Kevin's Colossal Sundae

Name: Kevin's Colossal Sundae
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4+ scoops ice cream, mixed flavors (restraint is for the supervised); Chocolate sauce and caramel, warmed; Whipped cream; a lot; Sprinkles, chopped nuts, cookie crumbles, marshmallows; Cherries — plural

Serve when

Serve it with junk TV and zero supervision — 'I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!'

In the movie

Theatrical

00:23:18 Kevin's home-alone spree peaks with a mountain of ice cream — scoops beyond counting, toppings beyond reason — devoured in front of the TV while daring absent grown-ups to intervene.

The sundae is childhood id triumphant — the meal every kid would engineer with the grown-ups gone. The film's genius is what follows: even total freedom gets lonely by Christmas Eve.

Ingredients

4+ scoops ice cream, mixed flavors (restraint is for the supervised)
Chocolate sauce and caramel, warmed
Whipped cream
a lot
Sprinkles, chopped nuts, cookie crumbles, marshmallows
Cherries — plural

Method

Build in a bowl too big for the job: scoops first, packed tight.
Flood with warm chocolate and caramel.
Whipped cream to structural limits; avalanche the toppings.
Cherries on every summit.
Eat in front of the television. Announce your crimes to the empty house.

Beyond the recipe

Watch it made

Binging with Babish: Home Alone Special