Conversely, allowing your ice cream to sit on the counter or storing it in the door of your freezer to help soften it can cause ice crystals to develop in the tub. These crystals — which are a t ...

How To Store Ice Cream To Avoid Freezer Burn According to Rivard ... scoop out what you’d like into a bowl and allow it to soften on the counter for a few minutes—it’s worth the wait.

licking said ice cream, and returning the tub to the freezer recently made the rounds on social media, the frozen treat appears to be meeting the same sad fate, at least in a few stores.