When a mint plant grows 10 new leaves a day, what’s a girl to do but make some Semi-Homemade Mint-Chocolate Chip ice cream?!
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients:
1 large, bunch fresh mint
1 T water
2 cups + 1 T vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Take ice cream out of freezer to soften on counter.
2. Remove mint leaves from stems and place in food processor or blender. Add 1 tablespoon each of water and ice cream. Process, scraping sides every so often, until mint is to a very fine pulp.
3. Put a fine colander over a container and pour mixture into colander to drain mint juice from pulp.
4. Add ice cream to mint juice and stir to combine. Add chocolate chips and stir to combine.
5. Cover container and place back in freezer to harden for an hour, or until at your desired consistency.
6. Serve with a drizzle of chocolate sauce if desired and enjoy!
That looks delicious! Great idea, and I love that little mint leaf garnish
That looks so good! You’ve inspired me to make some this weekend with the leaves off of my mint plant! Great idea.
This looks wonderful! I have TONS of mint growing in my yard/garden (it grows like a weed!)… I will give this a try! Delicious!
YUM! We have mint planted right now but it hasn’t grown yet! I’m definitely keeping this recipe in mind for future reference!!!
I’ve done this with smoothies – I have a ton of chocolate mint and since it grows by our pond, it has lots of moisture and flavor (really does have a chocolatey flavor). Same principle – I just squeeze the pulp through a piece of cheesecloth, add a few choc chips, vanilla yogurt, ice and blend ‘er up. Very tasty!
Mint chocolate chip is one of my ice cream faves – this looks delicious as always Ms. Kristin!
nice! I’m going to try this this weekend – I added you to our minty links today on http://www.bloomacious.com
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