Ice Cream Sundays- S'mores Ice Cream

Hi folks. Yes I am late with my ice cream post. I apologize. I am way behind on my posting. But if it's any consolation I am behind on just about everything. This week has been nuts. Lots going on. I feel like it's a good thing summer has come to an end so I can get organized and get my house back under control. I end up spending so much time with the kiddos that everything else falls by the wayside. So after 2 months of them being home I need a break so I can get stuff done. They need to return to school if for no other reason than I need to clean the house and do some paperwork. I love them being home way too much. I figured it was our last summer together so I may have over done it a wee little bit. Lol!

So I am continuing for a bit longer with my ICE CREAM SUNDAYS.  It is still summery here and to be quite honest I still have a few cool ones up my sleeve. So here's my plan so you know what to expect. I am going to keep them up until September 25. That will be my last ICE CREAM SUNDAYS post for this season. I shall do it with some fanfare. I am planning a huge post to wrap up ICE CREAM SUNDAYS. It needs a fabulous finale. So make sure you mark your calendars, this last one on September 25 will knock your socks off. So once ICE CREAM SUNDAYS concludes I've decided to start a winter series to take it place. So on October 2nd you can look forward to SLOW COOKER SUNDAYS. Yup, you heard that right. SLOW COOKER SUNDAYS will be taking the place of ICE CREAM SUNDAYS on October 2nd. Mark you calendars yet again. Now to decide which of my slow cooker recipes to post first. Ah, so many choices. It boggles the mind.

So this week I made s'mores ice cream. For some reason I hadn't tried that one yet. So had to do it before the cold weather blows in. I made a few adjustments to the recipe I found. If I can give you a tip for this ice cream it's this- do not put the freaking fluff in the fridge and try to scoop it easily into the ice cream maker. Holy snikeys people, what a freaking mess. Gobs of sticky icky marshmallow fluff everywhere. I swear even the kitten managed to get some on him. He really needs to stop sitting at my feet while I cook. There may or may not be fluff in my hair as well. I am quite certain it is on my clothes. For sure it's on my laptop. Now that I think of it there may not actually be any in the ice cream. It's stuck everywhere else but goodness knows if any actually managed to make it into the ice cream maker. Another tip- I used these really cool cookies. They are like a graham cracker but they have chocolate already on them.  Mini-me's friends use them for actual s'mores. They save a step. Chocolate and cookie in one. You cannot go wrong with that. Here's what the box looks like so you can scour your stores for them.

Yup, they are super yummy. Not quite a graham cracker but man oh man they sure are good. If you are worried the taste of graham is not prevalent enough then you can just toss in some graham crumbs. I always have some on hand for making cheesecakes and whatnot.

So are you tapping your fingers impatiently yet? Just give us the dang recipe you lunatic. Geez, there's no need to be rude. You should go have a bowl of ice cream and calm yourself down a bit. Here try this one.

Yah you know you want it.

Yah you know you're jealous.

Yah I know you want the freaking recipe.

S'mores Ice Cream:


*Recipe adapted from Cuisinart*


Ingredients:


1/2 cup cocoa
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
Pinch of vanilla salt (normal is fine)
2/3 cup whole milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup marshmallow cream aka fluff
12 chocolate covered cookies (1 cup), crushed
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions:


In your mixer combine cocoa, sugars, and salt. 


Add the whole milk and whisk until sugars are dissolved.


Stir in heavy cream and vanilla.


Cover the bowl and set in fridge for 1 to 2 hours.


Remove from fridge and pour mixture into your ice cream maker freezer bowl.


Turn on and mix for about 10-15 minutes.


Now add your fluff, chocolate chips and cookies and mix for another 5 minutes.


You can serve immediately or stick it in the freezer until you are ready to serve. Just remember to take it of the freezer for about 10 minutes before serving if freezing.

Looks yummilicous right!

Don't ya just wanna dive right in there!

Are you hopping on a plane with spoon in hand?

So for your viewing pleasure here are my ice cream recipes to date. There's a ton so pull up a chair. Maybe grab a bowl of ice cream. Put your feet up. Do not nod off.

PISTACHIO ICE CREAM

MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM

TRIPLE THREAT- CHOCOLATE CHERRY WALNUT ICE CREAM

ICE CREAM TORTE

RED BERRY MESSY KITCHEN SORBET

STRAWBERRY BROWNIE

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE ICE CREAM

COCONUT CREAM ICE CREAM

PEACH ALMOND ICE CREAM

SIMPLE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

STRAWBERRY BANANA ICE CREAM

STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIE PISTACHIO ICE CREAM

KIMOREO ICE CREAM- NO ICE CREAM MAKER REQUIRED

Goodness gracious I make a ton of ice cream. Goodness gracious that explains why my arse never seems to get smaller.

So on to some recipes from fellow bloggers. I was super busy so I was not my avid reader self this week. I am sure I am missing some this time around. So forgive me if I missed one of yours. Never hesitate to send me a note if you want one posted here. I love doing this and the readers seem to really enjoy it as well. I always link back to the blogger who's ice cream it is. So if you want the recipe you need to visit the blogger who made it. I encourage you to look around, visit others, leave comments, stay and peruse their sites for awhile or an hour. There's lots of great blogs out there.

Handle the Heat's Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream

Curry and Comfort's Taco Shell Ice Cream Sundae

From my Sweet Heart's Toasted Mochalaska

Sandra's Easy Cooking's Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Red Cherry and Cream

Sis. Boom. Blog's Toasted Coconut Ice Cream 

Sticks Forks Fingers Blueberry Sorbet, Buttermilk and Sweet Corn Ice Creams ...

So those are some great ice cream recipes for you to go drool over.

Now there is an ice cream round up Carolyn from All Day I Dream About Food. She did a Summer's End Ice Cream Round Up. You can go see it HERE.  She really put a ton of work in this so hop on over and check it out. It takes quite a lot of time to post links and gather pictures. It takes time and patience to do these type of posts. And hers is a doozy so please head over to see it She is a great lady and you will love her blog.

So hopefully the weather stays nice for a few more weeks. I have some really cool ideas for the last few posts. So I really hope you put up with these posts for a bit longer. I love doing this weekly post. Are you sick of me using the word post?  It takes some time to put together this type of post but it is so worth it. Hope you folks enjoy these posts as much as I do. Ha, did you really think I would stop.

I really hope you all are enjoying your holiday weekend. We have had some fun. As always. Few more days and mini-me starts university. Few more days after that and B starts university to finish his last year of his masters. So one more week and I HAVE THE HOUSE TO MYSELF.  Whew, sorry got a little excited there. I think I've had about an hour and a half to myself all summer. So you figure about a minute and a half a day if you average that out. Lol. Yikes, no wonder I am starting to get cranky. No one likes a little miss cranky pants. But seriously, I just want some peace and quiet. Not a lot of peace and quiet. Just a little. A wee bit. A teeny tiny amount. Like maybe 2 minutes a day. Seems reasonable.

Toodles and smoochies. xx