A method and assembly for manufacturing ingestible products from liquids and soft-solid ingestible matters, the method including the steps of hard freezing the liquid or soft-solid ingestible matter, granulating the hard-frozen ingestible matter, and thereafter either (1) placing the hard-frozen granules in a mold and molding a single hard-frozen product, or (2) drying the granules and packaging same for subsequent molding or transporting or use.