Mint ice cream topping12/18/2023 ![]() You can drizzle it in during the final stages of churning, like shown here, but that’s actually not what I do. I also like to add just a bit of mint extract to my chocolate as well, so as it melts in your mouth you get a mild burst of mint! The flavor should remain mild enough to be overpowered by the mint and chocolate so I’d say you’re probably good. If you have a strongly coconut-flavored oil, I actually don’t think it would be bad in here. Unrefined oil tastes like coconut, but refined is neutral. I’m using refined coconut oil so that it doesn’t have a coconut flavor. As I mentioned, we’re melting chocolate (you can use chocolate chips, chocolate bars, dark, semi-sweet, whatever you like!) with a little coconut oil. While this is processing in your ice cream maker, you’ll prep your chocolate. If you want info on ice cream makers, and our suggestions, read this post! We’re talking LOVE peppermint, so if you’re a little more iffy, you could do 2 teaspoons, but I like to really be able to taste it. ![]() And to that, we’re going to add a whole tablespoon of Peppermint Extract. It’s egg free and has just 4 ingredients, so easy-peasy! Cream, whole milk, sugar, and vanilla. To make this ice cream, we’ll start with my perfect Vanilla Ice Cream Base. ![]() (Like, don’t even try to put M&M’s in my Blizzard.) Instead of tossing in chocolate chips, I melt chocolate with coconut oil, so it still freezes like ribbons and bits of chocolate with a little crispy bite, but it quickly melts in your mouth to a smooth, soft, velvety chocolate bite. I’ve also tackled a pet peeve of mine with chocolate chunks in ice cream, and that’s when it gets frozen and turns hard and waxy and doesn’t even taste like chocolate. ![]() Done right, fresh mint ice cream can be pretty stellar, but I’ve found it’s a little tricky and the flavor most people really like is with good ol’ peppermint extract. Every summer I have crazy amounts of mint growing wild in my garden and I think, “oooh, I should make fresh mint ice cream” and so I do, and then I take a bite and remember that fresh mint ice cream kind of tastes like regular mint ice cream that someone added weeds to. ![]()
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