Who screams for ice cream?

Double Chocolate Mint Chip Ice Cream

Early June, 54 degrees - it's always a good time for ice cream!

Special equipment

Any type of automatic ice cream machine.

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
1 1/4 cup whole milk
1/2 cup Hershey's Double Chocolate Sundae Syrup
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup Williams-Sonoma Peppermint hot chocolate (or other mint chocolate candy you happen to have)



Instructions
Combine heavy cream, whole milk, chocolate syrup, sugar and vanilla (not mint chocolate) in a medium mixing bowl and blend with a hand mixer on low until well blended.


Pour into the freezer bowl of your ice cream maker


Run the machine until mixture thickens, about 20 - 25 minutes. Add min chocolate to ice cream during last 7 minutes of mixing.


If you have any left after the kiddies get their share, transfer to freezer safe container for later in the month when it actually warms up.


Modified from the original: http://www.cuisinart.com/recipes/desserts/41.html