Dairy Free, Dessert, Fall, Gluten Free, Home & Family, Snack, Spring, Summer, Video Home & Family: Dry Ice Soft Serve Daniel Kohler · September 19, 2015 Though you may think of soft serve as something purely to be purchased at a carnival or ballpark, think again! Using dry ice in the kitchen really pays off here, a little science goes a long way when it comes to ice cream.