with Noona’s Match Green Tea Ice Cream
By: Jessica Delph
Chasing down the Mr. Softee truck almost always ended in victory. Though I have to admit it was a little easier since our Mr. Softee driver has been serving up ice cream to my family for two generations now. My go to items were a cherry dipped cone and the cookies and cream dusted cone. Win win right?
What I did not know was how much of a rarity getting a cone from Mr. Softee would become as an adult. Slowly but surely I stopped seeing the truck as much and then one day it was like Mr. Softee perished all together. Especially with the happenings of self-quarantine, one would be more apt to order such delicacies home. What I also noticed since being homebound were an array of homemade ice cream topping recipes online!
While surfing the web, I noticed a bunch of homemade ice-cream topping recipes and we had to make one too for the books. This recipe is a chocolate magic shell, however you can substitute the chocolate chips for caramel chips or white chocolate chips, and flavor it even! It just takes two simple ingredients and the rest is just pure sorcery you’ll see.
Ingredients
2 tbsp of coconut oil, refined if you can (refined means less of a coconut taste if you prefer)
7 oz of chocolate chips
2-3 scoops of Noona’s Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream
How To Do It
First, combine oil and chocolate chips in a sauce pan and melt over low heat. It will not take long, as soon as everything is melted turn stove off and set aside in a bowl.
If using a microwave, place oil and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and melt on high for 30 second bursts until an homogeneous mixture forms. Set aside to cool.
Scoop out as many or as little of our Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream that you desire. Once mixture has cooled or has come to room temperature( about 15 minutes), drizzle it all over ice cream.
You can quickly add nuts or any other toppings before it hardens, completely optional
Now watch as the magic unfolds, the mixture should harden in about 30 seconds!
After it hardens, dig in and enjoy! The not so secret secret to this recipe is the ratio of chocolate to fat that adds to the delicate texture. This allows for it to be easily broken by the back of a spoon. When you are done serving, you can then stash the remaining shell mixture in a mason jar, stick it in the pantry and reheat anytime!