A Beaver Nuggets Sundae Topping With Two Kinds of Crunch

For a Beaver Nuggets sundae topping, break most of the puffs into rough pieces and save one whole for each bowl. The little pieces spread the crunch over the scoop. The whole puff gives you a bite that still feels like the snack you opened the bag for.

Use the sweet kind. Sea Salted Caramel Beaver Nuggets are the starting point here, with vanilla ice cream as the quiet part of the bowl. If the bags are easy to mix up, our Beaver Nuggets and Nug-ees comparison explains why a white cheddar bag takes you in an entirely different direction.

Break the topping before you scoop

For two small bowls, start with two scoops of vanilla ice cream and a loosely filled quarter cup of sweet Beaver Nuggets. Set aside two whole puffs. Put the rest on a plate and press down gently with the back of a spoon, stopping when you have a mix of little chips and pieces about the size of a pea. There’s no need to get every piece the same size.

Scoop the ice cream into the bowls, scatter about half the broken pieces over each one, then put a whole puff on top. Keep any crumbs that don’t make it onto the scoops in a little dish on the side. A spoonful halfway through can bring back the texture after the first layer has disappeared.

Decide how much crunch you want on the spoon

For a light finish, use just the finer pieces and hold the larger ones back. If the puff is what you came for, leave most pieces large and skip the fine crumbs. Try a spoonful before adding sauce: you may find the caramel coating already gives you the sweetness you want.

If you’re serving several people, crush the topping ahead and keep it separate from the ice cream until the bowls are on the table. Let everyone finish their own. That turns a little bag of puffs into a choice about texture, and it means the last person served gets the same chance at a crunchy first bite as the first.