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Holiday Enchantments

The Cooling Kind For The Warm Days in California Winters

 J. Earles
Dec 12, 2016
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Holiday Enchantments
Brooke Meredith

In California, some parts of it, winters are not necessarily your typical run-of-the-mill, beautiful or horrid, snowy white, snow-covered Christmas card. Here, while it sometimes gets cold or windy, there are still times when the sun shines with heat and power that bakes us where we stand. So ice cream is a common treat, I guess for everyone (That hot apple pie with melting ice cream dolloped on top), but for me it’s especially special because Christmas time means Christmas flavors.


Right now in Baskin Robbins there are a few flavors that I had packed into a fresh quart of delicious, mouth-watering ice cream: (all pics in the Baskin Robbins section are from the Baskin Robbins Website)

Mint Chocolate Chip

Peppermint Bark in the Dark

Peppermint

Winter White Chocolate

Rocky Road

Egg Nog




And then there is Ben & Jerry’s: (all pics in the Ben & Jerry's section are from the Ben & Jerry's Website)

Empower Mint

Bourbon Brown Butter

Chocolate Peppermint Crunch


Mint Chocolate Chunk



On Delish, a digital media outlet of Hearst Communications, I found an article from 2014 listing 15 amazing holiday ice cream flavors and below are some of my favs: http://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/christmas/g1430/holiday-season-ice-cream-flavors/?slide=1&thumbnails=

Bourbon Apple Crisp Ice Cream


(Bojon Gourmet Recipe)

Andes Peppermint Crunch Ice Cream

(With Salt and Wit) This is not the original recipe however you can substitute ingredients to get the andes peppermint.

Egg Nog Ice Cream

(Scoop Adventures)

Dark Chocolate Gingerbread Ice Cream

(Running to the Kitchen)

Christmas Semifreddo

(A Conscious Collection)

Brown Butter Pecan Ice Cream

(Lick My Spoon)

Christmas Cake Chunk Ice Cream

(Wholesome Cook)

Apple Crisp Ice Cream

(Belle Vie Blog)


Another site, Serious Eats, is serious about their winter ice cream selection.

They have selections of: http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2011/12/15-winter-ice-cream-recipes-holiday-desserts.html

Cranberry Treats


(Cranberry and Lillet Rouge Sorbet)


(Goat Cheese Cranberry Swirl Ice Cream)


Boozy Options

(Cold Hot Toddy)


(Gingerbread and Trappist Ale Ice Cream)


(Irish Coffee with Caramel Chocolate and Jameson Whiskey Ice Cream)

Apple and Cider

(Apple Cider Doughnut Ice Cream)

(Apple Browned Butter and Sour Cream Ice Cream)

Minty Ideas


(White Chocolate Mint with Pomegranate Molasses Syrup Ice Cream)


Now, if your mouth isn’t already watering then I am sorry but you are missing out. The nice thing about ice cream is you can make it however you want and you don’t need a machine to do it. There are so many recipes online that allow you to take a base idea and change it to your specifications and taste. You are also able to find recipes for your diet needs and make it right in your home so you know what is being put into it.

This is a no-churn vanilla ice cream from food network that allows you to be as creative and festive as you like to make the perfect Christmas ice cream for you!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/no-churn-vanilla-ice-cream.html


This also makes a wonderful gift for those ice cream lovers who will enjoy your hand-made gift!


Citation:

"Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors." Http://www.benjerry.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016.

"Flavors | Baskin-Robbins." Baskinrobbins.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016.

Petertil, Hannah. "15 Festive Winter Ice Creams." Delish. Hearst Communications, 17 Dec. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2016.


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