Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar ice cream

My next homemade ice cream flavor will be "Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar" ice cream. A "Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar" is a lot like "Heath Bar" but bigger, and better IMHO! So think "Heath Bar Crunch" ice cream ...

MMMMM! Can't wait! Today is the day I am making this, and there is much anticipation in the house for it!

Enjoy!
- Scott
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Welcome to my ice cream blog!

Hello!

This blog has been online since Christmas 2008, and already there have been visitors from over 20 different countries!

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Welcome to all homemade ice cream fans everywhere! I hope you enjoy my occassional posts about making homemade ice cream, and especially the original flavors I write about. Let me know any experiences you have and what your favorite ice cream flavors are!

Enjoy!
- Scott
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Mocha Chocolate-chip

Today's flavor is a chocolate variation ... Mocha Chocolate-chip ice cream.

I am using Dutch-process cocoa, along with
Mount Hagen Organic-Cafe instant coffee



and a Newman's Own Organic Chocolate bar



in the "Sweet Cream Base" from the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream recipe book.

We are looking forward to this one!

Enjoy!
- Scott
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The "What flavor should I make next?" poll has closed

The "What flavor should I make next?" ice cream poll has closed.

Here are the results:

"apple crisp" - 2 (12%)

"chocolate" - 3 (18%)

"chocolate peanut butter chunk" - 4 (25%)

"peanut butter and fudge ripple" - 1 (6%)

"strawberry Garcia" - 6 (37%)

I already made the "chocolate peanut butter chunk ice cream" last weekend - it was delicious. However the winner, "Strawberry Garcia" is a flavor I'd love to make. I think that I will wait until summer when I can get some good local fresh strawberries!

Thanks for participating!

Enjoy!
- Scott
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar Ice Cream

The Hershey's chocolate filled-with-peanut-butter bar is one of my favorite candy bars. Today's ice cream flavor will include this bar.



This is also another fine opportunity to try making chocolate ice cream again. My goal is to make sure everything is cold, cold, cold! The ice cream maker bowl has been in the freezer for just about a week. I made my "sweet cream base" early in the morning and let it chill for 1 hour in the 'fridge, and 3 hours in the freezer. It was just starting to freeze when I added it to the machine.

And the third time is the charm! Within 10 minutes the mix started to stiffen up, and in the end the result was some decent looking chocolate ice cream. I shattered the candy bar and added it right at the end, and put the ice cream into a chilled bowl and let it freeze a while longer in the freezer.

My latest flavor, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar ice cream, came out great and was my first successful "chocolate" ice cream batch!

Enjoy!
- Scott
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New Ice Cream flavor poll has been added

There is a new poll added to this site. Please feel free to chime in with your vote!

Enjoy!
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Chocolate Ice Cream

Today I once again set out to make chocolate ice cream. I mixed up the cocoa and chilled it and then added it to the machine with high hopes. But once again, the chocolate mix did not set-up as ice cream. I reluctantly let it run a bit longer hoping it would set, but it never did. It was more like a milk shake, than ice cream. After letting it sit in the freezer overnight, it still did not result in the desired consistency. It tasted delicious, though!

Searching a few online forums, I guess the problem is that everything was not as cold as it needs to be. It is mystifying, though since the vanilla flavor comes out so good and the only difference this time was the addition of cocoa. Next time, I will have to chill things to the max, I guess!

Oh well!

Enjoy!
- Scott
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