Dry Ice for Consumers

There are a wide variety of dry ice applications.

Below we list some of the common consumer uses of dry ice.

Special Effects

First Dance Dry Ice Fog Effect

Weddings

Create a romantic dancing-on-clouds effect for your first dance. Dry ice produces the perfect low-lying fog that flows across the ground. A dedicated dry ice smoke machine should be used with the dry ice. You can hire these from special effects companies like Team FX or Film Equipment Hire Ireland. The recommended type of dry ice is dependent on the type of dry ice smoke machine that you hire. Typically dry ice pellets or a 10kg block of dry ice is best. The hire company will be able to advise you which is most suitable.

Recommended Product: Dry Ice Pellets or Dry Ice Block (dependent on dry ice smoke machine type)

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Champagne Tower Dry Ice Fog Effect

Champagne Reception

Dry ice is a spectacular addition to a champagne glass tower, creating a cascading fog effect. Always use ChilliSticks when adding dry ice to any drinks intended for consumption. ChilliSticks are specially developed to hold dry ice pellets safely in a glass without risk of swallowing the dry ice. Dry Ice should never be added loose into drinks – the extremely low temperature of the dry ice (-78oC) could result in internal injuries if consumed.

Recommended Product: Dry Ice Pellets and ChilliSticks

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Halloween Special Effects

Dry ice can create a wide variety of fun Halloween themed effects, from cauldrons of bubbling fog to eerie graveyards! We love to see our customers creations each year and you can see some Halloween special effects examples and step-by-step instructions here. Pellets are the most popular form of dry ice at Halloween time as they are easy to use in small quantities and to create a number of different effects. Hosting a Halloween party? You can purchase different size party packs from our online store that include dry ice, chillsticks, insulated gloves and a dry ice scoop.

Recommended Product: Halloween Party Packs

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Food and Drink Presentation

Restaurants – Food Presentation

Dry ice is sometimes used in the presentation of food in restaurants. Dry Ice pellets work best as you can add small amounts to serving trays to produce a fog effect around the food dishes. Add the dry ice pellets to warm water to produce the desired fog vapour.

Recommended Product: Dry Ice Pellets

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Bars – Dry Ice Cocktails

Add Dry ice to cocktails and other drinks to produce a fun and unique fog effect. ChilliSticks are specially developed to hold dry ice pellets safely in a glass without risk of the dry ice being swallowed. You can preload them with dry ice pellets and then submerge the ChilliSticks in the remaining dry ice ready for use. Never add Dry Ice loose into drinks – the extremely low temperature of the dry ice (-78oC) could results in internal injuries if swallowed.

Recommended Product: Dry Ice Pellets and ChilliSticks

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Making ice-cream with dry ice

Homemade Ice-cream

You can use dry ice to make homemade ice cream. Crush dry ice pellets and add them to the ice-cream ingredients until the mixture reaches the desired consistency. Carbon dioxide bubbles can become trapped in the mixture, resulting in a carbonated ice-cream. A home-made ice-cream recipe can be found here.

Recommended Product: Dry Ice Pellets

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