fresh mint chocolate chip ice cream

I am not sure when my love of mint chocolate chip ice cream began. Likely on one of our regular family trip to High’s Dairy in Centreville, VA. There were a few places we went for ice cream back then, and I love a summer tradition of waiting in a long line and then standing around on steamy asphalt, or strolling along looking in windows while you lick a rapidly melting cone.

This mint chip takes things to the next level. Made from fresh mint, it has a bright, clean grassy-ness that you can’t get from the more standard peppermint oil. There’s also the delight of channeling your inner Pollock and splattering the chocolate over the cream. When it comes to ice cream, I turn to David Lebovitz and I tend not to tinker with the ice cream master. I used markedly less chocolate than the recipe calls for, but that’s because I’m in it for the mint, not the chocolate. Find his recipe here.