This is a confusing time of year. The weather is getting much colder, maybe even too cold for ice cream, yet most of us have spent the summer getting ourselves addicted to the perfectly creamy stuff. So, what to do? Do we hang up our scoopers till spring? Or do we buckle down and continue to dine under blankets? I vote for the latter, and that is how I discovered these amazing fall flavors.
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Sometimes I just go crazy and throw a scoop of this on the actual pumpkin pie. I’m not even a huge pumpkin fan, but mix that squashy flavor with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, and you’ve got a gourd worth dying for. (Okay, not really, but it’s really yummy.)
Ginger Ice Cream
I found this particular perfection at a local ice cream scoop that makes its own ice cream, but one could also chop up some crystallized ginger and mix it in with vanilla. However you get to it, ginger ice cream offers a treat that is both cooling and warming, both creamy and spicy.
Indian Pudding Ice Cream
My apologies if the name of this dessert offends any indigenous people. The original Indian Pudding (sans the ice cream part) relies heavily on corn meal, and I believe that is where the dessert got its name. The ice cream partially makes up for the name confusion though. With the flavors of cornbread, molasses, and nutmeg mixed with the creaminess of ice cream, you’ll have to stop yourself from reaching for more.
Apple Cider Ice Cream
This can taste so much like the real thing that you can almost fool yourself that it’s healthy. There is nothing like a steaming cup of cider on a cold fall day, except for maybe a cold bowl of apple cider ice cream enjoyed in front of the wood stove.
- Posted by Robin
