Author Notes
My step son Nicki had a lot of chocolate mint growing and he asked if we coould make some ice cream? I said why not! We used a vanilla ice cream for a base and added chocolate chips, maserated the mint in vodka, and some green food color for looks. —jane mcmillan
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Ingredients
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2 teaspoons
pure vanilla extract
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2 cups
chocolate mint leaves
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2 ounces
vodka
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1/3 cup
mini chocolate chips
Directions
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Cover and chill overnight.
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Next day in a food processor pulse the mint leaves a few times, add the vodka and set aside to mascreate for at least 1 hour
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Strain the mint vodka mixture using a cheese cloth or coffee filter, squeezing out the liquid into the vanilla ice cream base.
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Process in ice cream to manufactures direction. The last 5 minutes add your choc chips and food color.
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Put in the freezer to firm up completely and this is the hardest step!
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