Random Holidays

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day is today!  I scream you scream we all scream for CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!  Despite lactose intolerance I may have to break down and have some.

You should too.

And if you have kids make sure they have some too.  They might want sprinkles too.

Then after you're done with the first helping, have some more.

No Machine, No Rolling a Can Ice Cream

I follow this blog called Kevin and Amanda.  She is so cute and writes about cool stuff.  And she has great recipes.  I saw one last week that was ice cream made without an ice cream machine or rolling a can with rock salt on a sidewalk, like I used to do with my grandpa when I was a little kid.

Coffee with Peanut Toffee Crunch Ice Cream:

Tasty, tasty!

First, whip the heavy cream into submission.  For those of you without a mixer- I hope you have some muscles, but if you don't you will when you're done.

The mix-ins, of course I had to use some VIA for the coffee.  Jessie and I were walking through CVS and saw that Dove bar and couldn't pass it up.

While the cream was being whipped up, I added the VIA to about 1/3 cup of water.  It dissolves in cold or warm water.

Now, it will be submissive.  And it looks tasty, however it's not sweet.  Don't pull a Sarah and try it, expecting it to taste good hehe

Pour the sweetened condensed milk into a mixing bowl.

Add the coffee and give it a good stir.

Chop up the chocolate bar and sneak a couple pieces :)

Throw the chocolate into the coffee and sweetened condensed milk mixture.

Give it a good stir.  This is a very sweet mixture- if you are like me and taste it :)  I'm a big taste-tester and probably shouldn't be half the time.

Pour the sweet mixture into the whipped cream.

Fold everything together nice and gently.

After you pour the mixture into a container, place it in the freezer.  It takes about 24 hrs for it to be completely frozen.

Then you get this!  The whole thing lasted about 2 days in our house.  The ice cream is AMAZING!  It's kind of a mix between gelato and ice cream.

The Original Recipe: here