Mint Chip Ice Cream

Mint chip is one of my favorite ice cream flavors. I feel like it’s often underestimated and under-appreciated. As I have stated multiple times before, chocolate and mint is one of my favorite flavor combos out there. I especially love that most mint chip ice creams have big chunks of chocolate in them, not chocolate chips. It’s a weird minor nuance, but I think it really makes mint chip ice cream special.

Mint Chip Ice Cream

I was excited to find a mint chip ice cream recipe that didn’t call for any extracts. The mint coolness in this ice cream comes from steeping the milk with fresh mint leaves then squeezing all of the liquid out of them to get a true minty experience.

Mint Chip Ice Cream

You’ll also notice that the color isn’t bright green. It does have a subtle green color but without the use of artificial coloring, you’re just not going to get a bright green color. And that’s fine by me. Everyone who tried this ice cream agreed that it was very minty. Topping a warm brownie with this ice cream made the most amazing brownie sundaes!

Mint Chip Ice Cream

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Mint Chip Ice Cream

Ingredients:

3 cups of fresh mint leaves (no stems), rinsed, drained and packed
3 cups coconut milk, divided
2/3 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
5 egg yolks
8 oz dark chocolate, chopped

Directions:

Heat mint leaves and 2 cups coconut milk on the stove until just steaming (do not let boil.) Remove from heat and let stand, covered for 1 hour.

Strain the mixture into a separate bowl, pressing on the mint leaves to get out all the liquid. Return the mixture to the saucepan and add sugar and salt. Heat just until sugar has dissolved.

In a medium sized bowl, whisk egg yolks. Slowly pour heated milk mixture into egg yolks, whisking constantly. Return mixture to the saucepan.

Cook over low heat until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 10 minutes.

Strain though a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl. Add remaining cup of milk and stir to combine.

Place in fridge until completely cool then process according to the directions on your ice cream maker.

Stir in chocolate chunks once ice cream has formed.

Recipe adapted from The Endless Meal

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21 Responses to “Layered Marshmallow Brownies”

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    Xiaolu — March 3, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    Oh these look so yummy! Love the crackly looking top.

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    yumventures — March 3, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    They look soooo good! Thanks for the tip about the sweetness factor…I love having a little bite of something completely decadent!

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    KRISTINA CIPOLLA PHOTOGRAPHY — March 3, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    AH…these look heavenly….mmm…thanks for sharing! πŸ™‚

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    bakingblonde — March 3, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    Wow, those look great! I love those

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    KV — March 3, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    I’m not sure it is possible to be “too sweet” but these look very good!

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    Miss Yunks — March 3, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    These looks so good! Can’t wait to try!

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    MemΓ³ria — March 3, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    I’m not crazy about marshmallows, but these brownies look amazing!!

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    Justin — March 3, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    “nice and thick”… wow, you aren’t kidding. that was a bold move switching the pan though. glad it worked out in the end.

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    Kristen — March 3, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    MMMMMMM those sound awesome!!

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    Candi — March 3, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    oh my word! those look delicious!

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    CB — March 3, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    I can’t stop looking at your picture. I think that means I need to make these brownies. I’m not sure if I should thank you for shake my fist at you πŸ˜›

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    Brisbane Baker — March 4, 2010 at 12:14 am

    Blaspemy!! Nothing is TOO sweet πŸ™‚

    I love these! Might give em a go when a occasion comes up πŸ˜€

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    Brisbane Baker — March 4, 2010 at 12:17 am

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    nutmegnanny — March 4, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    These look awesome! I would love to have one of these sitting in my kitchen right now πŸ™‚

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    Ashley — March 4, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    These look AMAZING! I feel like I need to go to the gym just looking at them. πŸ™‚

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    Erin — March 5, 2010 at 2:57 am

    These look delicious! I love anything with marshmallows!

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    Kat — March 5, 2010 at 3:39 am

    I wish I could reach through the computer and grab these! They look awesome!!

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    Ingrid — March 6, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    I make something similar but cheat and use a boxed brownie mix. The frosting I use doesn’t have marshmallows in it which helps with the sweet factor.

    That’s a great idea baking these in a smaller pan. I would prefer the brownie part a bit thicker.
    ~ingrid

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    Jes — March 11, 2010 at 5:50 am

    Um…I guess I didn’t let my icing cool enough and it melted the marshmallow completely…it looked like Mt. Vesuvius erupted on my counter ha ha! I wish I could post a picture! They still tasted yummy though =)

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    Caryn — April 17, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    I made these, but the chocolate topping turned out not great, not dissolved and gritty. – I think you mean “icing sugar” don’t you, when you say sugar for the frosting?

    • beantownbaker — April 18th, 2013 @ 11:28 am

      I used granulated sugar for the frosting. When it is cooking on the stove, it should completely dissolve the sugar.

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