Simple Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

Ice cream is a big thing in our house, we eat it all year round.  Everyone loves Breyers, it's the only kind I am allowed to buy at the supermarket.  I started making my own last year and had very good results every time.  I've made chocolate, vanilla bean and raspberry which were all awesome tasting according to my family.  I tried a new recipe for chocolate ice cream that is so easy.  I started with a can of chocolate syrup, you heard it right, a can of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup.  This is how I made it, recipe below.

A can of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, from back in the day when your mom made you chocolate milk! And the Ice Cream Maker, which does all the work!

 The ice cream gets darker and thicker as it mixes.

 The ice cream stores nicely in a 64 oz. reusable container.  Pour it in....

 then smooth out the top, freeze for 8 hours or overnight.

Chocolate Ice Cream 

Ingredients

1 cup skim milk or whole milk

1 cup white sugar

16 oz. container heavy cream

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

1 - 16 oz. can of  Hershey's Chocolate Syrup

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the milk, sugar, heavy cream and vanilla.  Stir with a whisk until the sugar dissolves. Turn ice cream maker on and pour in the cream mixture.  Add the can of chocolate syrup as the machine is moving. Run the machine for 25 - 30 minutes or until you see the ice cream thickening and slightly running over the top of the beater.  Remove the beater and scrape with a rubber spatula, then scoop out the ice cream into a reuseble container.  Freeze for 8 hours or overnight. 

Fruit Filled Crepe "Sundae"

I remember the first time I tasted a crepe - it was in French class, the teacher had a food tasting day and made Crepe Suzette (minus the liqueur), we were in middle school.  I didn't make my crepes from scratch I found these handy pre-made ones at Wegman's and made a light and tasty dessert, it's like a sundae without all the fat and sugar.   This is how I made it, recipe below.

1 Package of Melissa's ready to use crepes (51 calories each).  Washed blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries.

 Two teaspoons of raw sugar and orange zest, stir into the fruit.

 Cover the berries and let them sit for two hours.

Build your crepe - lay flat on a plate, in the center fill with fruit, top with fat free/sugar free whipped topping, and a few sliced almonds.  Fold it over, top with a dollop of whipped topping, drizzle with a little chocolate sauce (Hershey's Chocolate Syrup is fat free) sprinkle on a few more almonds, garnish with berries,  dust with powdered sugar......

 And dig in!  It's delicious.

Fruit Filled Crepe Sundae

Ingredients

1 package of Melissa's pre-made crepes

1 cup blueberries

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 cup blackberries

6 - 8 large strawberries

2 teaspoons of raw sugar

1 teaspoon of orange zest (if you do not like the flavor of the orange leave it out)

1/4 cup sliced almonds

1 container of fat free/sugar free whipped topping

Hershey's Chocolate Syrup

Powdered Sugar

Directions

Wash and hull/stem all the berries in a colander and let them dry.  Into a medium bowl, slice the strawberries and mix in the other berries.  Sprinkle on the sugar and orange zest, toss with the berries, cover and let sit for 2 hours.

Build the crepe - lay flat on a plate, spoon berries down the center, add some whipped topping over the top of the berries and sprinkle on a few almonds.  Fold each side over to the center, top with a dollop of whipped topping, drizzle with chocolate syrup, a few more almonds, garnish with raspberries and dust with powdered sugar.  Makes 4 filled crepes.