Sunday, December 12, 2010

Peppermint Chocolate Ice Cream and Cat Cora

Before I start today's post I want to let you know that I updated my last post, which focused on the Five-Hour Energy product. I was wrong, the serving size is not one half of the bottle!! My bad. Please click the link above to read my updates, if you wish. I also added a bit of information about the folic acid in the product.



Now it's holiday recipe time! What was your favorite flavor of ice cream as a kid? I can remember being obsessed with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I still love it, actually, and for some strange reason it took me over two years to finally make some with my ice cream maker! But alas, I have created the perfect peppermint chocolate chip "light" ice cream.


Ingredients



~1 T Peppermint extract
(more or less, depending on your preference, but I like my ice cream minty!)



~ 6 Dark chocolates
(you can use any chocolate you want, but obviously Dove is awesome, and dark has more health benefits than milk)



2 cups chilled half and half
(you could use fat free half and half, but the texture just isn't the same)



1 cup unsweetened almond milk
(you can use any milk, but if you want your ice cream to contain less fat use skim milk. You could also use soy or rice milk.)



~ 3 T unsweetened dark cocoa powder


3/4 cup sugar
(I used a little less than 3/4, just to reduce the sugar a bit)


Directions

In a medium bowl mix together the sugar and almond milk. Once the sugar is incorporated into the milk, add the chilled half and half. Mix well.

Add the peppermint extract, mix again.

Pour into the ice cream maker, turn it on, then add the cocoa powder while the machine is churning.

Set your timer for about 18 minutes and make sure the cocoa gets incorporated well (I had to use a rubber scrapper a couple times to scrape the edges as the machine was churning).

Meanwhile, cut up the chocolate into chunks or shreds of chocolate (I chose a bit of both)




After about 18 minutes the ice cream should be ready. Turn off the machine and add the chocolate! Mix the chocolate into the ice cream, then put in freezer so it gets a bit more solid.


Don't have an ice cream maker? I think this would be great even if you used a blender, then put it in the freezer to freeze. The texture wouldn't be quite the same as ice cream, but it would still taste amazing.

Final product; 10 out of 10

My best ice cream YET!



QUESTIONS: Who's your favorite Iron Chef? What was your favorite childhood ice cream?

27 comments :

  1. I am literally obsessed with peppermint ice cream (and chocolate) right now. Yours looks amazing. I am the worst at using my ice cream maker, I just buy the Edys half the fat brand :) I'm sure yours is a lot better haha

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  2. Um, so awesome you got to see Cat Cora!! My favorite's probably Jose Garcias because he's from Philly!

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  3. I think Cat Cora has the cutest accent, I love the way she talks. But I think Bobby Flay is my favorite Iron Chef.

    My favorite ice cream flavor is Tender coconut.

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  4. I love Mint Chocolate Chip - I may make this ice cream! I haven't made ice cream in a while and my ice cream bowl is in the freezer.

    I'm not the biggest fan of iron chef but I bet it was an experience to see a famous chef in action!

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  5. Your ice cream sounds great! My favorite childhood (and grown-up) ice cream is strawberry.

    Love that you got to see Cat Cora live! What was the highlight?

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  6. I LOVE cat Cora...but my soft spot is for Alton Brown....Love that guy. Just this weekend bought a stainless steel bowl because I watched his show on popping pop corn...
    :)

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  7. peppermint chocolate ice cream is one of my favorite flavors!!! I love chunks of chocolates in it! I didn't know that it was so simple to make at home. And the green color is so festival~~~ :D

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  9. I loved mint chocolate chip ice cream as a kiddo...and as an adult, too, for that matter!

    Despite the freezing temps, you are totally inspiring me to bust out my ice cream maker, Gina!

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  10. I think I need an ice cream maker! My favorite ice cream as a child was vanilla with lots of toppings (nuts, chocolate syrup, cherries, etc).

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  11. I love mint choc chip ice cream! Now if only I had an ice cream maker! Mmm.. Christmas list me thinks! : )

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  12. Oh boy! I love your use of dark chocolate in your mint chocolate ice cream - dark chocolate is pretty much always better, I say :) I've never tried to make mint chocolate ice cream before, partly because it never occurred to me, but mostly because Peter doesn't like mint ("detests" would be a better word). So, I'm thinking I could make myself a batch of mint chocolate and Peter a batch of regular chocolate and leave out the mint. Great recipe! :)

    I'm jealous that you got to see Cat Cora! I'm a fan of the original Iron Chef from Japan, so my favorite Iron Chef would probably have to be Iron Chef Michiba ;)

    Have a great day, Gina!

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  13. I love Cat Cora! That is so neat!

    My childhood ice cream seems kind of gross to me now. I LOVED the bubble gum ice cream. I would save all the bubble gum and chew on it after. Now I am chocolate all the way! Your ice creams looks fab by the way!

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  14. As a kid my favorite icecream was my moms homemade vanilla.

    I do like mint chocolate chip and I have to try your recipe! Thanks.

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  15. Mint chocolate chip ice cream is my husbands favorite! We were gifted one of those old fashioned hand crank ice cream makers and have yet to use it. I'd probably be more inclined to making it in the blender than hand cranking it... Except I'd be working for my ice cream that way!

    That's so cool having Cat Cora demoing at your store!

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  17. I love Kat Cora!

    I just told Rick that now that we've moved and have a bigger kitchen we should buy an ice cream maker.

    My favorite ice cream as a kid was chocolate and peanut butter from Baskin' Robbins.

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  18. Oooooh that looks so delicious! I love mint chocolate chip ice cream. Have you tried Artic Zero (http://www.myarcticzero.com/)? I love the mint chocolate cookie and chocolate peanut butter.

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  19. I love Car Cora! How awesome that she was at your work!!!

    The ice cream looks wonderful! I am saving that recipe for the next time I pull out the ice cream maker which should be sooner rather than later seeing as it's your best ice cream yet!!

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  20. I so wish I has an ice cream maker so I could make this. I love all the ingredients you out in there and it looks fabulous. Should have asked for that for Christmas! Can't believe you saw Cat Cora! How Cool! I would love to see Bobby Flay :)

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  21. Great ice cream! I just put my ice cream maker away for the winter but will have to bbokmark this for when the warmer weather decides to return!

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  22. hmm, i love anything chocolate + peanut butter. :) i'm thinking about getting (and reviewing) an icecream maker for my next csn review. :)

    so jealous you got to see cat cora! i really like bobby flay!

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  23. Cat Cora is my favorite Iron Chef. She is really fun to watch cook!

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  24. I do like Bobby Flay even if he is a cocky bastard.

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  25. SO cool that you got to see Cat Cora - she's definitely my favorite Iron Chef! :-)

    Your peppermint ice cream looks SO amazing!!! Seriously, perfectly magically amazing! :-)

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