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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream

Y'all, there is a very, very sad thing going on in my kitchen. I have a gorgeous, beautiful ice cream maker. I've had it for over a year. It still hasn't been used. This is sad. No, it's beyond sad. It is tragic. I really think I need to fix this sometime soon. Now, I just need to figure out what recipe to make.

One of my favorite ice creams in the whole world was made by Godiva back before they broke my heart and stopped making ice cream. This decadent, divine indulgence was known as Godiva Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream. I've missed it enough that I'm toying with trying
to recreate it. All it would take is a kick ass chocolate ice cream recipe, some truffles chopped up to mix in, and some raspberries and raspberry syrup. Seriously, what is better than raspberry and chocolate?

My other option for breaking in my ice cream maker is a recipe developed by the lovely Susan over at She's Becoming Doughmesstic, Caramelized Peach and Ginger Cream Cheese Caramel Swirl Ice Cream. Susan first
introduced this recipe back in July of '09 and just recently posted it again to celebrate the release of the frozen dessert cookbook. There are two big benefits I can see to this option...1) I'd have a recipe to follow and 2) if I'm really lucky, the name will scare my kids off and that means more for me.


Which flavor would you pick for me to make first or do you have another suggestion entirely?

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Start simple:there are loads of recipes for vanilla and you need to find the right one for you. Once you have found your perfect recipe it will be a base for all the other wonderful flavours you get to try!
I have coveted an ice cream maker for a long time... and I'm a plain vanilla fan, too ... I think Brown Eyed Baker has a bunch of fabulous recipes ... or was it Smitten Kitchen?
Okay, now I'm hungry. Thanks for that. I got to go to the real Haagen-Dazs factory once. It was...amazing!!!
Great post and happy A-Z blogging!
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battynurse · 676 weeks ago

I'm a big fan of vanilla. You can do so many different things with it.
I bought an ice cream maker shortly after my gastric bypass as I had found a blog that had recipes for a protein ice cream. Turns out I thought the recipes were pretty nasty. I did see a lot of others who thought they were good but they didn't do much for me.
Definitely anything chocolate!
Maybe something with coffee and dark chocolate.

But really, whatever you make first will be amazing, I'm sure.
My brother has an ice cream maker that he uses fairly often. Not every strange concoction that comes out of it is a hit, but it's always interesting hearing what he comes up with next.
OMG...that peach, cream cheese ice cream looks AMAZING! Must try...

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