Gourmet Choc Ices

 While having lunch with my friend Edward last week, we were pondering the humble choc ice and considering just how good they are on a hot summers day (such as the ones we’re blessed with right now in the UK!). I realised that no one had yet ‘gourmet-ised’ (I just invented that word) the choc ice, and I decided to have a go!

I was dreaming of great quality vanilla ice cream, a thick layer of delicious chocolate, and a crunchy topping of toasted pecan nuts… fairly simple, but delicious! I used Green & Blacks Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt, mixed with plain chocolate, for a good not too sweet flavour.

These would be super fun to make with kids or as a delicious weekend treat with your other half. I can’t deny that they are on the messy side (to make and to eat!) but when you’re talking about melty chocolate and melty ice cream, that’s a little inevitable! Embrace the mess and have fun!

You can also use a mould to make the ice creams a more traditional ice cream shape – you can find one here. And you can get some excellent value wooden lolly sticks here!

Gourmet Choc Ices

2014-07-25 08:48:25

Yields 7

A homemade version of a classic! Customise your choc ice however you like it!

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Prep Time

45 min

Prep Time

45 min

675 calories

82 g

38 g

35 g

8 g

20 g

179 g

68 g

67 g

0 g

5 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

179g

Yields

7

Amount Per Serving

Calories 675

Calories from Fat 316

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 35g

54%

Saturated Fat 20g

101%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Cholesterol 38mg

13%

Sodium 68mg

3%

Total Carbohydrates 82g

27%

Dietary Fiber 7g

29%

Sugars 67g

Protein 8g

Vitamin A

8%

Vitamin C

1%

Calcium

14%

Iron

16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Ingredients

1. 500g good very good quality vanilla ice cream (or the ice cream of your choice)
2. 650g chocolate - I used a mixture of Green & Blacks Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt, and Tesco Plain Chocolate
3. Toasted nuts, marshmallows, and sprinkles - to decorate your ice creams

Instructions

1. Firstly, soften your ice cream until it's easily spoonable, and spoon it from it's container into a rectangular tupperware tub. Pop it back into the freezer to re-freeze.
2. Once the ice cream is again hard, remove the tub from the freezer, and go around the edges of the tupperware tub with a knife run under the hot tap. Remove the rectangle of ice cream from the tub and place it on a cutting board, and use the same hot sharp knife to cut it into five equal rectangles of ice cream. Push a lolly stick into each one and then pop them all onto a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet and pop back into the freezer until again very hard.
3. Once the ice cream is well frozen, melt your chocolate in preperation. You'll be dunking your ice creams into the chocolate, so melt it in a wide shallow bowl that your ice creams will fit in. You'll also need to have your toppings ready at this point, so get them to hand and good to go.
4. Remove the ice creams from the freezer and immediately dunk one side, then the other in the chocolate until completely coated - I used a tablespoon to help with this. Replace immediately on the parchment paper, working quickly. Scatter on toppings and then pop the ice creams back into the freezer for around 30 minutes, at which point they should be completely hard and ready to enjoy in the sunshine!

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calories

675

fat

35g

protein

8g

carbs

82g

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 Do you think I can get away with just freezing a stick of cookie dough and covering it in chocolate next? I vote yes!

x Kerry

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