein) + 1 peach gummy ring (~10-20 cal / 0g protein) + 1 Teddy Graham (~5 cal / 0g protein) + trace from monk fruit + guar gum + salt + blue food coloring = ~340 cal / 39g protein raw sum. Rounds to the creator-provided ~340 / 42 target — the delta comes from exact whey brand + peach ring brand macros. Marked estimated. Verify exact Fairlife / whey isolate / Honey Maid / peach ring / Teddy Graham labels before publishing as label-verified. Not sponsored, not endorsed, not affiliated with Crumbl, Fairlife, Nabisco (Teddy Grahams), or Honey Maid.

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Beach Bum Creami
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Beach Bum Creami

CrumblCreamiCut Week 2, Flavor 2 — blue protein Creami with graham cracker Respun through the pint, honey drizzle, and a Teddy Graham standing inside a peach ring like a beach bum on a float. ~340 cal / 42g protein whole pint.

Make this when

You want a protein dessert with a garnish gag — the Teddy-Graham-in-a-peach-ring float is what makes this recipe photograph. Ep. 5 of CrumblCreamiCut and Week 2's second flavor. Technique-wise, this is the FIRST flavor in Week 2 to use a machine mix-in — graham cracker goes in via Respin after the first spin, distributing crumb throughout the pint (Pineapple Whip / W2F1 had no mix-in cycle). Blue food coloring goes in BEFORE freezing like W2F1's yellow.

Total time
10 min active + 24 hr freeze + 5 min counter rest + 3 min spin + 2 min Respin
Yield
1 serving
Protein / serving
~42g
Cal / serving
~340
Flavor target

First spoon: blue-tinted protein ice cream with graham crumb pulled through the whole pint (not just on top). Middle: the honey drizzle threads through, floral and light, picking up the peach-gummy note. Top: the peach ring + Teddy Graham float sitting on the finished scoops — eat the Teddy first (the joke), then scoop through the peach ring, then work down through the graham-Respun blue base.

Ingredients

Single servingYields 1 serving — quantities below make one serving.

CREAMI BASE (series standard)

COLOR (blended in BEFORE freezing)

RESPIN MIX-IN (broken in AFTER first spin)

FINISH (post-scoop garnishes — the Beach Bum float)

Method

  1. 1
    POUR MILK

    Add 1 cup Fairlife 2% ultra-filtered milk to a Creami pint (or blending vessel).

  2. 2
    ADD SWEETENER

    2 tbsp monk fruit / erythritol sweetener. Series-standard sweetener.

  3. 3
    ADD WHEY ISOLATE

    1 serving unflavored whey isolate. Aim for ~28g protein — brands vary, read the scoop.

  4. 4
    ADD GUAR GUM

    1/8 tsp guar gum, LEVEL measure. Heaped = gummy texture. The single measurement in the base you have to get right.

  5. 5
    ADD SALT

    1 pinch salt. Series-standard base ingredients now all in the vessel.

  6. 6
    ADD BLUE FOOD COLOR

    A few drops of blue food coloring, added BEFORE the blend so it distributes evenly through the base pre-freeze. Start with 3-4 drops — you can always add more, harder to walk back neon blue.

  7. 7
    BLEND SMOOTH

    Immersion blender until completely smooth and evenly blue. Zero lumps, zero visible whey, uniform color.

  8. 8

    FREEZE (24 HR) + REST 5 MIN + FIRST SPIN: Freeze the pint upright and level for a full 24 hours. Rest at ROOM TEMPERATURE for 5 minutes — NO hot-water bath. Process on Regular Ice Cream, NOT Lite. The first spin may look powdery; that's expected because the Respin (with graham) finishes the texture.

  9. 9
    ADD GRAHAM CRACKER

    Break one full graham cracker sheet into small pieces over the first-spin pint. Poke pieces into the surface — Respin distributes them through the whole pint.

  10. 10
    RESPIN

    Run one Respin cycle. This is the technique differentiator vs W2F1 (Pineapple Whip had no mix-in). Respin distributes the graham crumb throughout the pint AND finishes the powdery texture from the first spin.

  11. 11
    SCOOP

    Scoop the finished pint into a bowl. Blue Creami with visible graham crumb pulled through.

  12. 12
    HONEY DRIZZLE

    Drizzle 1 tsp honey over the scoops. Threads through the blue and picks up the floral note that connects to the peach-gummy garnish.

  13. 13
    PEACH RING FLOAT

    Place one peach gummy ring on top of the scoops. This is the inner-tube shape for the Teddy.

  14. 14
    TEDDY GRAHAM GARNISH

    Stand one Teddy Graham upright inside the peach ring — beach bum on the float. Serve immediately, before the Teddy softens.

Adult plate | Kid plate

Adult plate

Adult

Full recipe as written — whole pint = 1 adult serving at ~340 cal / 42g protein.

Kid plate

Kid

Kids will fight over the Teddy + peach ring. Same base works as a smaller portion — cut the peach ring in half (choking-hazard shape) and serve the Teddy on the side rather than standing in the ring for under-4s. Blue color is optional if you avoid added dye for kids.

Three keys to success

  1. 1Standard base is series infrastructure — Fairlife 2%, not fat-free. Series-wide rule carries.
  2. 2Level 1/8 tsp guar gum. Heaped = gummy.
  3. 3BLUE COLOR GOES IN BEFORE THE BLEND — pre-freeze. Same technique family as W2F1's yellow color add.

Go deeper

Storage and nutrition

Storage: Store the frozen pint upright and level in the freezer for up to 1 week pre-spin. Once spun + Respun + topped with honey + peach ring + Teddy, eat immediately — the Teddy softens fast on cold ice cream and the peach ring can bleed dye if it sits.

Reheat: N/A — serve immediately after Respin + honey + peach ring + Teddy. If leftovers must refreeze, skip the garnish on the second pass, level the surface first, and reprocess only when the frozen top is flat.

Lasts: Frozen pint (pre-spin) keeps 1 week. Spun + Respun Creami keeps its texture for a few minutes; assemble the float garnish LAST and eat within 2-3 minutes of scooping.

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Brands I use

Fairlife
Fairlife
2% Ultra-Filtered Milk
Same base as the whole CrumblCreamiCut series (W1F1/W1F2/W1F3/W2F1) — high-protein milk with enough fat to support a creamier Creami texture. 1 cup + 1 serving whey isolate is the standard 4-line base foundation. Not sponsored.
Honey Maid
Graham Crackers (1 sheet per pint, Respun in)
The graham crumb that gets distributed through the whole pint via Respin. ~65 cal per sheet. Any graham cracker works — Honey Maid is the mainstream reference and the flavor most people picture when they read 'graham cracker.'
Nabisco
Teddy Grahams (Honey — 1 cookie per pint, the beach-bum garnish)
The visual gag. One Teddy stands upright inside a peach ring on the finished scoops, reading as a swimmer on an inner tube. Honey flavor connects to the honey drizzle. Any small graham cookie in a creature shape works.
Local Honey
1 tsp per pint (~30 cal)
Floral drizzle that threads through the blue Creami and picks up the peach-gummy note. Any real honey works — locally-sourced honey has more character than clover, but clover works too.
Unflavored Whey Isolate
Any clean-tasting unflavored whey isolate — ~28g protein per serving
Series-standard protein spine. Isolate (not concentrate) blends smoother.
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