It's Fake But It's REALLY Good!
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (75166)
United States
May 27, 2025 8:42pm CST
Last week I was in the grocery and saw some strawberry sorbet on clearance, so I got a pint. The "regular" price was ridiculous, so there was no way I was going to buy more if I liked it.
Well, I did like it, so what's my option? Make my own!
Now, if you have looked up recipes online you've probably run into this: "three ingredients" that ends up being 14 or 15 ingredients, or "three simple steps" which has a dozen steps combined into the first step. 
I found that looking for a recipe for sorbet, where it said "sugar free" then had sugar or honey as one of the ingredients. 
But the gist of sorbet is pretty simple: fruit, mashed to a pulp, sweetened, then frozen.
Enter my fake strawberry sorbet. I got a bag of frozen strawberries at the store and put a cup of them in the blender. I added Splenda and just enough water to make it something that looked like sorbet instead of a glob of strawberry mush.
Result? It's fake, but it's REALLY good!
I'll be making some more of that, as well as experimenting with other frozen fruit.
Bring on summer!
I found that looking for a recipe for sorbet, where it said "sugar free" then had sugar or honey as one of the ingredients.
But the gist of sorbet is pretty simple: fruit, mashed to a pulp, sweetened, then frozen.
Enter my fake strawberry sorbet. I got a bag of frozen strawberries at the store and put a cup of them in the blender. I added Splenda and just enough water to make it something that looked like sorbet instead of a glob of strawberry mush.
Result? It's fake, but it's REALLY good!
I'll be making some more of that, as well as experimenting with other frozen fruit.
Bring on summer!14 people like this
12 responses
@Marilynda1225 (84821)
• United States
28 May
That's a really good idea to make your own and it's way better for you than anything store bought.
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@GardenGerty (163889)
• United States
28 May
@FourWalls I wonder if one could take a cup of strawberries and whirl it with a ripe banana and skip all the sweeteners? I may try that. If it ever gets warm here.
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@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
@GardenGerty — a couple of frozen grapes might put some sweet kick in it, too.
@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
You bet. No three ounces of strawberries and four cups of sugar. 
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@Dena91 (16991)
• United States
28 May
Yeah those recipes that claim only a few ingredients/steps are annoying because they never are actually that simple.
Mike and I are like you, we just experiment to what we like and most of the time it comes out good. Now you have me thinking about making some sorbet. 
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@GardenGerty (163889)
• United States
28 May
It is amazing what you can do to be healthy and still save some money. I am glad you did this as it sounds like a delightful summer treat.
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@allknowing (146649)
• India
28 May
I have come across recipes that have just 3 ingredient and for once they are telling the truth I made mango jam and all what I needed was mango pulp, sugar and sour lime It turned out great. They said the same thing about mango ice cream but there were more than 3 ingredients - mango pulp, sugar, milk and milk cream
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@allknowing (146649)
• India
28 May
@FourWalls I had mango curry and that I did using the recipe that mother used for so many years I have that in my fridge now and you can taste it I had the last scop of the mango ice cream. It turned out good
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@DaddyEvil (149553)
• United States
28 May
Yes, I've seen recipes that say it has three ingredients and then it keep adding more throughout the recipe... They piss me off.
I'm glad you've figured out something you enjoy.
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@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
“Simple” then you see a 45 minute prep time…or the prep time is 5 minutes but it takes two hours to do the steps to get to a five-minute prep time.
Thanks. It’s incredibly simple, and I like it, so who cares if it’s “not real sorbet.”
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@DaddyEvil (149553)
• United States
28 May
@FourWalls Exactly! It makes me want to yell at the person who wrote that recipe.
You're welcome. As long as you enjoy it, it doesn't matter if it's nor "real".
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@RasmaSandra (85495)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 May
Sounds like a great idea to me,
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16948)
• China
28 May
The strawberry sorbet on clearance must be near the shelf life.Nothing beats homemade strawberry sorbet according to your own recipe !
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@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
It had a LOT of “freezer frost” on it, so it had been sitting there for a long time.
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@Orson_Kart (7405)
• United Kingdom
28 May
It’s got everything I like in an ice cream, except the cream.
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@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
I haven’t had homemade ice cream since I was a kid. It was a staple of the picnic/anniversary party at my grandparents’ house every year.
@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
One of the recipes had “one ingredient” as “simple syrup,” which, of course, you have to make.
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@LindaOHio (190022)
• United States
28 May
I'm glad you liked your version of sorbet.
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@FourWalls (75166)
• United States
28 May
I’m going to the store this afternoon, so let’s see what frozen fruit they have!!
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