Mint Ice Cream Recommendations?
Hello serious eaters! I have come to you today seeking guidance from you all, the only people I trust for food advice haha.
I am a HUGE mint fan, and I have been in search of a good mint chocolate ice cream for a long while now. I can’t seem to find one I like. The mint chip ice creams I have come across so far have all had weird candy “chocolate” pieces in them that I find to be to chalky, or I find the mint flavor is too washed out and sugary.
Anyone have a favorite mint (or mint chocolate) ice cream?
Thanks serious eaters!
-Dee (the apple hill adventurer)
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13 Comments:
Crushed thin mint girl scout cookies in your favorite vanilla ice cream recipe. It's just about perfect.
I tried making mint ice cream using an infusion of fresh mint, but the result wasn't minty enough and was too herbal/grassy for my taste. I think using a dried mint infusion might have been a better choice, but I haven't tried that yet.
dbcurrie at 1:26PM on 07/20/09
Ben & Jerry's mint chocolate cookie - the best parts of mint chip and cookies and cream in one! Bonus points for the mint ice cream being white and not green.
melisse at 1:36PM on 07/20/09
Breyers mint chocolate is really good.
caramel at 1:47PM on 07/20/09
One of my sons loves Schwan's green mint ice cream and their green mint ice cream bars. They have a white mint ice cream limited-time only (I think for summer) that he likes a lot, too, but he said it's not as minty as the green one. To me, it's just okay. I like the one you can only get around Christmas that's white mint with crushed candy canes.
@dbcurrie--never thought of that. It's only, what, eight more months until cookie season begins? I'll be counting the days. Thanks for the idea.
betteirene at 1:49PM on 07/20/09
they make a girl scout cookie thin mint ice cream, but i have been hesitant to buy it A) i dont want anyone ruining thin mints for me, and B) it has a chocolate ice cream base, and i am not a fan of chocolate ice cream.
Deeberry at 2:27PM on 07/20/09
The new Haagen-Daz Five mint flavor is AMAZING. No chocolate chips, but it's easy enough to add your own good quality chocolate pieces or hot fudge sauce, cookies, etc.
Vegetarianka at 2:33PM on 07/20/09
I second the Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie!! Highly addictive... It's so hard not to finish the whole container.
live2eatLA at 3:47PM on 07/20/09
Mint chocolate chip is generally not something I buy in the carton. I usually choose to get it on a cone at an ice cream shop.
Are you looking for a chocolate sauce or cookies rather than the chip in a mint ice cream?
blizcheetah at 5:21PM on 07/20/09
@bliz
i guess i am looking for either a pure white mint, or a mint swirled with some kind of chocolate .. i guess REAL chocolate chunks would be okay, i am just really put off by the weird chips they put in most mint chip ice cream ... the chalky hard kind ..blehh
Deeberry at 6:20PM on 07/20/09
I second the Haagen Dasz Five Mint Ice Cream. It's DELICIOUS. I just add some fancy dark chocolate chunks or some homemade chocolate ganache.
bitchincamero at 6:25PM on 07/20/09
The Sundae Shoppe brand from Aldi is pretty darn good for under $2.00 for a half gallon.
Poultrygeist at 6:44AM on 07/21/09
Third the Haagen Dazs Five Mint. It's so refreshing and not to sweet. I'd crumble really good dark chocolate wafer cookies over it. Yum.
BangieB at 4:16PM on 07/21/09
I used to love Ciao Bella's Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip gelato, but they drastically changed the formula. It used to be white and super-spearminty, now it's green and just tastes like green tea to me. Not bad, just not minty enough.
skizziks at 7:02PM on 07/21/09